cooking with the griddle

**lindaw2** · March 9th, 2006, 02:14 AM

I used my griddle for the first time this week. I worked so hard to get the thing clean that I was really reluctant to do it. But I tried it with pancakes and it was great. When I was done, I followed the recommendation in the Idle Hour book and put water on it and used a brillo on a fork while it was hot. It cleaned it better than all the elbow grease and cameo I had used before.
So between that system and using cream of tartar in my aluminum pots, we are clean and ready to cook!
If you use your griddle to cook, what do you cook on it?

**lindaw2** · March 9th, 2006, 05:04 PM

When the inside of aluminum pots get funky, especially if you cook something acidic like tomato products, boil some water as high as the discoloration goes and add some cream of tartar. No amount to report..I just play it by ear. Let it boil a while and you should see a difference. At least it has always worked for me! Definitely go with the water/brillo on a cooled down yet still hot griddle. Worked great for me.