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Got stuff stuck to the bottom of your pots?   Don't want to scratch up your nice All-Clad with the green side of a sponge?  Here's a cheap and easy solution:  reuse an old plastic card!

Over the years I've used old student IDs, insurance cards, and the like* - my current pot scraper is an expired Duane Reade savings card.  Here's how it works.


*I recommend against using your old credit cards for security reasons, though anyone who's willing to do your dishes is probably trustworthy.

 
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kcls says: Feb 7, 2010. 10:44 AM
Oh man! I made pulled pork in an extended stay hotel room the other day and probably ruined the pan the it was cooking in because there was so much stuff stuck to the bottom, and i could have just used the room card to get it off! Oh well...
Goodhart says: Feb 1, 2010. 8:33 PM
One gets these cards for memberships to clubs we don't want to belong to....I have a special wallet I keep with me on trips filled with these cards.....in case I would get held up,  or pick pocketed...that is the wallet they'd get.   Junk cards....but I have so many of them, this is a great idea too. 
gmjhowe says: Jan 18, 2010. 8:58 AM
 You should leave one corner as is, then curve the other three to various radius' so it can tackle a wider range of pan curvatures! 
canida (author) says: Jan 29, 2010. 3:02 PM
Sweet idea!  Though it sort of happens on its own over time.
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