[gessha]

Significant other was studying removal methods for those chemicals and as soon as I learned enough about them, I threw all of my non-stick pans away.

Learning to coat steel pans in oil to make them non-stick-ish has been a great help.

[nlehuen]

> Learning to coat steel pans in oil to make them non-stick-ish has been a great help.

Doesn't this involve cooking oil into harmful polymers?

[gessha]

I use high-temperature oils in general so I’m not sure if those get turned into harmful polymers. Do you know of any studies on that?

[nlehuen]

I found this article to be interesting and well sourced: https://examine.com/articles/are-cast-iron-pans-unsafe/

It doesn't find documented evidence of harmful effects of oil seasoning. Buy likewise for Teflon coating in normal heat conditions.

What I didn't expect is the part about iron leaching and its effects!

[more_corn]

They’re also in your furniture, your takeout containers, your paper cups, paper straws, fire retardant fabrics (required for all children’s sleepwear!)

[2OEH8eoCRo0]

Eggs over-easy on steel all-clad are the bane of my existence on some mornings.

[gessha]

Heat up pan (higher heat) until water droplets start sliding around instead of sizzling out and then add a little bit of oil. Crack the eggs and cover for a bit. When the whites are all done, scrape the eggs off the pan and they should come off mostly clean.

[deepfriedchokes]

Well seasoned cast iron is no problem for eggs. Keep your steel for acidic foods.

[Teknomancer]

Two helping words: Cast Iron.

[taylodl]

The original non-stick