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The Curse of the Non-Stick Pan

The Curse of the Non-Stick Pan

Posted by John Paolozzi on May 29, 2006
"When you're using the cookware as it's intended to be used, at the temperatures it's intended to be used, it's perfectly safe," said David Boothe, DuPont's global manager for such products as Teflon.

What? You mean there is a right way and a wrong way to use Teflon, and that the wrong way could lead to cancer? Well, that is just awesome that I'm learning this now, especially when I think of the state my last two frying pans. When I finally stopped using them the Teflon was hanging off in big fuzzy flakes. Oh well, I guess I'd better be hoping that this is an accurate prediction.

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  1. Lauren Burrows
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    Rockin' the Cast Iron

    Yep - I be rocking the cast iron frying pan. Partly due to my fear of unknown chemical residues, partly because I'm so old school, and partly because it makes such good hashbrowns. Damn thing gets a hot handle though, I'll have to get used to that feature.
  2. Chrisk
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    Also

    And the nice thing about cast iron is that you can use whatever abrasive metal pads for cleaning it that you like, and for frying your eggs, you can use a squeeky metal fork, or even that dirty piece of wire that you found on the floor near your cabin stove, and not have to worry about damaging your cookware. (Tetanus, maybe, if you don't cook your food well, but the frying pan will be fine either way.)
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