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Nonstick Cookware Industry Furious at Suggestion They Should Stop Causing Cancer (futurism.com)
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[–] 33 points 2 years ago (10 children)

I moved to using cast iron and steel pans, I found even hand washing non-stick pans they eventually just get scuffed up after years.

I'd rather just use a few more drops of oil on a regular pan.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (9 children)

    I've got a few dishes that want a non stick surface and have a dinner in a tomato sauce. I keep the non stick for those, and for house guests who don't understand carbon steel.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    I also keep a couple non-stick skillets around for guests.

    However it’s incredible (in a bad way) just how ubiquitous these coatings have become. It’s going to take years to get through them all. I just got stainless cookie sheets but all my bakeware is non-stick (blind spot: I used to use a baking sheet for the broiler without connecting the dots on excessive heat vs teflon).

    Next step (by frequency of use) really needs to be my rice cooker

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I highly recommend picking up a Japanese induction rice cooker. We've had a Zojirushi for a year and even at altitude it makes perfect rice every time.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I nixed the Zojirushi because of the PTFE coating, but I love having a non-stick rice cooker. Ended up getting a GreenPan induction rice cooker with an insert that has a ceramic coating to make it nonstick, and I love it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    That brand does have an outstanding reputation and I have considered splurging on it, however I only see non-stick pans. Whereas I can get a cheap Aroma or similar with a stainless pan.

    I guess we’ll have to see how tedious it is to clean rice from stainless, but the goal is to reduce ptfe from my diet

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    I don't. The flat iron skillet (comal) is nonstick enough at this point that even my kids never complain about making eggs on it, they release well. Tomato sauce does fine in stainless steel. Though I also haven't made guests cook for themselves yet. Had one nonstick pan in the early 1990s and that was enough to sour me on them.

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