GB
Chief Eating Officer
It is only easily scratched if you do not treat it right (using metal utensils in it). If you treat it right it will not scratch.My reservation about Teflon is that it is so easily scratched.
It is only easily scratched if you do not treat it right (using metal utensils in it). If you treat it right it will not scratch.My reservation about Teflon is that it is so easily scratched.
It is only easily scratched if you do not treat it right (using metal utensils in it). If you treat it right it will not scratch.
...but I have had bad experiences with my enamelled cast iron and people scrubbing with steel wool and worse.
I need to get some new pans and I'm debating on whether to get stainless steel or Teflon. Any suggestions? Has anyone tried those ceramic nonstick pans you see in infomercials?
Your enameled CI is much harder than steel wool and shouldn't be harmed by it.
I hate non-stick. I am very happy with my (actually DH's) Lagostina stainless steel set. It's a great complement to the enamelled cast iron stuff.
I never even heard of the ceramic non-stick pans.
I have some baking stuff that is non-stick and it's awful. It's called "Baker's Secret". Stuff sticks worse to it and it's hard to clean.
Non-stick bakeware has to be the worst. How are you supposed to run something around baked goods to allow them to release without scratching the pan, this I have yet to figure out.
After the first scratch it will rust and be completely useless.
Non-stick bakeware has to be the worst. How are you supposed to run something around baked goods to allow them to release without scratching the pan, this I have yet to figure out.
After the first scratch it will rust and be completely useless.
I have non stick bakeware not because it's non stick but because it's easy to find.
I line post of it with parchment paper and use the parchment for easy release of most things. for others,grease the pan like it's a "stick" pan and flour it/corn starch it..depending on what I am cooking.
I have never had a problem with any of my non stick bake ware getting scratched up, other then the people who use a fork to pull lasagna out of the pan..but i've moved onto glass for that one
While I grant you that that may be true of good quality non-stick, it isn't true of all.It is only easily scratched if you do not treat it right (using metal utensils in it). If you treat it right it will not scratch.
While I grant you that that may be true of good quality non-stick, it isn't true of all.
I lived in Sri Lanka 8 years and bought non-stick/Teflon there a few times. I know how to treat it properly, including never let metal anywhere near it. The non-stick stuff there still bubbles, peels, scratches, falls off anyway. It's awful. It's also a fact of life there that teflon will do that and everyone knows it. It does not last.
It's also possible, perhaps even likely, that the factory rejects were sent to Sri Lanka.
The stuff I'm talking about includes internationally recognized brands that did cost a fair bit. Couldn't tell by looking at it that it was subpar. And yet...Lesser quality product can and will be scratched by just about anything and everything you put to it. It's sort of ridiculous.
If you are going to buy Teflon for your kitchen...might as well spend a little cash on it
The stuff I'm talking about includes internationally recognized brands that did cost a fair bit. Couldn't tell by looking at it that it was subpar. And yet...
I had one teflon pan that bubbled noticeably the first time I used it. It happens.
ETA: Point being that brands and/or money spent is not always an indication of quality.
The stuff I'm talking about includes internationally recognized brands that did cost a fair bit. Couldn't tell by looking at it that it was subpar. And yet...
I had one teflon pan that bubbled noticeably the first time I used it. It happens.
ETA: Point being that brands and/or money spent is not always an indication of quality.
GB said:I have never known of any non stick cookware that was dishwasher safe.
I have never known of any non stick cookware that was dishwasher safe.