bugbear > wrote:

>The (Meyer) non stick pan ended up with a tightly
>bonded thin (say 0.3 - 0.5 mm) layer
>of black "stuff", which was not easily removable.
>I tried soaking the pan (for 2 days) and boiling water
>in it, but the stuff wouldn't come off.

>I threw the pan out.
>

>cast aluminium frying pan. I fried around 1Lb of finely
>sliced onions, using around 10ml of oil.

>Same result :-(
>
>Although this time I eventually
>managed to clean the pan, probably damaging the non stick
>in the process, since the cleaning was rather "physical".

>Am I doing something wrong, either in the cooking
>or cleaning process?

Yes, you're doing something wrong, you're using non-stick
cookware.

Steve