On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 00:48:50 -0400, Michael Trew >
wrote:

>On 3/19/2021 12:10 AM, wrote:
>> On Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 10:52:24 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>
>>> On 3/18/2021 11:44 PM, Michael Trew wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Don't tell me you've never seen a
>>>> Teflon skillet start to leave black Teflon flakes in food, because I
>>>> sure have. Gross!
>>>>
>>> I never have. Probably from over heating the pan. Could even be crud
>>> from burned on food from a misused pan. It is inert and will pass
>>> anyway.
>>>
>> I haven't either and I've been using Teflon pans, especially skillets, for
>> at least 25 years. Never a flake.
>
>Maybe y'all are better off, but growing up, I we had Teflon pans that
>would flake Teflon into the food. Yes, flake -- there were bare spots
>in the Teflon coating. Gross. I'll take real cookware please. Grandma
>knew best -- cast iron and stainless steel.

I've never seen that. I've had some non-stick baking pans for a long,
long time and no flaking. You don't overheat the pans or use metal
utensils on them.