I love my cast iron too got rid of my micro wave and anything that had a coating on it a long time ago...deb
Jim Holmes <[email protected]> wrote: That is very interesting information. Do you have a source handy? TIA, Jim -----Original Message----- From: Ode Coyote [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 4:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>Aluminum cookware Both cast aluminum and cast iron griddles work the same way. They absorb oils and develop a black thick hard slick surface when 'seasoned in' that's sometimes better than teflon. It's nearly impossible to dig through the seasoning layer with a steel spatula. A well seasoned cast aluminum or cast iron waffle iron works MUCH better than a teflon coated waffle iron. No aluminum or iron is exposed to food. None. Never clean either till it's shiny. Hot water is OK now and then..soap, not. After that rare washing, coat with oil and heat till dry. It'll never rust. Lots of people kept their cast in the oven. I've dug shiny clean and new looking waffle irons out of dumpsters because people threw the plates in the dishwasher to get the waffles off the iron because they couldn't make a waffle they could get off the iron...because they kept cleaning the iron. Neglect is the key. Wash it as little as possible. Waffle stuck on? Soak it with oil and let it burn off. The next one won't stick. They only start working well after you can hardly tell what metal it's made of by looking at it. Grandma may have worked at it for years..then you toss her prize tool into the dishwasher and wonder about that shotgun in her hands. Stainless is great for boiling. Teflon is OK for slow cooking eggs and bacon/steak/burgers/chops and for bake ware. Teflon is almost a necessity for poached eggs. But gimme ole nasty black looking cast aluminum or iron for pancakes and waffles. The cruddier the better. Ode At 11:24 PM 12/8/2005 +0800, you wrote: > >After roughly 30 yrs of warnings about the use of aluminum cookware, I could >not bring myself to use it ever again. I remember how tomatoes or any other >acidic food would yield a shiny pot ---before cleaning it, that is. That's >when I realized where all the "dirty" aluminum went-------right into the >spaghetti sauce! But I'm still scratching my head over the idea that you'd >actually WANT to >cook with aluminum! > > >Rowena says: I was raised to have a horror of aluminium pots, drinking cups, >anything. My mother a bit ahead of her time again there. Over sixty years >ago she knew this. Plastic also she avoided. >Some twelve years ago, I was given a griddle, I suppose it would be called. >For cooking pancakes or whatever when camping. A kind of round slab of >aluminium with a folding handle. As I have read in the past that aluminium >is fairly safe if used for cooking with FAT, I did sometimes use it to make >that sort of food. Okay, dangerous behaviour, yup. > >When I started using virgin coconut oil, I made some pancakes on this >gadget. The coconut oil cleaned the aluminium - right onto the pancakes in >layers. Aluminium paint, basically, I suppose. > >Threw the pancakes out, also the griddle. > >Now I use a flat SS electric frypan. Should have used one all along. > >By the way - after years of assuming glass was the highest form of cooking >receptacle, I came across a comment that after all, there turns out to be a >problem with it. I can't remember what that problem was, and can't find any >reference to it in a search. But I know it was severe enough to make me >feel pretty disappointed. About something or other being released into the >food. Ever feel you can't win, heh heh? > >Rowena > > >-- >The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > >Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > >To post, address your message to: [email protected] > >Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > >The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > >List maintainer: Mike Devour > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.13.12/194 - Release Date: 12/7/2005 > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.13.12 - Release Date: 12/7/2005 > > Stop on in and visit! www.silverpuppy.com www.colloidal-silver-generator.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.13.13 - Release Date: 12/9/2005
