ESCHUMAN

Thanks everyone! As for dissolving with simple water, I let it sit overnight filled with water and it didn't seem to help. We're talking perhaps a ufll quarter-inch of rock-hard crystal. I thought of boiling, but ended up pouring a healthy amount (OK, it was too much!) Comet into the water and THEN letting it sit. The NEXT morning, it had simply dissolved away.

Any tips for cleaning caramelized sugar from a sauté pan? It can be done, but I was hoping had found some success with some chemical effort (lemon juice? vinegar? wine? sitting in Comet?) or some other clever technique.