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And I bought one of those orgreenic frying pans that advertise that you don't need any oil to fry an egg or anything else.

 

Well, please allow me to attest that that commercial was full of horse puckey and pig urine. Every egg I tried today stuck like silly putty in a kids hair. Sausage went well, but cheese pulling off freely as was depicted in the commercial ended up being harder to scrap off than a crock full of pigeon droppings on a Central Park statue. One use and the thing is as sticky as all the rest of of my scratched up pots.....

 

I'm going back to cast iron....and I apologize for getting all domestic on you all, the most manly of manliest Jeep men.

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Domesticated.......

 

Now you must send this sham back through one of their office windows and demand your money back plus 50%. After you return to your man cave, you must do 300 one handed push-ups with your children sitting on your back. Once finished, you are to drink a gallon of lighter fluid and piss on a bonfire. Upon completion of these tasks, you earn that man card back.

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Not having the foggiest clue about what an orgreenic pan might be, it sounds almost like something made of some kind of plant composite, which, when thoroughly soaked in oil, would then leach it back onto the cooking surface.

I've had moderate success frying eggs with no grease/oil in near-new non-stick pans. But it's still not the same as using oil. It cooks really well where there's contact with the egg, but once an air bubble develops under the egg, it ends up a bit like a hard-boiled egg, not that greasy, crispy-ish oil-fryed goodness.

I'm a big fan of cast iron for cooking over a fire or barbecue, but indoors on electric burners, I prefer cast aluminum. Coated, though.

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Domesticated.......

 

Now you must send this sham back through one of their office windows and demand your money back plus 50%. After you return to your man cave, you must do 300 one handed push-ups with your children sitting on your back. Once finished, you are to drink a gallon of lighter fluid and piss on a bonfire. Upon completion of these tasks, you earn that man card back.

 

Well, 300 one handed pushups is out of the question, but 300 twelve ounce arm curls certainly is not!

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Thank you for the review. I see the commercial from the orgreenic almost every time I turn on the tv, which isn't very often. I did spot them at Wally World the other day and they felt no different than any other coated skillet.

 

Our set of Paula Deen [eek- yes, Paula Deen] 'copper'-bottomed cookware has held up admirably the past few years. With the exception of irreversible scorching via red beans and rice in one of the larger saucepans, they still look almost new with regular use. We have a glass cooktop, so the cast iron is saved for camping.

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I too purchased one just to make omelets and over easy eggs. I seasoned the pan like it suggested and it worked beautifully as long as the pan was hot, there was just a wipe of oil, and the pan never got over heated before you put the egg on. I used it regularly for two month making eggs every morning. It was awesome I had over easy eggs that were perfect non-broken yokes, and the whites were perfect and had no burnt edges. I never washed it, I'd just wipe it out after every use with an oiled towel to keep the seasoned effects. Then we had family visit. The MIL used the pan, must have over heated it, she burned stuff to the bottom then washed it with who knows what. It's never been the same. Everything sticks to it now. Everything! It's pretty much garbage. I'm just glad it was $20 and not a $120 pan gamble.

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We dumped all the teflon pans a while back.

GF had to learn the 'Jimmy' cooking method;

Stainless steel + lots of butter :)

 

Tastes better that way anyhow (notice better sounds like butter, no coincidence there folks :) )

 

I saw those orgreenic pans trying to capitalize on the green thing,

isn't ceramic an insulator?!

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As soon as they proved that teflon coating causes cancer

 

False. One of the chemicals used during the process has been linked to cancer in rodents, but there's no conclusive evidence about it's effects in humans. However, once you get your pans, there's none of that chemical left in/on them (although with all new cookware, it's advisable to wash it first).

If you overheat teflon (Health Canada says 350°C (~660F), DuPont says 500F (~260°C)) it can let off somewhat toxic fumes, but it's not going to do worse than give you flu-like symptoms. Flakes of the coating getting into your food won't do anything to you, since it just goes right out the other end.

Pretty much, as long as you don't overheat the pan, you're fine.

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And I bought one of those orgreenic frying pans that advertise that you don't need any oil to fry an egg or anything else.

 

Well, please allow me to attest that that commercial was full of horse puckey and pig urine. Every egg I tried today stuck like silly putty in a kids hair. Sausage went well, but cheese pulling off freely as was depicted in the commercial ended up being harder to scrap off than a crock full of pigeon droppings on a Central Park statue. One use and the thing is as sticky as all the rest of of my scratched up pots.....

 

I'm going back to cast iron....and I apologize for getting all domestic on you all, the most manly of manliest Jeep men.

 

Hard anodized pans are the way to go.

 

Eggs slide out of them like butter, And they're usually metal utensil safe & tough as $#!&.

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I am a professional chef by trade. I have been for over 30 years. I never buy pots/pans/cookware at WalMart or Target etc. I go to a restaurant supply house for my household kitchen stuff. Most household cookware, including knives totally suck for quality and durability. I have the same set of Henckel knives for 25-30 years and they are sharper than s**t still today.

 

Wearever aluminum, with full strength rivets on the handles, new age ironstone teflon coated saute pans with rubber Cool Handles. I never use metal utensils on them...I rarely actually wash them with soap. Just wipe them out. My latest set is about 10 years old and has no teflon wearing off...still looks new. I cook at home every night.

 

I use Stainless Steel and Nickel/Copper for saucepans and stock pots and cast iron for my big frying pan and dutch ovens.

 

FWIW there is no pot or pan that I have seen that eliminates the use of cooking oil of some sort for a.) the first use or b.) long term.

 

Kind of like buying something for your Jeep that promoses 15% more horsepower and 20% better mileage, it doesn't exist.

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A cooking thread; on my Comanche Club?

 

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My day just got better. I love a good cooking discussion. Nice to see I'm not the only one out there who's a fan of the kitchen. :cheers: Been thinking about getting some good, sturdy cookware for a while now.

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