On 4/5/2019 12:55 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> I am not the one doing this but someone here likes to eat a lot of Swiss
> cheese. They put it on their food and nuke it. The cheese gets
> overcooked, IMO and some of it gets stuck to the bowl/plate/casserole.
>
> I use a plastic dish brush to wash my dishes. Sometimes I don't notice
> the cheese on there, especially if it's a small amount. The cheese welds
> itself to my brush and then I can't get it off.
>
> If I see the cheese, I scrape it off with whatever is handy. Usually a
> table knife or spoon. Then to be sure, I rinse it with hot water and run
> a paper towel over it to get anything that's left before I wash it.
>
> I guess my question is more about the dish brush. Why does the cheese
> weld onto there and how can I get it off? I have to keep replacing the
> brushes. Sometimes I can run them under water and pull the cheese off
> with a paper towel but this doesn't always work.
>
> Help! Thanks!

You won't appreciate this suggestion at all but you *did* ask. Your
issue is not really with the dish brush.

My helpful suggestion: Insist He Who Shall Not be Named (aka "someone
here" aka The Gardener) immediately scrape the plate and then rinse it
under hot water (brush if necessary) so the melted cheese won't get
dried out and stuck to the plate. Then you won't have to worry about
crud in the dish brush or stuck on cheese on a plate.

Jill