On Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 6:48:49 PM UTC-10, 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 think I used to see that when I was a kid. I wasn't too worried about it since Teflon is one of the most inert substance on this planet.