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https://www.ebay.com/itm/Country-Cha...-/181432442814 Seriously when I read that stuff I said what is more worth it than having safe bakeware. So now all of a sudden I need a bakeware budget. I won't be buying a skillet for $300, it's in my (imaginary and free $ ) crystal ball. |
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December 25, 2017 | #212 |
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Well... what is the latest version of a safer non-stick pan ?
I use non-sick for skillets/ frying pans only. As soon as a non stick pot gets a tiny scratch out it goes. Sams Club and Costco have quality sets but I don't use the numerous non-stick sauce pans they come with. I've not gotten the hard andonized bug; I like a quality hassle free non stick surface not needing special prep. The Professional series T Fal is heavy and doesn't burn food. This is not the same weight as the colorful T Fal pan WM carries. It a has hard surface that lasts longer than most. I've tried the "green" ceramics. I think they're "eeh" and they loose the non stick property quickly. Same with copper ceramic. There is a brand called Starfit that is non stick granite and I love it for burgers and steaks. Skillet is $30 and worth it for a daily meat/chicken cooking pan. Not crazy over using it for pancakes or light food. Cooking spaghetti , sauces, soups type of prep gets a heavy metal saucepan or large pot. Lots of choices in that type of cookware. I've had some for 20 plus years. - Lisa |
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December 25, 2017 | #214 | |
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The T-fal was the America's Test Kitchen top pick until the Oxo non-stick recently knocked it out of the #1 spot. Our T-fal is about two years old and holding out great. |
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December 25, 2017 | #215 | |
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I avoid the whole sock issue by going with these. I have an old pair I wear in the garden and a newer pair I wear every where else in warmer weather. |
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December 25, 2017 | #216 |
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I have been barefoot all day even outside in cold weather.
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December 25, 2017 | #217 |
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I am a little confused by the PFOA in paper thing, Bower. Fast Food restaurants around here do not use parment paper, and the paper they use is printed on. I don't know where the PFOA in that might come from but are you assuming or are they saying that if fast food wrappers have it, all paper and wrappings,, including parchment paper also have PFOA in them? Or are you mad because you ran out of paper and could not use your pans without it because the pans themselves contain coatings with PFOAs? I know my WS Baking Pans, even the coated ones claim to be PFOA free. There must be others available, too.
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December 25, 2017 | #218 |
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You would be loosing toes to frost bite if you lived up here and tried that at this time of year. We have a nice coating of ice and snow and it's currently 19F. I can't even go without slippers inside in the winter unless we really jack up the heat. |
December 26, 2017 | #219 |
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Yes, I still remember leaving barefoot prints in the snow on the front walk one New Year's Eve when the parents were out celebrating. We were certainly not out there long!
Now, I can't go barefoot on the floor here in winter due to the concrete slab underneath that sucks the heat out of feet the way an uncovered waterbed does out of a body. We had a white Christmas and I am not at all tempted to try it again. |
December 26, 2017 | #220 | |
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No, natural parchment paper is unbleached paper that has been treated with sulfuric acid that is it. It is all I use. The bleached paper is the problem. If you have never been around a paper mill it is one of the most disgusting smells you ever smelled. The chemicals they used to bleach it out is horrifying. |
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December 26, 2017 | #221 |
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For gardening, I love Sloggers (plastic clogs) which are more substantial than Crocs, and don't have the silly holes in them. The drawback is that I have to wear socks, but my feet are always dry and comfy .
Good to know about Marks for shoes, Bower! Hubby bought a pair from there that he LOVES! Linda |
December 26, 2017 | #222 |
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Thanks, Worth. We do have a paper mill near here and it used to smell aweful, but it hasn't really been a problem that I know of for years. I don't know what kind of paper they produce. I use some bakeware that is coated but is PFOA free. My sheet pans are heavy duty plain aluminum from a restaurant supply store. They are indestructible and inexpensive. You might look at a similar place if you have one near you, Bower. They tend to have uncoated, heavy duty pans at more reasonable prices than some place like WS. I need to look into the paper thing. I may have to switch to unbleached but I recently stocked up on bleached precut sheets from King Arthur Flour, and I would hate to throw that out. It wasn not cheap. I will have to see if any of the bleached parchment is PFOA free. I would have bleached meant they used bleach to whiten them, and we even put that in our water to sanitize it, not to mention clothing, etc., so I am not too afraid of that. the food just looks nicer on it. Interesting subject.
Sorry, if you won't use even unbleached parchment, you probably won't use aluminum either. BB&B and Amazon though both have stainless steel baking pans. Last edited by SueCT; December 26, 2017 at 02:49 PM. |
December 26, 2017 | #223 |
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Sue, that cabbage smell from the paper mill would have been a "kraft cook". Kraft paper is what they make those thick "yellow" envelopes from. I don't know what has changed, but it must be great not to have to suffer that awful stink {LOL}.
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December 28, 2017 | #224 |
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Rain-X.
Discovered it ages ago when I learned flying. If I recall, it was initially developed for use on plane windshields to keep them clean in extreme conditions. Now it's the only windshield fluid I use in all our vehicles, water simply beads up on the windshield and is driven away by the fast moving air. My truck's wipers motor broke down and I was still able to see and drive safely in pouring rain. |
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