whats the best way or chemical to buy for cleaning the mimosa that turns black and stains the bottom of the cook/boiling pan? Steel wool? thanks!

I first cleaned it with hot water to get the acidic stuff out. Then I scratched it with a spatula. After that I used this steelwool which contains soap (Ako Pad http://upload.wikimedia....jpg/220px-Stahlwolle.jpg). I got it perfectly clean again but the part with scratching it off the bottom was a lot of effort. Maybe a more coarse steelwool could also help but with the finer one you shouldn't even try before you removed the burnt stuff mechanically.

yea it seems like scraping it first is the only way, thanks