Struggling with Fishy Smells & Sticky Pans: Help Needed!

[lanelly7]

I have a customer who recently asked me two questions I couldn't answer.
1) Everything she cooks on her round stone still smells like the fish she cooked on it awhile ago. Can it be fixed?
2) Foods don't come out of her loaf pan and muffin pan easily. She said she has used them several times, and still oils the pans, but still a struggle to get the food out of the pans.

Anyone deal with this before? I'm still a relatively new stone user, so I didn't have too many tips to share with her.

Thanks!

 

[wadesgirl]

As far as the fish smell, she can lay out a whole tube of crescent rolls so it covers the surface, bake and toss away. That shoule help with that.

 

[gailz2]

does she spray oil?? Perhaps she should try using the silicone brush with oil till they get seasoned.

 

[babywings76]

I've used the Baker's Joy on the fluted stone and also I've done oil brushed on. Both ways, for me, came out perfectly. Now, when I did the microcakes, I noticed a little bit more of residue. I definitely recommend the kitchen brush for cleaning all those nooks and crannies.For the fish smell... does her stone maybe have hairline cracks and the oil and odors are seeping down into it? I had a rectangular baker that did that and had it replaced. Is she cleaning it with really hot water and scraping it? Did she try making a baking soda paste?

 

[stefani2]

It may take 10-12 uses (of brushing on oil) to season a specialty stone.

I would do as Wadesgirl suggests to try to get rid of the Fish smell - if not - call HO and see what they suggest ????

 

[merego]

I know you are all GASPING right now and I never tell my hosts or guests this, but I put all my stoenware in the dishwasher. Have for years and never had a bad taste or a broken stone ( knock on wood) None of my stones are seasoned either and that is fine by me. I am just weird, if I make chicken or pork on something, I have to wash it with something more than hot water and a nylon scraper.

 

[letscook04]

Q: Why does dish soap leave a flavor but garlic and fish don't?

A: Soap or detergent works to actually form a bond with fats and oils. On our stoneware, fats and oils are part of the seasoning of the stone, so when you try to rinse the soap away, it has actually bonded to the surface seasoning making it difficult to remove. A soap taste may then exist during your next usage. When you bake food with strong odors and flavors, there is nothing in the food that binds to the stone or seasoning. Garlic, fish, onion, etc., are natural food products and do not adhere to the stone. That's why you can bake fish one night and cookies the next without having a "fishy" cookie taste.

Q: If I'm not using soap to clean my stone, then how can it be clean?

A: Soap does not kill bacteria. Soap (and detergent) when combined with water molecules penetrates the pores of food residue to soften it. This softening of food residue just makes it easier for the residue to be removed. Hot water alone makes oil and other food substances more fluid and therefore easier to dislodge, especially when used in combination with the nylon pan scraper. This rubbing action will effectively remove food residue.

 

[merego]

Q: Why does dish soap leave a flavor but garlic and fish don't?

A: Soap or detergent works to actually form a bond with fats and oils. On our stoneware, fats and oils are part of the seasoning of the stone, so when you try to rinse the soap away, it has actually bonded to the surface seasoning making it difficult to remove. A soap taste may then exist during your next usage. When you bake food with strong odors and flavors, there is nothing in the food that binds to the stone or seasoning. Garlic, fish, onion, etc., are natural food products and do not adhere to the stone. That's why you can bake fish one night and cookies the next without having a "fishy" cookie taste.

Q: If I'm not using soap to clean my stone, then how can it be clean?

A: Soap does not kill bacteria. Soap (and detergent) when combined with water molecules penetrates the pores of food residue to soften it. This softening of food residue just makes it easier for the residue to be removed. Hot water alone makes oil and other food substances more fluid and therefore easier to dislodge, especially when used in combination with the nylon pan scraper. This rubbing action will effectively remove food residue.

girl, you are silly sorry you are sick. I have never had a soap taste on my stones ever. I am just weird about washing my stuff~ ha ha I have 18 pieces of stoneware and have washed every single one of them.
Not the postergirl for PC Stoneware. Of course, I never tell people ( except for all of you) that. I know quite a few people that do it. We are called OCD~ ha ha

 

[letscook04]

girl, you are silly sorry you are sick. I have never had a soap taste on my stones ever. I am just weird about washing my stuff~ ha ha I have 18 pieces of stoneware and have washed every single one of them.
Not the postergirl for PC Stoneware. Of course, I never tell people ( except for all of you) that. I know quite a few people that do it. We are called OCD~ ha ha

I've been coughing my head off! LOL My voice is coming back. :sing:

I have this host that always puts her stoneware in the dishwasher

 

[Jessamary]

I had a customer with a similar problem. Well, getting down to the bottom of it, I discovered that her stone was over 10 years old. Definitely time for a new one.

Ask your host how old her stone is.