Or well-seasoned carbon steelNothing beats some well-seasoned cast iron
Or well-seasoned carbon steelNothing beats some well-seasoned cast iron
Carbon steel is very nice as well!Or well-seasoned carbon steel
I was waiting for thisHe took her in his arms, looked deeply into her eyes and said, "Teflon is a registered trademark of the DuPont Corporation, and as such should only be used to describe its products or services. Please refer to it as polytetrafluoroethylene, or PTFE for short."
Excerpted from Ouch International's Guide to Bad Poetry
Obviously there are differences, but are teflon-coated pans in any way analogous to blades where poor technique is concerned?
"After discovering in his test lab that shavers could not tell the difference in blade sharpness, he was responsible for break-thru research that determined that blade sharpness was not a critical factor in receiving a good shave; rather a reduction in drag by hair clinging to the blade causing pulling was needed. This Drag Theory lead to the development of coated razor blades and specifically the Organosiloxane Gel coated Super Blue Blade (1959)."
Patent linky
Super BlueUS2937976.pdf
I enjoy some Teflon coated blades, but I've thrown out all my non-stick cookware. Going forward, it's cast iron or stainless cookware for me. I don't want any of that non-stick coating getting into the food I feed my family.
I highly recommend the black steel from this French company. Once seasoned, these pans are a direct replacement for PTFE coated stuff.
https://www.amazon.com/Matfer-Bourgeat-062005-Frying-8-Inch/dp/B000KENOTK/ref=sxbs_osp24-2173403e_cov?ascsubtag=2173403e-b054-4611-8237-500042e9e237&creativeASIN=B000KENOTK&crid=3G61D43Z3KEYY&cv_ct_id=amzn1.osp.2173403e-b054-4611-8237-500042e9e237&cv_ct_pg=search&cv_ct_wn=osp-search&keywords=matfer+bourgeat+black+steel+frying+pan&linkCode=oas&pd_rd_i=B000KENOTK&pd_rd_r=da1745fe-3bf2-4f68-8472-69d23649be56&pd_rd_w=Uaq1E&pd_rd_wg=wPAyR&pf_rd_p=54d015c4-131b-4f4f-8a53-55524818127c&pf_rd_r=CDY2Z77BXFZ9HEE72FNN&qid=1559236064&s=home-garden&sprefix=Matfer+bo,digital-music,199&tag=atkamznsearch-20
Cook's Illustrated loves those pans, too.I highly recommend the black steel from this French company. Once seasoned, these pans are a direct replacement for PTFE coated stuff.
https://www.amazon.com/Matfer-Bourgeat-062005-Frying-8-Inch/dp/B000KENOTK/ref=sxbs_osp24-2173403e_cov?ascsubtag=2173403e-b054-4611-8237-500042e9e237&creativeASIN=B000KENOTK&crid=3G61D43Z3KEYY&cv_ct_id=amzn1.osp.2173403e-b054-4611-8237-500042e9e237&cv_ct_pg=search&cv_ct_wn=osp-search&keywords=matfer+bourgeat+black+steel+frying+pan&linkCode=oas&pd_rd_i=B000KENOTK&pd_rd_r=da1745fe-3bf2-4f68-8472-69d23649be56&pd_rd_w=Uaq1E&pd_rd_wg=wPAyR&pf_rd_p=54d015c4-131b-4f4f-8a53-55524818127c&pf_rd_r=CDY2Z77BXFZ9HEE72FNN&qid=1559236064&s=home-garden&sprefix=Matfer+bo,digital-music,199&tag=atkamznsearch-20
Teflon is a trade name for a series of compounds called per and poly florinated alkyl substances or pfas. Do a google search on pfas in Rockford Michigan.....it is a huge, and I mean huge issue in Michigan right now. Wolverine had a shoe factory in Rockford and used this material to waterproof their shoes. Pfas has contaminated hundreds of private wells in the area and this stuff is toxic in the parts per trillion levels.
And that's why sailors had birds on submarines back in the day. Some exhaust fumes are undetectable by humans until it's too late. It's a shame about the parrot dying.Yes, the fumes from overheated PTFE are known to be lethal to birds. It's not usually an issue, but bad things can happen.
My wife (never that I could do this) left a pan heating on the stove a few years ago and forgot about it. There was a noxious smoke floating around our kitchen for a bit. Thank God this is before we had the parrot. We've seen many reports of people unintentionally killing their pets in this manner.