Silicone sponge for coarse dirt on cookware
For some time I use in the kitchen for extremely coarse dirt / encrustations on kitchen utensils / cookware a silicone sponge.
So far, I have handled it so that I have cleaned encrusted casserole dishes, baked in cake pans, sauce residues from pots or dough from mixing bowls with the rough side of a pot sponge. After rinsing, the sponge looked the same and usually had to be disposed of, as most of the food leftovers had settled in the hard tissue. Scrambled eggs is the best example: Who does not use a dishwashing brush but a pot sponge, knows what I'm talking about.
A silicone sponge is very helpful here, sponge is not the correct name. It is usually more about round, square or oval food safe flat silicone pieces. Unlike pot sponges nothing settles between the small bristles and short rinsing is sufficient for cleaning.
The silicone sponge is dishwasher safe and withstands temperatures up to 260 degrees. So it can also be used as a trivet.
The handling is getting used to and I was the sponge too big and therefore unwieldy. I cut him through and I get along so much better.
Of course, silicone is also plastic, but holds unlimited and saves me the constant disposal of my flushing sponges.
Everything that does not get clean in the dishwasher or takes up too much space, I clean only with a hygienic silicone sponge.
By the way, I use the cut off half of my sponge to remove cat hair. That too works wonderfully.
