Saving a DCB Soaked in Soapy Water: Tips & Tricks

[RaggedyAunt]

Hey, Cheffers.

I had quite an entertaining CCC this evening. A customer has only used her DCB twice, the second time was last night. She said she cleaned up the kitchen and left a note for her hubby that once he took his serving out of the DCB to just put the lid on and put it in the fridge. Well, lo and behold, he thought he would be "helpful" (ahem!) and transferred the leftovers to a bowl and THEN filled the DCB with soapy water and let it soak overnight. She about crapped! The funny part was she said, "Tammy, there has been a 9x13 pan in the fridge for a WEEK with one piece of lasagna left in it that he couldn't be bothered with to put in a bowl and soak the pan. But, he had to do this to my stoneware, AFTER I told him to leave my stoneware alone!" She went on to say she MADE him give her $65 in cash in case she had to buy a new one!!! lol

So, I told her I'd do some checking and see if I could get some hints and tips on the best way to try to remedy this w/o the necessity of either exchanging it (she just bought it in Dec) or buying a new one! She said he poured dish soap directly in the bottom part and filled it to the top. Are there any tips for pulling out the oils and fragrance? I assume since she has only used it twice, it hasn't formed a good "shell" and probably absorbed quite a bit. What would any of you suggest?

TIA!!

Tammy

 

[chefann]

A common remedy is to completely cover the cooking surfaces with cheap crescent roll dough and bake it. Remove and repeat. Then season it with the shortening and salt recipe that's been posted on here (Kelly just reposted it today in a stoneware thread).

 

[byrd1956]

Doesn't baking soda paste take care of everything???
robyn

 

[chefann]

It might. Some people haven't had luck with it removing ALL of the soap residue. But it's worth a shot. Baking soda is cheap, after all.

 

[RaggedyAunt]

The call actually started over a concern of her mother's lg round stone sticking, and I had seen the seasoning thread, so I told her about that. I will recommend the crescent roll idea and the baking powder paste. Thanks, gals.

 

[chefann]

The call actually started over a concern of her mother's lg round stone sticking, and I had seen the seasoning thread, so I told her about that. I will recommend the crescent roll idea and the baking powder paste. Thanks, gals.

Baking SODA, not POWDER.
I'd hate for her to spend the time using the wrong thing. (That's something I would do.)

 

[RaggedyAunt]

D'oh! Meant "soda" but typed "paste"! It's getting late...

 

[chefann]

I figured that's what you did, but better safe than sorry, right?

 

[RaggedyAunt]

LOL--typed the wrong word in my last post, too (put "paste" instead of "powder")! Lawsy! I guess I'm thinking faster than typing, or something like that! Maybe that means it's time to get up from the computer for the night...

 

[pampchefrhondab]

Since she only used it two times my guess is she won't have a soap residue. The soap would stick to the seasoning. I would definitely use baking soda first the bake the crescent roll and try eating it. If it doesn't taste like soap she is okay.