http://www.democraticunderground.com/115724859Oh my.
You know, General Discussion is getting boring again, the primitives discussing something about which they know nothing.
The primitives really need to sit down, shut up, and let people who know what they're doing do the speculating.
franksolich on the other hand has decided the clue to the mystery bombers lies in the cooking and baking forum on Skins's island, as the primitives there for the past many years have displayed an
extraordinary obsession with pressure cookers--3,460,000+ times, remember.
Considering the primitives' propensity for violence and sedition, that's not an unreasonable place to look.
Anyway, this is non-pressure cooker related, for some temporary relief from that.
mac56 (13,586 posts) Tue Apr 16, 2013, 07:00 AM
I have an interesting problem I've never seen before.
I have a cast iron dutch oven that I use a lot. Today, however, I used it in the oven to slow cook a bean casserole. It's out and cool now, but I find I cannot get the lid to come off. It's like it's welded on. The cover fits so well that I can't get anything in between the cover and the pot to pry it off. Anyone ever had anything like this happen? Any suggestions?
Fortinbras Armstrong (734 posts) Tue Apr 16, 2013, 07:47 AM
1. Have you tried a really sharp, thin bladed knife?
BainsBane (7,799 posts) Tue Apr 16, 2013, 08:25 AM
2. Or boil a tea kettle
And pour that around the rim. Something is making it stick. An oven isn't hot enough to weld cast iron.
freshwest (29,511 posts) Tue Apr 16, 2013, 12:20 PM
5. Agree. Sounds right. Put it in the sink and pour hot water to dissolve the sugar or whatever made that seal around the edges. It's very hard to break anything baked on. But possible with a bit of work.
JayhawkSD (317 posts) Tue Apr 16, 2013, 09:36 AM
3. Heat it back up again.
You have a vacuum inside. Put it back in the oven to warm the air inside until you can get the lid off.
Long term, file a few notches in the rim of the pot. The lid of a dutch oven does not need to fit tightly.
mac56 (13,586 posts) Tue Apr 16, 2013, 09:15 PM
6. Teakettle worked great!
Thank you all.
By the way, I now have an awesome recipe for Cape Breton baked beans to share.
Stinky The Clown (51,015 posts) Tue Apr 16, 2013, 10:24 PM
7. Step 1: "Find an ovenproof pot with an ill fitting lid"
The pie-and-jam primitive's being naughty again, hanging around Skins's island behind the backs of her caretakers:
grasswire (36,558 posts) Wed Apr 17, 2013, 12:27 AM
9. looking forward to hearing about Cape Breton beans!