On Jun 1, 6:58 am, "Laura" > wrote:
> "Christine Dabney" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > On Thu, 31 May 2007 17:12:13 -0400, Dave Smith
> > > wrote:
>
> >>I don't know about you but if I spend $100-150 on a non stick pan and it
> >>craps and it is damaged after a few weeks or months of normal use, I am not
> >>going to rush out and buy a new one. At least the T Fel pans are cheap
> >>enough that they can be more easily replaced, and that is what people are
> >>going to do when the really expensive pans are ruined in the same period of
> >>time.
>
> > I have one of those really expensive non-stick pans, and it is still
> > going strong after 10 years of heavy use.
>
> > Christine
>
> I have a set 0f 18/10 is non stick cookware that cost a reasonable 200-300
> American dollars i think. It is a professional grade - metal handles, oven safehttp://www.farberwarecookware.com/popups/71588.htmlthat will old up long enough
> to be the holder for my ashes (in 40 years!). My husband said it was safe to
> use metal tools in it, but all my tools were plastic after years of having
> T-fal. I don't mind my plastic tools though anyway..lol grown fond of them
> after using them for nearly 29 years on all of my pans which have always been
> Silverstone Silverstone. In fact I have found my Silverstone cheap 20 year old
> or good stuff held up better then any of the old Teflon crap..(which was never
> nonstick for me!)
>

I thought all that nonstick stuff was "Teflon", or at least the bottom
line was that at the end of the day, it was still a "coating" and
prone to coming off.