Wisdom From Grandma

Comment by Laura

July 18, 2006 @ 8:18 pm

Ok here is your tip if you put a spoonfull of peanut butter in it an mix it up good you will not taste the burned soup or beans

Comment by SonyG

July 14, 2007 @ 9:39 pm

WOW! Everytime I cook beans they are so good the first night and the second night, I always burn them when reheating. My guy is always so mad at me because he loves beans and always wants them for 2 or 3 days. This time I lied and told him I caught them before they burned but I could taste in them and so I came on line and looked up how to get rid of burn taste when cooking and came directly to this site. I just tried the peanut butter tip and OH MY GOD!!! The taste is gone! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SOOOO VERY MUCH, LAURA! I will remember this tip FOREVER!!!

Comment by I tried it

October 15, 2007 @ 1:23 am

I did this just now with a delish pot of chili i was making and lowen-be-hold I fogot it for 10 minutes and burned the bottom layer — I used the peanut butter method listed here and seems to have helped but I know this chili could have been so much more…

Comment by Jayne Baker

January 23, 2008 @ 6:19 am

WOW. I thought I had ruined an entire pot of the best potato soup. I was very very leary of the peanut butter. I added about a teaspoon to just one bowl (in case I had to experiment with other “remedies”. THE PEANUT BUTTER WORKED. Another batch is in my rice cooker in the micro wave ….hey, why tempt the fates…with another spoonfull in it.

Thanks to who ever tried this the first time. It didn’t seem like the potato thing would work…considering it’s POTATO SOUP! LOL

Comment by Susan

February 14, 2008 @ 9:55 am

I tried this. Works GREAT getting the burned smell/taste out of the beans. Just had to figure out how to get some flavor back in so it didn’t taste like peanut butter! Thanks for the tip!

Comment by Shmuel Shimshoni

May 8, 2008 @ 3:21 pm

Wow !!! The peanut butter treatment was great. But after getting the whole thing mixed together the well cooked beans ended up quite mashed. So I added some fried onions and a bit of salt pepper.
I wonder if i will ever again get such scrumptions results by actually trying to pre-scorch a batch of beans again.
Thank you for the idea and the support it got as well.
Shmuel

Comment by Mike J

September 15, 2008 @ 2:07 am

What the heck could POSSIBLY fix that, I was TOTALLY skeptical but figured I had nothing to lose…. So in went the peanut butter….and just a little more…. and finally a third tablespoon (heaping) and I was amazed !!
Thank you for whoever though of such a ridiculous idea.. it actually worked

Comment by Debra

October 7, 2008 @ 9:57 pm

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!! My son and I are making chilli to can. 36 quarts in 2 pans. One is in the roaster working perfectly. The other is in a kettle on the stove. The stove had a burnt flavor though we were just starting out. I found this, tried it and IT WORKS!!!! Now, I can put up all 36 quarts and my husband will not know that I burnt anything! Did I say Thank You?????

Comment by bernadette donnelly

October 21, 2008 @ 2:53 am

Hello,

Thanks for the tip, I used the peanut butter and saved a turkey stew with dumplings. I also added a little milk as that is what someone else suggested.

Bernadette

Comment by Carolyn Saunders

October 29, 2008 @ 6:57 am

I just tried the peanut butter in some left over chicken and dumplings that I allowed to burn on the bottom of the cooking pan. The mild burned taste spoiled the wonderful company meal for me–the smell of the scorched bottom of the pan was actually worse than the taste. I wish that I had checked the internet Sunday as the peanut butter removed any trace of the burned smell and saved the remainder of the good soup. Thank you so much for your suggestion!!!

Comment by Cindi

November 30, 2008 @ 1:29 am

OMG it worked!!! It doesnt tasted burned now, however it does have a bit of a peanut taste I gonna wait it out let it simmer any suggestions??

Comment by Samantha

December 6, 2008 @ 7:27 pm

Hi;
I was making this great chili, while I was cutting up the veggies I forgot to stir it. I burnt the bottom and tried to save it by stirring it, bad idea.
I called my Mom and she said to look online, I saw the penutbutter thing and wasn’t sure, after seeing it a few times on different sites I thought I would try it in a small bowl. WOW, the burnt tast is gone.
Thank you ssssooooo much for the tip.

Comment by Mike Derry NH

December 9, 2008 @ 10:27 pm

I tried it in my chowder it did not work i can taste the peanut butter i wasent one of the lucky ones it failed my recipee so i flushed it and started over
thank you anyway it was worth trying

Comment by chris phillips

December 18, 2008 @ 7:19 am

Thank you! I tried putting peanut butter in a potato chowder I made which I had burned on the bottom. It really worked. The burned taste was gone! My husband didn’t like the stupid chowder anyway though! What a lot of work for not! girls…..let’s forget cooking and get take out!

Comment by Pamela

January 2, 2009 @ 8:21 am

I burnt the beef stroganoff when I left the room to make a call and found the peanut butter remedy by googling. Amazing! I knew there had to be something that would save dinner!

Comment by Angel

January 5, 2009 @ 12:54 am

Thanks for the tip.
For those who cannot eat peanut butter, almond butter works as well. You need to use twice as much and wait a bit longer for the burnt taste to disappear.

Comment by Lesley

January 19, 2009 @ 4:35 am

Peanut Butter did the trick! I saved my gumbo and about $55.00 worth of ingredients.

Thank you!

Lesley
Columbus, OH

Comment by julia

January 24, 2009 @ 12:43 am

peanut butter did not help burned taste/smell of cheddar cheese potato soup. the cheese just began to burn but it destroyed the soup. i tried a lot of peanut butter but it didn’t help. The more i added it started to taste like p.b. but not potato soup.
i had to throw the whole pot away. I called a chef and he said there was nothing i could do.

Comment by Jodi

March 7, 2009 @ 7:26 am

Alas, peanut butter to the rescue! Who woulda thunk? Thank you for saving dinner!

Comment by eli

March 15, 2009 @ 9:15 pm

I cannot believe this worked!!! amazing!! I thought there was no way I could save my stewed chicken but one teaspoon of peanut butter and it worked like a charm!!

Comment by cori

March 17, 2009 @ 5:03 am

PEANUT BUTTER SAVED THE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“wow” is all I can say.. whomever thought of it..is AMAZING..it WORKS!!

Comment by Nicole

March 22, 2009 @ 5:18 pm

This helped a little but, not entirely though.

Comment by stacy fennell

April 25, 2009 @ 5:59 am

I just burned the pintos while taking care of my disabled mom. Thanks for the tip, it worked wonderfully. This tip definitely saved my supper!!!

Comment by clara lomeli

May 3, 2009 @ 2:04 am

i made my homemade split pea soup. the burned so i did the peanut butter trick. omg it worked thank you

Comment by Carol Rmaseier

May 24, 2009 @ 5:21 pm

Thank you. I just made a roaster full of beef burgers for a bachelor party. Actually I made it the morning before and heated it up. I ended up burning the bottom and could tast the burnt taste. I mixed in some peanut butter and no one could taste it. IN fact it was a big hit. Thank you again.

Comment by Alan Okamura

June 3, 2009 @ 6:27 am

Peanut butter to remove burnt taste from food! Who would have thought of this. I made some gumbo but accidently “overcooked” my roux. At first I thought it looked okay, but when I added it to the stock and tasted it, the gumbo had a distinct burnt taste. I added about a tablespoon of peanut butter to about 2 quarts of liquid. Voila! The burnt taste disappeared! Thank you Laura!!!

Comment by Madeline

June 8, 2009 @ 6:50 pm

Has anyone ever used the peanut butter trick with burnt tomato sauce? I want to try it but I am afraid of the flavors not mixing well.

Comment by Linda Mason

June 18, 2009 @ 4:57 am

I burned my home made chili, tried the peanut butter idea and it worked! Thank you!!!

Comment by Pamela

July 2, 2009 @ 6:44 am

I KNEW THERE HAD TO BE AN ANSWER TO MY SCORCHED BEANS,i WASN’T SURE OF THE OUTCOME IT SOUNDED WEIRD THEY ARE GREAT. I PUT SOME BEANS AND PEANUT BUTTER IN THE MICROWAVE TO GIVE IT A TRY, IT WORKED WONDERFUL, I’M EATING THE BEANS AS I WRITE MY COMMENT AND THE REST OF THE BEANS ARE REHEATING ON THE STOVE. THANKS A MILLION AFTER HOURS OF COOKING THE SMOKED MEAT AND BEANS THEY ARE SAVED. I ALREADY PASSED THE INFO ON TO MY MOM. THANKS, THANKS, THANKS

PAMELA

Comment by This chick !

July 18, 2009 @ 5:11 am

THIS DOESNT NOT WORK !
It tastes Like Chicken & peanutbutter !
it is discusting !

Comment by Darlene (Nick adn Angel's Mother)

July 18, 2009 @ 9:26 pm

Okay, I am about to go and try this… I have 1 hour to get to church and am cooking a pot of beans for our potluck. We are all vegan; I am glad the burnt beans remedy is vegan…smile…wish me well..

Comment by jay

August 22, 2009 @ 1:55 am

My ex wife just had back sergury, as we remain friends I thought I’d make her a big pot of chili to help out . I used the peanut butter trick a little extra garlic and some cinnamon that did the trick, slight burnt smell but the taste is good, that would have been embaresing to tell her and the kids I burnt the chili since I cook for a living. good trick.

Comment by charvon harry

August 25, 2009 @ 12:44 pm

OMG! who would have thought about “PEANUT BUTTER” i have read the previous remarks and i must say the peanut butter is the greatest. i scorched some beans today and i really was upset. i knew if i got on the internet they would have a remedy for this little disaster. years and years people have been tainting their food with a a burnt aroma and/or taste. i figured someone would have the wisdom to know what to use and here it is. “PEANUT BUTTER” so simple and right in your kitchen cabinet. just brilliant! thanks grandma for all your wisdom. God bless!

Comment by charvon harry

August 25, 2009 @ 12:49 pm

oh, added this with the previous comment….P.S…. i also added some milk with the peanut butter and the burnt/scorched smell and taste disappeared!

Comment by Donna Shedeed

August 27, 2009 @ 12:09 am

I had just run upstrs, and would you know my choclate pudding burned on the bottom, I ran and asked google what to do and here came all the answers, I love it. I melted some peanut butter w/nuts into my choclate pudding and it made it even better. made my day

Comment by leah

September 8, 2009 @ 6:29 am

Omg.!!!!! I’m making a pot of gumbo as we speak……..went upstairs get n ready 4 school…came back down and my gumbo was burning. Transferred it into another pot. The rice was burnt at the bottom.I couldn’t sut throw it away…swear the peanut butter trick really works. ( I used crunchy) don’t tell the kidz……