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I've tried all the ways recommended here to soak off tough cooked on food and nothing works as well as Calgon Water Softener powder. I just put a tablespoon or two in the pan/pot, add hottest tap water to dissolve and let sit a few hours or overnight. Cooked on crud just swishes off with a good...

I use a peeled raw potato to remove excess salt or excess spices from spaghetti sauce and it works very well. I'd give it a try to see if this method would absorb the excess hot pepper from your sauce. I can't promise it will work, but this will not ruin the sauce. Just simmer the sauce until...

Thanks to both of you. I have played around with the ingredients to my mum's recipe to no avail CharlieD. And Andy - thanks so very much. I'll post back once I've tried the recipe. Thanks again.

I'm of Italian heritage and have never - ever - found a good Italian meatball recipe to match my Neopolitan mum's meatballs. I have her recipe, but mine always turn out either dense or tough or tasteless by comparison. Recipes I've tried (like Biba's) don't taste as good either. I use 2 parts...

I've tried all the ways recommended here to soak off tough cooked on food and nothing - nothing - works as well as Calgon Water Softener powder. I just put a tablespoon or two in the pan/pot, add hottest tap water to dissolve and let sit a few hours or overnight. Cooked on crud just swishes off...