Thomas wrote:
> What is to deglaze a pan. I am doing a chuck stew now. I can scrape the shig off the bottom for a great gravy for the stew. Shig. My typo.. is a glaze something you see?

it has nothing to do with glaze

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/d%C3%A9glacer

I am not 100% sure but if you think about the effect water has on ice,
the same idea applies when you add a liquid to the bits stuck to the
hot pan (i.e., "melting" in a sense)

those wacky French!