Poll: what type of cookware do you use?

[Pelican49]

I had used cast iron for decades. Arthritis has just made it too heavy for me. My daughter and SIL were thrilled to get it, and now I have a great set of stainless. I'll miss my huge, covered stew pot that would hang in the fireplace though.

 

[bjcoop]

What?

Teflon--alzheimers? I didn't know that! ! 2 of my favorites are teflon.

I do have cast iron--buried in back, I am getting them out, clean/season them and try to learn to use them. Thanks for the info!
---------
16 spoilt chickens, 1 13yo rescue chicken-hound dd

dh

 

[MandyH]

I had a huge high dollar set of non stick cookware (teflon) that I bought after I married and gave it away because I read somewhere that the way they make that stuff to withstand such high heat and not melt was BAD. Also heating the teflon to a high temp before adding contents to the skillet gave off some sort of toxic crap. I LOVE LOVE LOVE antiques and I go to lots of estate sales and have replaced all my stuff with cast iron, and the old THICK heavy aluminum stuff. There isn't much you can't cook with a huge cast iron skillet and a aluminum dutch oven!!!LOL!

 

[homecatmom]

B4 chickens, I used to "collect" cookware.

I did the non-stick till I read how bad it was for you. I then moved on to the Pyrex glass pots and pans (remember them and their lovely colors)? They weighed as much if not more than cast iron....out they went (plus the food stuck to them something awfull). I now have 18/10 stainless and love it. I do need a large cast iron skillet for making fried potatoes because they don't brown very well in stainless. A cast iron dutch oven would be nice too.....

 

[carugoman]

Scare tactics,rumors,half-truths,anecdotal dribble,conjecture,personal experiences and usually bold-faced lies...describes the "information"available on the internet. I went to the parrot link. Right in the first few sentences,the author proscribes personal experience and conjecture only. No basis in science or proven fact i. e. no citations to actual laboratory studies. And, I use the plural here,because a single study only proves an anomaly,not a trend or a factual premise. If Chicken Little screams... how many will listen?

 

[pacanis]

It all depends what I'm cooking as to what I grab.... CI, SS or non-stick. And since I never heat up my non-stick without anything in it, nor get it above 600F (the temp that the toxic fumes are released), I never worry about using it.

 

[sunnychooks]

Stainless steel only.

No teflon or aluminum.

 

[silkiechicken]

Uh, my mom cooks?

Teflon has a very high melting temperature but has a very low wear resistance which I think is the reason they are "not good when injested". Boil a soup in it and you're probably fine, but if you scrape it with anything, enjoy teflon particles in your food. Teflon = aka Poly(tetrafluroethylene), best used in catheters, vascular grafts and transdermal delivery liners, but failed as knee and hip coatings due to their low wear resistance, now concrete evidence saying they are good or bad, can't say. Shoot, there are articles out there that have shown aluminium pans used with salted food leach out aluminum which is linked to demensia. I'm not sure what to make of it all...

 

[pacanis]

Teflon flakes pass right through you if ingested. No problem.

 

[LittleChickenRacingTeam]

We have used titanium cookware for a number of years. It's non stick, hand crafted, and should last a lifetime.

The downside is the cost. The roaster was over $700 & frypan was in the $400 range. In total I have invested over $2,500 in titanium cookware, but like my grandma used to say...."You get what you pay for."

http://www.titaniumelite.com/