On Wed, 23 Oct 2013 21:14:27 +0100, polygonum
wrote:

On 23/10/2013 08:57, wrote:
Or more precisely, charporridge. Its welded firmly to the ceramic container. What's the easiest way to clean it off?

thanks, NT

The one time I made a real mistake of that nature (not simply burning a
bit on the bottom), it was soup. Well it started as soup. Left over a
low gas burner for a whole day while I was out.

When I came back, there was only a lump of loose charcoal - look more
like coke. Pan seemed quite clean, considering. Used it regularly for
many years afterwards.

For me it was reheating some macorini cheese under a low grill before
going on a pub crawl Easter 1975. At least it was Easter when it went
under some mates called around early for a planned long distance pub
crawl and i forgot the grill ,the pub crawl got out of hand and we
ended up in Switzerland.
It was about 8 days later I returned home and the macaroni looked just
like those charcoal sticks that were seen in the art class at school.
Got the dish reasonably clean in a caustic bath at work but some black
scale never came off.

G.Harman