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On Sun, 05 Jan 2020 20:36:51 -0500, wrote:

>On Sun, 05 Jan 2020 18:32:56 -0600,
wrote:
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>>On Sun, 05 Jan 2020 09:54:56 -0500, wrote:
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>>>On Sun, 05 Jan 2020 06:04:03 -0600,
wrote:
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>>>>On Sun, 5 Jan 2020 03:03:34 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Taxed and Spent" > wrote in message
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>>>>>> Cooking spray contains soy lecithin which is said to, over time, gum up
>>>>>> non stick pans.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What is your experience?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think cooking in a non stick skillet will get gummed up, especially the
>>>>>> parts where the cooking spray does not come in contact with food.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I also wonder/think using on a muffing tin, for example, will be less of a
>>>>>> problem, as it will be more in contact with food and likely to be exposed
>>>>>> to lower temps during baking vs frying.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What do you use on your non stick muffin tins and oven pans?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please excuse the cooking related question, and thanks for your cooking
>>>>>> related replies.
>>>>>
>>>>>The only spray I use is the Sam's club kind that is merely olive oil. For
>>>>>muffin tins, I line them. If for some reason I needed to use oil, I would
>>>>>use a bit of vegetable or coconut oil with a brush or paper towel.
>>>>
>>>>well what I do is buy olive oil and pour a bit in a spray bottle and I
>>>>am set. when it runs out I unscrew the top put more in and I am good
>>>>to go.
>>>
>>>Spray bottles atomize the oil,
>>
>>Uhh no
>>
>>
>>>it coats the stovetop etc. and you
>>
>>again no
>>
>>>inhale some,
>>
>>and again no
>>
>>what you are describing is those pressurized spray cans like pam.
>>
>>That is not what I am talking about. I just use one of those squirt
>>bottles like for wetting your hair
>
>I've no idea what you're refering to... all the spray bottles I've
>seen are atomizers... same as what some use for applying perfume.
>A windex spray bottle is an atomizer, not pressurized.

yes we are talking about the same thing. Oil however does not
"atomize" as you say. Even when the nozzle is set to mist it will
usually still come out in a stream.

> Pressurized
>sprayers like hair spray and Pam are atomizers but are not refillable
>because they rely on a gaseous propellent rather than a mechanical air
>pump. The results are the same, both produce tiny droplets.
>I see no benefit to spraying tiny droplets of cooking oil, it's
>difficult to control where the droplets go, a lot end up in ones
>lungs. Most people who cook for a living contract a respiratory
>disease, AKA an occupational illness. It would be smart for
>professional cooks to wear a respirator but I've not seen any using
>one. Everytime I see young people flipping burgers I think how
>they're shortening their lives for a few pennies, once lung tissue is
>damaged it does not regenerate.

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