Kalmia wrote:
> On Sep 10, 8:35 pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>> Some years ago I was given a gift card for a store that I dislike.
>> They have a website online and I finally decided to order something
>> there since I really don't like going in the store. I don't know
>> what it is about it but it makes me feel generally uneasy. I think
>> it is the lighting or something. It seems too dimly lit and dingy in
>> there. And I get annoyed when I see their high prices for things
>> that I can get for much less elsewhere.
>>
>> This store had a Circulon very large sauté pan on clearance. I can't
>> remember the price now but I think it was around $70. I wouldn't
>> normally pay that much for a pan but I just wanted to use up the
>> gift certificate. I think it might be a non-stick pan although it
>> isn't a Teflon type coating.
>>
>> Turns out that it was my favorite pan ever! Was. Then something
>> happened
>> to it. I'm not sure when it happened. Used to be that I could cook
>> anything and everything in it and it was fine. Then all of a sudden,
>> eggs would weld themselves to the pan. And now really anything and
>> everything I cook is sticking. And very badly. I just did some
>> chicken in the pan.
>> Also did a couple of pieces in the new Orgreenic pan which is really
>> too small to do more than one whole breast.
>>
>> The Orgreenic pan seemed to get a lot hotter a lot quicker. It came
>> out perfectly. The chicken in my Circulon pan not only stuck very
>> badly but burned. I used a garlic and herb marinade on it.
>>
>> The problem now is that I feel that the pan is not coming fully
>> clean when try to clean it. I have had to resort to using a wire
>> brush which I am sure has probably destroyed whatever of the
>> non-stick coating was there. I keep scrubbing and scrubbing and
>> black bits keep coming off. I am pretty sure that the black bits are
>> stuck on food. I can't get the surface to get smooth like it one was.
>>
>> So where did I go wrong? I don't think I ever used a high heat on
>> the pan. The highest I usually use with this pan is 7 on an electric
>> stove. Now it is possible that someone else in the house did
>> something to the pan. Not likely since they rarely ever cook. I just
>> can't think of an incident that I had that would have caused this.
>>
>> I intend to get a similar pan when I get enough money saved up. I am
>> sure they don't make this pan any more since it is so old and it was
>> a clearance item. I just don't want to make the same mistake with
>> the new pan. Thanks!
>
> Why do ppl keep trying non-stick pans? Eventually, we all have fallen
> out of love with them, no?

Well, no. I love them and I have had this one for quite a few years. I had
a skillet that came with my Revereware and I don't know what possible use it
could have had. Everything stuck to it.
>
>
> Quit filling landfills with unsatisfactory pans and sayva-yo-mahnee..

What then would you suggest that I use? I hate cast iron. Too heavy and it
never worked for me.