On Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 9:01:16 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> Helpful person wrote:
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> > On Sunday, September 4, 2016 at 3:13:49 PM UTC-4, notbob wrote:
> > > > non-stick.Thanks.
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> > > Make it a stainless steel pot and you should have no problems.
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> > > nb
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> > A stainless steel pot is an excellent container for tomato sauces. However, stainless steel is a poor conductor of heat and forms hot spots that can burn the food.
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> Not if you learn how to use stainless steel. Almost all of my cookware
> is the cheap RevereWare and it works great for me. I've tried a couple
> of different saucepans but I wasn't impressed. I don't even use my cast
> iron pans. More trouble than they are worth, imo.

Simmering a home made tomato sauce to reduce the volume will burn in a stainless steel pot. The solids collect at the bottom and no matter how careful one is (without constant stirring) it will burn.

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