Slightly OT: Induction hob top

Have had one for seven years, no special care taken and there are no significant scratches. I guess it all depends on how fastidious one is though.

IME as long as you aren't totally abusive, they are fairly resistant to normal use. You could get unlucky and trap some grit under the pan.

No harm in doing what you're doing though :)

Why not get some wooden spoons/spatulas? Is it to save washing up?

A sheet of kitchen paper works nicely too.

It's mainly when I'm cooking soups or gravy, to stop a 'crust' forming on the bottom of the pan and burning. In a sense, yes it's to save washing up, as without the crust on the bottom, a rinse under the tap and a wipe with a washing-up cloth cleans it. If you're suggesting the wooden spatulas to stir the pan's contents, I'm not sure it would help.

I don't claim any expertise at cooking - I just do very basic stuff - my wife died in April - perhaps I should go to cookery classes.

Yes. I use a circle of baking parchment.

I have managed to scratch a Bosch ceramic induction hob by moving a pan. I suspect a bit of dirt lead to the problem.

Washing-up cloth? I've tried for years in vain to woo SWMBO off these bacteria-infested things. A plastic-bristled *brush* is the correct object.

Ah, sorry to hear that. My sympathy.

Let's put it this way: I cleam ceramic hobs using fine wet and dry paper...

Try turninmg the heat down

We've had an AEG one for near on 10 year and I'm pretty sure is still scratch free. We use mainly stainless steel pans but also Le `Creuset casseroles. I certainly 'wriggle' them to stop sticking etc and have needed to scrap the odd 'stuck' spill. (There is a duck dish I do in quince sauce which, if it splashes, is a s*d to remove.)

Many thanks for all the replies. I'll abandon the tea-towel, use a spatula to stir the pot contents, make sure the bottom of the pot and the hob are free from grit, and use a slightly lower heat.

Commiserations. I too was thrown into cookery with little warning. Hil didn't die but I still had to start doing the cooking (well she did die, several times in fact, but she came back to life albeit in somewhat disabled form and certainly couldn't cook.)

I got nowhere with cookery books. Weird ingredients, faddy ideas, and too much fiddling around with silly details. In the end I just proceeded by trial and error. The results were abysmal to start with but now I can turn my hand to most types of basic (good honest!) food and the quality is pretty good.

Bill

It doesn't matter if it gets scratched. It's just a hob. Who cares.

Bill

Sorry to hear about your respective wives. Must be a horrible experience.

There speaks a bloke.

I think many of us feel that way. Strange I never married...... Brian

I always wanted to write a web site called 'cooking for blokes' which would explain what cooking is and does and how to do the basic stuff.

Well, quite, but it's nearly new, and just like anything new, car, TV, whatever, I'm treating it carefully until it gets it's first scratch. After that, as you say, who cares!