Comments for "bah, aluminum pans" Talk at VideoSift.com

By gorgonheap

gorgonheap (http://cooking.videosift.com/member/gorgonheap) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:57:26 -0700

Have you looked into silicon baking dishes? There kinda tricky to handle but they bake incredibly even and clean like a dream.

By blankfist

blankfist (http://blankfist.videosift.com) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:19:52 -0700

have u looked into eating out?

By jwray

jwray (http://jwray.videosift.com) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:24:07 -0700

>> ^blankfist:
have u looked into eating out?

This is the cooking channel, lol.

I have oatmeal for breakfast, and eat out for lunch, but cooking dinner saves money.

Eating a meal out: $7.40
1 month's supply of oatmeal: $6
25 pound bag of rice: $9
4 pounds of good frozen chicken: $10
Frozen pizza: $3
etc...

oatmeal + lunch out + dinner out = $450/month
oatmeal + lunch out + dinner at home = $300/month.

So every day I save $3 by doing like 15 minutes of cooking/dishcleaning at home.

Cooking chicken takes only a few seconds of actual work; the rest of the time is surfing the web on my computer while I wait. Cleanup is the real work. Hence, I want to get baking dishes that are ridiculously easy to clean like my teflon frying pans. Besides, there's nowhere close I could go if I get hungry at 5am.

By choggie

choggie (http://cooking.videosift.com/member/choggie) — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:10:38 -0700

Bake in pyrex if you want easy clean-up
You want no stick surfaces on real cookware not teflon???
Collect your kitchen's items with a view to keeping it forever-stainless and cast iron are healthier, and it's what folks who cook for a living use-
Learning to care for good cookware is simple, rewarding, and makes the chicks think you have a clue....
Damn, we got a generation of 20 and 30 somethings that don't have a clue....chicks can't even sew anymore, it's the end of the goddamn world-

By Crosswords

Crosswords (http://cooking.videosift.com/member/Crosswords) — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:11:42 -0700

Teflon can be bad for you too, just cooking with it near birds can kill them (they happen to be hyper sensitive to the toxins). From what I understand, when you use Teflon you should cook at lower heats (I have no idea of the limits in degrees) and you shouldn't cook every meal with it.

For baking I've always been partial to glass, its hard to stain and can be cleaned with a plastic scourer. Anything stubborn just needs to soak for 30 minutes then it'll come off with ease.

EDIT: Seems I was beat to the punch on the Glass suggestion by a minute.

By jwray

jwray (http://jwray.videosift.com) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:47:15 -0700

So I ordered a big set of Pyrex from Amazon for $50. It's as easy to clean as teflon, but more durable and better looking.

Choggie, try making an omlette without oil in anything but teflon. Good luck. Cast iron is easily corroded and you'd have to grease it up to prevent it from rusting, which is too much work.

By calvados

calvados (http://cooking.videosift.com/member/calvados) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:53:30 -0700

>> ^jwray:
you'd have to grease it up

Grrrease me up, woman!!

/groundskeeper_willy