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Microwaved plastic containers release microplastics into food
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Re: Microwaved plastic containers release microplastics into food
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The problem with modern Pyrex and similar glassware is that it usually comes with a plastic lid. I'm with you in that I only use glassware to store food. But it's a bit annoying to have to put a little plate on top of the Pyrex as a makeshift lid in the microwave. My wife has an extensive collection of vintage Pyrex with lids, but she doesn't trust they're microwave safe.
There's plenty of places that sell glass dishes with glass lids. I hadn't even heard that plastic lids were thing until I read your post so had a look on Amazon and even on there it seemed to be ~50/50 mix of plastic and glass lids. You don't need to go vintage either. The Pyrex dish I bought around 5 years ago, to replace another Pyrex dish that I accidentally dropped, came with a glass lid. And the set it was repla…
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#93I am shocked! shocked! Well, not that shocked. Still, don't heat stuff for the infants in a plastic.
> don't heat stuff for the infants in a plastic.
Or any human
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Most folks that cook a lot don't use non-stick pans much anyway because they just don't last very long. I keep a couple around for eggs and pancakes, but that's it. The usual recommendation for skillets is carbon-steel and cast iron because the seasoning does provide some non-stick properties. I have the full gamut with carbon steel, cast iron, non-stick and stainless steel, and find myself mostly leaning on the carb…
I tried carbon steel but I couldn't get the seasoning right, and it flash rusted every time I washed it. Also, to someone used to non-stick or stainless steel, it often looks kind of dirty - its difficult to distinguish between "good but unattractive seasoning" and "you didn't wash your pan well enough".
I bought some new pans a few months ago, and the folks at the shop suggested "Earth Brite" clay cleaner. It seems to work really well.
Re: Microwaved plastic containers release microplastics into food
#95Why we don't use glassware? It's perfect for food. 1. Easy for cleaning 2. Good glass container will look new for years with proper washing 3. It breaks. So it requires full attention of person handling it. We all want to live in present moment, don't we? Use glassware and you will be in the present moment more often ;)
I can break glassware even when paying attention.
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#96I've long ago stopped cooking or putting hot food in plastic containers.. not because of this but because of the possibility other harmful substances leeching from the plastic in to my food. Sure, there are some plastics labeled "for safe" and "BPA-free", but that doesn't guarantee some other plastic that's used doesn't contain harmful substances or cause as yet unknown side effects that just haven't been found by re…
As a daily Aeropress user, I wonder if I should maybe switch to something else. Thoughts?
Aeropress will be releasing a premium version made out of glass later this year.
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As a daily Aeropress user, I wonder if I should maybe switch to something else. Thoughts?
Aeropress will be releasing a premium version made out of glass later this year. https://coffeechronicler.com/aeropress-xl-premium/
Swank. This is what I've been waiting for. The plastic is my only beef with the Aeropress.
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Dishes marketed under the Pyrex name are no longer borosilicates. The brand name was sold off (and in fact the company that bought it was recently discussed in HN as they also bought Instant Pot, and have gone bankrupt).
> discussed in HN as they also bought Instant Pot, and have gone bankrupt For the past 15 years there has been a trend of private equity buying brands and destroying them. Why does this keep making them money? What is this "failure capitalism"?
You can extract a lot of money from a company by torching its reputation. It takes people a while to catch on that they can't trust a company anymore. Buy a company, remove all the costs that give them their competitive advantage, then profit off the reputational arbitrage until it's burned to the ground.
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Maybe I'm in the minority but we (and everyone else we seem to interact with) use pyrex.
Dishes marketed under the Pyrex name are no longer borosilicates. The brand name was sold off (and in fact the company that bought it was recently discussed in HN as they also bought Instant Pot, and have gone bankrupt).
It's more complicated than that: in Europe, the brand has been licensed to La Maison française du verre (which is the latest name of a company that has changed names many times in the past decades) which is still selling borosilicate dishes.
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Maybe I'm in the minority but we (and everyone else we seem to interact with) use pyrex.
The problem with modern Pyrex and similar glassware is that it usually comes with a plastic lid. I'm with you in that I only use glassware to store food. But it's a bit annoying to have to put a little plate on top of the Pyrex as a makeshift lid in the microwave. My wife has an extensive collection of vintage Pyrex with lids, but she doesn't trust they're microwave safe.
Rather than putting a plate on top in the microwave, I have resorted to using a lightly dampened paper towel, gets the job done just as well and one less dish for me to clean.