"The Space Boss" > wrote in message
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> 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.


ours is Silverstone. I may be wrong bit Teflon may not be sold in the
us any more.