54 points

You guys are still putting PFAS in your food?

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There’s nonstick without pfas. Does it have other chems we have no idea about? Probably. But not pfas.

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20 points

Non stick isn’t even good for cooking, get a nice stainless steel pan and see how much better food tastes

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I think you’ve misspelled cast iron. Or maybe carbon steel?

I do want some stainless skillets, but specifically to stick fond in from meat searing, not to replace nonstick. It’s for actually the opposite purpose.

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I have never once cooked with a stainless steel pan and not had the food stick like crazy. Dump as much vegetable oil as you want in, let it heat up as much as you want, that tofu is sticking to the pan and getting ruined in stainless steel. I’m convinced that people who swear by stainless only ever cook meat.

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Switching to stainless has been great. If something sticks I can just scrape it off and then add a little more oil to prevent a repeat. I’m not sure why non-stick pans even became popular. I guess probably the low-fat fad had something to do with it.

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7 points

Carbon steel is acceptable as well.

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5 points

Lmao here we go again

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4 points

the other chemicals are always going to be plastic, just under a different name

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3 points

I hate to be the acktually guy, but acktually, there’s pocketed carbon hex steel and titanium interior. Both are not plastic and have non stick properties without any forever chemicals. Also there’s ceramic but requires wooden utensils and lower temps to keep it that way.

And then there’s seasoned cast iron which can be non stick if you properly maintain the seasoning. Stainless steel can be non stick at the right temperature and oil. But it takes temperature control.

There are options and none of them requires pfas or plastic.

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33 points

More butter

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35 points

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5 points

Is this strangely erotic or am I just American?

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4 points

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4 points

Did it awaken something in you?

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10 points

I’ve never understood why so many people struggle with this when you can simply properly butter the pan

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11 points

Some people don’t want butterflies to die just to butter their pans…

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3 points

Might want to have it healthier

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5 points

If buttered eggs is the least healthy thing in your diet then you’ll be fine

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2 points

We were told that fat was unhealthy for decades. It’s not surprising that many still believe it.

Non stick pans are sold as not needing fat

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2 points

I’ve recently learned making sure the pan is very hot also really helps.

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2 points

Laughs in Paula Dean.

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Regardless of the type of pan you are using, you will find eggs ate much less likely to stick if you wait for the pan to be hot before you out the eggs in. I don’t know why this is, but if you put cold eggs in a cold pan, they will stick when you cook them.

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it’s because the eggs expect to be warm and they punish you if you let them get cold. same reason chickens sit on them before they hatch.

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A little tip - put a small pad of butter on the pan first, let it melt, and then spread it out. The pan will be the perfect temp for the eggs and it’ll make them a bit better.

Also, add a couple tablespoons of milk to the eggs. It will make them smoother and fluffier.

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6 points

Hey you make eggs like me

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11 points

Usually you need hot pan as the water will vaporise and make a vapor layer that prevent sticking

For inox pan, it also avoid that the micro cracks in the metal move and expand during the cooking which tend to trap the food and make it stick a lot

But you should avoid to heat a non-stick pan without food as it can emit toxic fume if it reach a critical temperature

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4 points

Inox pan gang rise up!

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5 points

Full respect to inox gang, but I’m Cast Iron crew for life

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5 points

leidenfrost effect

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Also, if you’re cooking at too high of a temperature it’ll stick. It’ll burn the very outer layer and stick the the pan.

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When the pan heats (and expands), its microscopic gaps close up. If foods are added before this happens, it pinches and traps the food causing it to stick.

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18 points

You got stuck egg AND forever chemicals in your food, delicious.

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