BKF is incredibly versatile. I had never heard of it until I got some All-Clad pans and they recommended it to clean them. It’s truly amazing stuff. The powder, not the liquid stuff. I haven’t tried the liquid stuff, but I’ve read bad things.
Thanks for the tip.
BKF is incredibly versatile. I had never heard of it until I got some All-Clad pans and they recommended it to clean them.
“...All-Clad pans and they recommended [Barkeeper’s Friend] to clean them”
What a great post this is! I’ve bookmarked the page to send to hubby, daughty and good-cooking friend.
And what a great thread, wonderful comments!
PRS-I’m ASTONISHED that all clad recommends Barkeeper’s friend to clean their pans, I’m a dedicated fan of Bon Ami, I just love the stuff. The only time I used BKF was to get some rust stains off of a medicine cabinet. But, I gotta admit, sometimes you can’t get the schmutz off the cooking pans (we are not in the all clad class, just Cafalon here-lol). Now based on your post I’m going to try it. I feel like shinier pans are in my future! (Hubby cooks, I’m the clean up crew).
bigbob - as for your comment about store-bought hard liquor being always better than homemade, you are SO right!
I never drank any moonshine (see, I’m right between the moonshine class and the all clad class, like ALL Americans I’m “middle class”) but I have had some pretty cr*ppy homemade wine. But it reminded me of what I told my daughter: if you are going to drink hard liquor, drink the high-end brands, don’t never drink no cheap hard liquor.
I also heard James Beard quoted years ago as saying the only thing he couldn’t make better than store bought was marshmallows, he just couldn’t get them to come out right.