On 3/19/2021 1:17 AM, US Janet wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 00:48:50 -0400, Michael >
> 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.
I wasn't the one cooking in them back then, but that's quite possible.
They were likely cheap pans to begin with. That being said, they feel
and look cheap & flimsy to me, and I can't shake the "gross" feeling.