Sheldon Martin wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Mar 2021 17:57:17 +0100, S Viemeister
> > wrote:
>
> > On 29/03/2021 14:44, bruce bowser wrote:
> >> On Saturday, March 6, 2021 at 9:47:41 PM UTC-5, songbird wrote:
> >>> dsi1 wrote:
> >>> ...
> >>>> I have a new non-stick pan that I use for eggs. I have cooked
> some steaks on it but I get better results with more oil rather than
> less. Turning can be hard but I tend to use my fingers in non-stick
> pans. I also have a carbon steel pan that I love. In either pan, I
> tend to use more oil than most folks. It's important that you have
> complete coverage on the bottom of the meat with no air pockets.
> Generally speaking, most cooks in the US aren't using enough oil when
> frying. >>> most of the point of doing non-stick is being able to
> use >>> less oil when cooking.
> > > >
> >>> me, i'll just use the cast-iron pan and call it good.
> >>
> >> But, then how will you scrape sunny-side-up eggs out when they're
> done? >>
> > Eggs slide right out of properly seasoned cast-iron pans.
>
> And any melted butter remaining is there to sop up with your toasted
> English muffin.
> I fry in a stainless steel pan that I've made non-stick with oil
> grooves made with coarse emery cloth... a mirror finish stainless
> steel pan will always stick... don't believe try it on a cheapo five
> and dime pan. People pay big bucks for shiney name brand stainless
> steel cookware... FOOLS! Buy a sheet of 60 grit emery cloth and make
> circular grooves on the entire interior pan bottom. Every machine
> tool relies on oil grooves for way lubrication... they pay Millwrights
> big bucks to hand scrape the oil grooves in an attractive pattern.
> There's much information on the subject of hand scraping oil grooves.
> With cooking application one needn't be very accurate.
> Some few here may find it useful knowledge:
>
https://www.mmsonline.com/articles/t...-hand-scraping
> I'm pretty good at hand scraping if I may say so.
Sheldon, it's hard to even point out how MANY spots you are wrong here
but it seems to be ALL of them.