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Cooking with black plastic is particularly crucial to avoid

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Re: Cooking with black plastic is particularly crucial to avoid

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Post by Melatonic »

fooblaster wrote: post #383
sebmaynard wrote: post #355

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I'm one of those people. Absolutely can't stand it

isn't it more that silicone absorbs lipids and soaps? so you are tasting the dishwasher or last meal. I bake silicone cookware in the oven on broil, as it removes absorbed food. Fair warning, this is a terrible idea if the cookware isn't 100% silicone.

This is why I never put silicone in the dishwasher

Lots of things can also absorb dishwasher detergents which is probably not great for your health. But for non porous things dishwashers are great !

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Post by matwood »

ebiester wrote: post #461
bpodgursky wrote: post #438

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They only scratch nonstick pans. Just use stainless steel, it's not that hard to clean.

It's not about cleaning. It's about the increased amount of oil needed to prevent delicate foods like eggs and fish from sticking. That adds cost and calories.

I only use non-stick with low heat and for items like eggs and fish. Stainless steel for everything else. Don't let perfect be the enemy of better.

Re: Cooking with black plastic is particularly crucial to avoid

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Post by observationist »

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #468
SoftTalker wrote: post #420

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Just don't use plastic for cooking.

How do you find a non-Teflon waffle iron?

A superficial web search reveals a handful of options; I'm sure if you spent a little time, like 10-15 minutes, you'd find dozens. If you only look at what's on offer in stores, and aren't in a place with a lot of variety, then you're not going to have many options.

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Post by dfxm12 »

From gidmkhealthnerd, a scientific fact-checker:

Counterpoint: this seems to be the crusade of a single researcher - I don't find the data personally convincing and am still using my black spatula for cooking.

https://www.threads.net/@gidmkhealthnerd/post/DBxbQERykRx?hl...

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Post by transcriptase »

toast0 wrote: post #476
stronglikedan wrote: post #447

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Yes, wood is one. Why not wood?

Wood food working implements get stained, develop cracks and chips that may retain bacteria, can't go through the dishwasher, may have finishes we'll all be concerned about later, etc. They're my least favorite to clean and most likely to throw away because I can't get them cleaned.

My mantra is that anything is dishwasher safe if you care little enough about it.

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Post by NegativeLatency »

toast0 wrote: post #476
stronglikedan wrote: post #447

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Yes, wood is one. Why not wood?

Wood food working implements get stained, develop cracks and chips that may retain bacteria, can't go through the dishwasher, may have finishes we'll all be concerned about later, etc. They're my least favorite to clean and most likely to throw away because I can't get them cleaned.

I put my unfinished wooden cooking utinsels through the dishwasher literally every day. They’ve been fine for 10+ years

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Post by moralestapia »

toast0 wrote: post #476
stronglikedan wrote: post #447

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Yes, wood is one. Why not wood?

Wood food working implements get stained, develop cracks and chips that may retain bacteria, can't go through the dishwasher, may have finishes we'll all be concerned about later, etc. They're my least favorite to clean and most likely to throw away because I can't get them cleaned.

Hmm, have you actually used wood? I've been using it for decades.

>Wood food working implements get stained, develop cracks and chips that may retain bacteria

This happens after years of use ... buy a new one? They're like 1 dollar. Lol.

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Post by dfxm12 »

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #468
SoftTalker wrote: post #420

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Just don't use plastic for cooking.

How do you find a non-Teflon waffle iron?

If you're really and truly concerned about this, you have to take a long, hard look in the mirror and ask yourself, "what's more important to me, my health or waffles?"

It might be time to look for a johnnycake recipe, and that's OK.

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Post by blargey »

michaelt wrote: post #274
MrSkelter wrote: post #226

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The precautionary principle plus what we know about heating plastic makes your reticence seem churlish. There are easy, safe alternatives in wood, metal and silicone. There’s no need to risk it.

In my country we have some ridiculous newspapers that will publish any story with "may cause cancer" in the headline. So for a lot of people these stories are a boy-who-cried-wolf situation. Precautionary principle? I'm sorry to say stainless steel may leech heavy metals into food during cooking [1] And also silicone may leech potentially harmful chemicals into food [2] Nonstick coatings? Teflon flu "could be a real…

Dismissing the papers as lies is very different from considering your usage of the studied tools/materials, and deciding you're not actually recreating the failure-modes studied in the papers enough to worry about your current tools.
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