While we're talking cookware - a warning.
A friend had a set of stainless steel that had the extra attached aluminium bottom. If you have some like it, you'll know what I'm talking about.
She was boiling up some potatoes and had to run get some kids from school. I guess she took longer than she expected and when she got home the pot had boiled dry and the potatoes were starting to burn. She could hear the smoke detector going off.
She didn't bother to get the kids out of their carseats and ran in the house to turn it off. She grabbed the pot, picked it up and the bottom fell off !!! The aluminium inside had turned to liquid from the high heat and it flew everywhere and poured down into her shoe.
Her foot horribly burned, the aluminum solidified to its shape. She was so glad that she'd left the kids in the car because their little faces would have been just at the height of the flinging aluminum.
Needless to say, she never used that type of cookware again and tells everyone she knows about the problem. We have some but are very careful with it and will replace it as we have the $$$ needed to buy what we want.
She almost lost her foot but eventually it healed. She kept the piece of aluminium that took on the shape of her foot as it cooled.
Lastly, years ago, I thought the teflon hype was just another internet fear but the more research I did about it the more I realized it wasn't. Certain health problems stopped - headaches and common sore throats stopped when we got rid of it. BUT we also own an expensive parrot and who wants to run the risk of having him drop dead. Avoiding teflon was the least we could do.
I deserve so much more
