Non-stick?

[12dan34]

Watched 'dark waters' on amazon last night and now thinking twice before using anything we have that is non stick. Pans are easy, most saucepans we have are stainless but we have used non stick frying pans for years so will swap them for stainless. Thinking further than that though to cake tins which are non stick, anyone know if they are made safe by lining with greaseproof (don't actually know what's in this either!) so that the food doesn't contact the non stick surface or should you just stay away from it altogether, ie. it's bad enough to have it in the oven with your food?

Appreciate there's probably a lot of us that dismiss this stuff and carry on but this film is a real eye opener to how corporations get away with this for years without us even knowing it, so if anyone has any knowledge it would be useful, thanks.

[sherman]

For those of us who havent seen this documentry, what are you on about?

[Ham_and_Jam]

sherman said:

For those of us who havent seen this documentry, what are you on about?

It’s a fantastic film with Mark Ruffalo and Anne Hathaway.

True story of how Dupont killed and poisoned 1000’s of people with the development and manufacture of Teflon.

Well worth a watch.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dark_waters_2019

[PositronicRay]

It spooked me to, I came to the conclusion it was more about the concentration of stuff dumped that was the problem.

As a student I must have consumed Teflon, the non stick on our pans was scraped clean.

[12dan34]

99% of us have it in us already!

Just trying to reduce anything further where possible..

[Cotty]

I try to use cast iron where possible. But I tend to be cooking a lot of fried eggs and omelettes and just find it easier in non-stick.

[MiseryStreak]

I’m looking forward to somebody saying they’re going to boycott DuPont products after watching this. Good luck with that.

Nylon
Lycra
Kevlar
Mylar
Teflon
Neoprene
Nomex
Tovex
Tyvek
Corian...

Teflon isn’t just used for non-stick cookware coatings, it’s used EVERYWHERE. And it’s no longer produced by DuPont.

Incidentally DuPont invented 24 of the 25 layers in the Apollo programme EMU (spacesuit).

[hiccy18]

I've been gradually getting rid of the teflon non-stick pans for a few years now. I've tried ceramic non-stick and the saucepan I have is okay but the frying pans don't take high temperature well which I don't like so it's going. Saucepans are nearly all replaced with stainless steel now but I'll keep one teflon until I can figure out how to make scrambled egg without making a horrible mess.

[Turn7]

hiccy18 said:

I've been gradually getting rid of the teflon non-stick pans for a few years now. I've tried ceramic non-stick and the saucepan I have is okay but the frying pans don't take high temperature well which I don't like so it's going. Saucepans are nearly all replaced with stainless steel now but I'll keep one teflon until I can figure out how to make scrambled egg without making a horrible mess.

Scramble eggs in a bowl in the microwave, give it a stir evry ten or so seconds until it hits the consistancy required.....no mess.

[mickyh7]

hiccy18 said:

I've been gradually getting rid of the teflon non-stick pans for a few years now. I've tried ceramic non-stick and the saucepan I have is okay but the frying pans don't take high temperature well which I don't like so it's going. Saucepans are nearly all replaced with stainless steel now but I'll keep one teflon until I can figure out how to make scrambled egg without making a horrible mess.

A few years?
Good God Man, how many have you got?

[hiccy18]

Microwave? tried it a few times, never liked the result ta.

mickyh7 said:

A few years?
Good God Man, how many have you got?

Not that many, but I don't like throwing out servicable stuff, unless it's really pissed me off like the ceramic frying pan.

[w1bbles]

We have a Le Creuset non-stick frying pan that I attacked with wet’n’dry about 20 years ago and it has - since then - been cast iron. Well-seasoned I’d say it’s a better non-stick pan than it was when it was non-stick. If that makes sense.

[abucd4]

Made the move a couple of years ago partly for the Teflon reasons.

Cast iron frying pan/“skillet”, stainless le creuset saucepans. Wouldn’t ever go back! Once I learned how to use them properly they’re equally non stick too.

Season the cast iron properly, even if it says “pre-seasoned” and generally use less heat with the saucepans and there’s no need for non-stick coatings.