r/iamveryculinary • u/TashaFIunchen • 1d ago
You own a non-stick pot. I don't think you're mentally capable of learning.
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u/debtfreewife 1d ago
I genuinely don’t understand what people get out of being so aggro online about shit that doesn’t matter.
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u/ResidentEmu5 1d ago
The second you learn the most basic concepts about aquiring debt..wait...you don't have any debt. I don't think you are mentally capable of learning. Never mind.
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u/7-SE7EN-7 It's not Bologna unless it's from the Bologna region of Italy 1d ago
I think everyone's just getting angrier and dumb shit is an excuse to let it out
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u/shortstuff813 13h ago
Bc they’re living very unhappy lives and aren’t happy unless they’re complaining about something and/or need to put other people down to feel better about themselves. They should try ✨therapy✨ instead
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u/RoughhouseCamel 1d ago
The aggression and the hostility is the point, not whatever the hell they’re talking about. Some are people that feel crushed under perceived low status, they need someone to take it out on, and the internet gives them an outlet to do so without any personal risk. Bullying has always been a popular pastime.
The other thing that’s been developing more recently is many of us have become stimulation addicts because of the Internet, constant screen access, and a mostly sedentary society. Mentally, we’ve gotten too used to information overload, and physically, we’re not being engaged enough. So some need a rush, and conflict gives a boost of endorphins and adrenaline. Sometimes, you’re seeing a junkie on the overly-online equivalent of a meth bender, and that’s why they’re like that.
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u/lolafawn98 1d ago
it’s gotten way worse over the past 5 years, after already having gotten worse the previous 5. there was always some element of anonymity making people act weird, but now people get furious over absolutely nothing at all. like would this person say this to their sweet old Aunt Betty who just made the family a roast in her deep dish non stick pot? I doubt it!
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u/Fight_those_bastards 23h ago
HOW FUCKING DARE YOU!!!
Seriously, though, you’re 100% correct. The internet would be a much more civilized place if we could punch people in the face over tcp/ip.
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u/GroochIsBigger 17h ago
I think it’s just a lot of bots tbh, which helps to make that behavior seem more common amongst actual people. And if it increases engagement and screen time then it’s a win for the platform (not defending it of course). I mostly downvote and then block accounts that behave like this, because it’s just too exhausting to read streams of inflammatory comments everywhere that aren’t geared towards any real discussion. I’m tired, boss.
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u/I_Did_The_Thing 1d ago
Looooootttttta lil baby bitches out there in this world, and they all seem to spend a lot of time crying online.
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u/disableddoll 1d ago
it’s a lot easier to not get physically punished when you can talk shit from behind a screen. they say to read plays out loud as they’re not meant to be read in your head alone and it fully extends to online posts. Read it out loud so you get a sense for others humanity if you seem so quick to send insults and vitriol to strangers online please
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u/boulevardofdef 1d ago
When you see that, you've generally run into someone who's deeply invested in a subculture you're not familiar with, and assumes everyone else at least is aware of the subculture.
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u/SufficientEar1682 Flavourless, textureless shite. 12h ago
It’s definitely increased in the last few years. I donn’t know if it’s a Reddit thing.
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u/cheshsky 1d ago
Oh my god just say you own a cast iron and it's better and get on with your life.
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u/alejo699 1d ago
I own a cast iron skillet and use it for 90% of my cooking, which qualifies me to say that lakeboredom is an insufferable asshole.
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u/cheshsky 1d ago
I want to thrift cast iron stuff, now that I've moved out and am acquiring my own pots and pans, and they definitely are an insufferable prick.
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u/RoughhouseCamel 1d ago
I’ve had a couple of Lodge pans for at least a decade. I hate the upkeep for my grill pan, but I use my regular 10 inch pan every day. I think they go for like $30. Worth every penny if you lose patience trying to find one you like in a thrift store.
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u/TacetAbbadon 23h ago
The cast iron crowd seriously doesn't understand the concept of the right tool for the right job.
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u/CreativeGPX 2h ago
It's the usual case of normal people don't make a fuss. The people who do aren't normal.
I love cast iron. I'm in the subreddit. I evangelize a bit. I use it like 10 or 20 percent of the time.
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u/cookiesdragon 2h ago
Love cast iron but yes, there are times when it's not the best tool to use for cooking. Knowing when to use something else is an important skill.
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u/Tahlbar 1d ago
You know how some people get behind the wheel of a car, and something about them makes them prone to road rage.
I think some people can't discuss food based opinions without going into a rage.
You see it all the time with steak preferences, vegetarian/vegan opinions (for and against), and opinions on spices/sauces.
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u/FengYiLin 1d ago
Steak specifically brings the worst in many people for some reason.
I never saw people get aggressive about frying an egg the way they get about frying a chunk of beef.
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u/Levaporub 1d ago
I remember seeing a video in some sub where Andy Cooks said to flip the steak often (a technique used by many starred chefs) and so many comments were just defending their one flip method like their self-worth depended on it.
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u/RoughhouseCamel 1d ago
Avoid r/eggs You’d think it’s just a place for cooking methods, recipes, and the kind of internet humor you’d expect from a space devoted to something as mundane as eggs. Instead, those people get intense, and it’s often not a friendly community.
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u/Aifendragon 17h ago
It's wild to me that literally every time I see someone do a steak cooking video there is someone who is either screaming "THAT STEAK IS RAW I WOULD THROW IT IN YOUR FACE IF YOU SERVED IT TO ME" or "YOU'VE RUINED IT YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED IT'S OVERDONE". Literally cannot win.
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u/Divine_Entity_ 15h ago
Steak is probably such a hotbed topic as people's preferences genuinely range from shoeleather to still mooing. And the texture / chewing experience changes considerably as it cooks, so if you like a steak one way, having it cooked more than 1 step away from that starts to become noticeable.
I also get the hygiene aspect, but a single cow is low risk for a healthy adult. Its not like ground meat where lots of animals are mixed increasing contamination risk, or chicken where the pathogens are very serious.
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u/Aifendragon 15h ago
I mean I get it being noticable, I have my own preferences with steak etc.
What I do not get is how many people get blindly furious over how someone *else* cooks a steak. Like I'm not gonna eat it, I don't care if you have it fully raw or cook it into a briquette.
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u/tamebeverage 12h ago
It also has to do with the specific pathogens. The one of concern with beef is a bacterium only located on surfaces and doesn't penetrate into the muscle. So a piece of steak with a seared outside, regardless of how raw the inside, does not contain any.
Ground beef, however, has surface for it to live on throughout. The same protection you get with steak does not apply to ground meat.
I still order my burgers medium or medium-rare because I like them that way and find the risk worth it.
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u/maltliquorjetski 1d ago
Idk man people lose their minds over what a “proper” omelet is
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u/Slight_Energy_8825 1d ago
If there is even one drop of moisture left in your scrambled eggs, expect the comments to be full of people saying your eggs are raw and they’re disgusting and you’d better never feed that to me specifically. Like get a fucking grip. They’re eggs.
I personally don’t like very dry scrambled eggs. So I don’t eat them. But other people are allowed to!
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u/verninson 1d ago
I am a fan of the just-set scramble. Done enough to eat with a fork, creamy enough to spread on toast.
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u/7-SE7EN-7 It's not Bologna unless it's from the Bologna region of Italy 23h ago
Some people act like every post on the internet is meant for them specifically
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u/Extreme_Wish_553 6h ago
Food especially is such a weird one. "Uhm, I didn't offer you any? So it is fine if you wouldn't like it."
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u/JadeHarleyOswald 23h ago
I personally get the opposite. It's like.. no, my eggs are not burnt just because they're brown. I like them brown. God forbid I want some texture. People are really weird about scrambled eggs. Half of the internet thinks eggs that have any moisture in them are evil and the other half thinks that scrambled eggs should be soft as fuck like baby food.
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u/JackxForge 1d ago
And while I've never seen fists fly over it I have heard yelling matches about the proper way to load a dishwasher.
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u/fkingidk 1d ago
I worked with a dishwasher I was 99% sure was on meth or something similar and that happened.
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u/Doomdoomkittydoom 10h ago
Probably not as much but people still do get angry at how you like your eggs, especially if you like to fry scrambled eggs in brown butter and 'over cook" it.
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u/CreativeGPX 2h ago
In the cast iron subreddit there is an endless war between people who brag about their egg cooking and people who mock them for just flooding it in massive amounts of oil up make it not stick. I've seen so many egg arguments to the point where it's a meme there.
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u/Doomdoomkittydoom 1h ago
If you keep a cast iron skillet well seasoned by not searing other things in it, it will make an excellent pan for eggs.
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u/heffalumpish 1d ago
IDK there’s a whole lot of redditors who think if your egg sticks on cast iron you’re a pan-washing philistine
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u/Ubiquitouch 3h ago edited 2h ago
It's because cooking steak is incredibly easy, and also associated with masculinity, so there are a lot of men who are very bad at cooking, but think managing to cook a steak makes them a chef.
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u/123iambill 21h ago
I mean I can kinda get being angry that a place doesn't have vegetarian or vegan options (well, not angry, but disappointed but just go somewhere else). But as someone who has worked in restaurants it fucking baffles me when people get angry that we had vegan and vegetarian options. Like we had a selection of vegan cakes as well as non vegan ones, a lot of them were just vegan copies of the regular cakes too. And I've had people piss and moan about that which is fucking wild. Like that's not being upset that we don't cater for you, that's being upset that we cater for other people as well as you while you lose out on nothing. Also, you can just eat the vegan thing if you want of it is one of the vegan items that isn't a copy.
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u/PutParty3697 1d ago
I used to boil water in my non stick pot until I realized I never got the Mallard reaction I needed, green tea tasted like shit
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u/Disastrous_Can8053 1d ago
Ah you went wrong by not pre-heating your pan until it achieved the lederhosen effect.
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u/OrthodoxAnarchoMom 1d ago
Who tf says I don’t cook eggs, fish, and on occasion pan cakes?
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u/Fun-Session-1929 1d ago
In a pot rather than a pan?
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u/Emmettmcglynn 1d ago
Well GOD FORBID a man might want a larger-than-average pancake.
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u/Deep-Hovercraft6716 1d ago
The pancake would be smaller than average if it was in a pot, wouldn't it? Pots are small and tall, pans are flat and wide.
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u/Emmettmcglynn 1d ago
And if I want an exceedingly tall pancake, I would consider that a big pancake.
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u/gaygirlboss 1d ago
Introducing Potcakes™️: they’re like pancakes but exceedingly tall
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u/Emmettmcglynn 1d ago
If my blueberry-banana Potcake™️ isn't AT LEAST the size of a small wedding cake, it is too dang small.
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u/Ur-Quan_Lord_13 1d ago
But it's a potcake then.
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u/13senilefelines31 carbonara free love 1d ago
Sounds like something you can buy at the dispensary, lol.
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u/FickleCook3639 1d ago
i’ll cook scrambled eggs in a pot. i’m not doing that fancy gordon ramsay shit but it’s not that different than a pan and the heat is a little more 3d, which can be helpful.
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u/SausagePrompts 1d ago
Wat? Is that how I should be selling pots now? They cook in 3d? Bitch, that's an oven.
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u/FickleCook3639 1d ago
When you really get down to it, what is an oven but a very large pot turned on its side?
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u/DjinnaG Bags of sentient Midwestern mayonnaise 1d ago
Tangentially related, baked eggs can be really damn good and super easy, though maybe a little slower, at least it’s hands-off time
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u/SausagePrompts 1d ago
You can buy egg pans or even use a muffin top pan for the perfect eggs for breakfast sandwiches
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u/FickleCook3639 1d ago edited 1d ago
Oh, yeah, hotel buffet style baked scrambled eggs are fantastic. (edit: this is not sarcasm)
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u/DjinnaG Bags of sentient Midwestern mayonnaise 11h ago
Try shirred eggs sometime, it’s like the eggs in McMuffin, only with a much better texture. Just crack an egg into something that will keep it round (like a muffin tin), add a little bit of milk or something on top with salt and pepper and bake for ten minutes and it’s a fancy breakfast for a tiny bit of effort
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u/IWantToBuyAVowel 1d ago
On my way to flip my oven on its back because I never have a large enough pot
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u/MagnusAlbusPater 1d ago
That fancy Gordon Ramsay method is really good though.
I do like my scrambled eggs creamy and just barely set.
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u/optimal-moron 1d ago
His whole issue is stupid, but the pancake one also trips me up because those are famously cooked on griddles or a cast iron pan.
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u/NathanGa Pull your finger out of your ass 1d ago
Who needs nationalistic arguments when we get to the real good shit, like flipping out over someone else’s cooking vessel.
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u/RGBlowMe 1d ago
There's certain things I'd only ever make in a non-stick pot. It really helps when you make berry sauces to stop clumps from sticking to the bottom and burning. Once something burns, it ruins the whole batch. I had a 5 quart batch of no sugar added blueberry sauce I must have made like half a dozen times and I had perfected (or so I thought) that ended up tasting literally smoked. It was kind of novel for like 2 cups worth before I couldn't stand it anymore. Ruined. That was in a large stainless pot, and I had only made it in non-stick previously.
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u/DjinnaG Bags of sentient Midwestern mayonnaise 1d ago
Compotes, thank you, I knew there was something else that I exclusively make in a nonstick pot. It’s up there as one of the stickiest pot foods of all time
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u/FixergirlAK 1d ago
I'm with y'all, anything high-sugar gets the non-stick. Especially caramel and rice krispy treats.
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u/agoldgold 23h ago
I used to work in a kitchen and more than once literally scratched my fingerprints off with steel wool when something burnt to the bottom of a pot. That was AFTER soaking for a bit. So I do appreciate the luxury of leaving the pot on my counter overnight, smacking the bottom with a wooden spoon a couple times into the trashcan, and wash the basically-empty pot.
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u/stefanica 1d ago
I also use mine for reheating cream soups and sauces. Otherwise I have to fool around with a double boiler.
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u/selphiefairy 11h ago
Yeah I’ve cooked fish in a pot too. It’s to make Vietnamese catfish which includes caramelizing the sauce. Usually you make it in a clay pot, but my mom always made hers in a nonstick pot, cause most of us don’t have a clay pot lol
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u/Artistic-Honeydew11 1d ago
Do they have ANY idea how hard is it to clean a burnt pot
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u/FeatherlyFly 1d ago
I burnt soup to charcoal once. It took me weeks of intermittent scrubbing to get that thing clean.
Also, use the timer on your phone, kids. That way even if you forget the stove is on and leave the house, you'll hear the timer go off and say "oh shit" before you evaporate several cups of liquid.
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u/RobAChurch The Baroque excesses of tapas bars 1d ago
Sometimes during the winter I like to boil a pot of water, cinnamon, clove and lemon for humidity and I learned pretty quickly that timers are a must, no matter how good I think I am at topping it off.
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u/agoldgold 23h ago
My parents absolutely ruined an old pot doing this. They were stuck opening all the windows to the winter night chill because the smell was horrendous!
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u/Glad_Respect_8986 10h ago
My wife bought a cheap pot specifically for this. That way we don’t need to worry as much about it (aside from safety).
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u/JackxForge 1d ago
Did this with a turkey carcass for broth. Went to bed with it on and my wife and I woke up with terrible headaches and dry sinuses. Took about a week to air out the house.
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u/BickNlinko you would never feel the taste 1d ago
If what you burnt is reasonably water soluble the trick is to just boil water in it for a while and it will loosen the burnt shit up. This won't work with oil that has been polymerized on there, but it works pretty good for most stuff.
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u/wozattacks 1d ago
I’ve never had that much trouble with soaking them
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u/OrthodoxAnarchoMom 1d ago
I recently bought a metal pit because it was cheaper and I apparently forgot other people cook so now I have a well soaked black bottom pot
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u/SufficientEar1682 Flavourless, textureless shite. 12h ago
The worst for me is caramel. I once made some and it burnt real bad, so I had to bin it (I did it safely and by the book don’t worry) Cleaning the pan was the most insanely difficult thing I ever did. I threw it in the bin and bought a new one. And then after that I never made caramel ever again. I always buy a tub from supermarket for this reason.
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u/Katharinemaddison 15h ago
Well what’s wrong with eggs fish and pancakes? So long as not all three at once.
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u/Special_Artichoke 14h ago
You would cook them all in a pan, not a pot. Pots usually have liquid in so don't need to be nonstick. But if it's been manufactured then presumably there's a demand, perhaps porridge, that sets like concrete in my pan
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u/snifflysnail 12h ago
I really like nonstick pots for things that are going to be saucy or sticky, like homemade BBQ sauce or mac & cheese. Makes cleanup really fast and easy.
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u/therealgookachu 10h ago
Man, I’m lucky that my husband was given a set of old pyrex pots when he moved out a billion years ago (we’re GenX). Best stuff for cooking sticky sauces like that. Almost impossible to find the old Pyrex dishes anymore =(.
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u/battlejess 12h ago
I was gifted a nonstick pot years ago and it was actually great for porridge, and I also used it for scrambled eggs, but when the coating got damaged I didn’t replace it. I can just leave the porridge in a regular pot for a couple minutes after cooking to unstick itself, and the eggs are fine in a pan (I just can’t stir quite as aggressively).
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u/CreativeGPX 2h ago
The demand is likely people who are not good at things not sticking.
But also there are one pot meals where one stage might call for non stick but then after that you are adding lots of other stuff.
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u/SaltyNorth8062 12h ago
Idk now that you mention it that could be like a steak and egg breakfast but with salmon? Like, what's that red meat allergy you get from tick bites? I could fuck that up.
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u/Funkopedia 1d ago
Dude just listed 3 reasons to have a non stick pot...
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u/NervousSnail 15h ago
Well you generally fry (pancakes and fish) in a pan.
Eggs, though. I got a non stick pot entirely for making scrambled eggs.
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u/cookiesdragon 1d ago
Different pans/pots/skillets are meant for different things. Learning what is best used for those different things is part of learning to cook. Anyone who tries to claim non stick doesn't have a place among the varying types clearly is full of crap.
I use my dutch oven for soups/stews/dishes that need A LOT of space to cook properly. I'll break out the non stick skillet for bacon sometimes.
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u/Divine_Entity_ 15h ago
And to anyone concerned about the health hazards of non-stick they are very easy to avoid: 1. Don't heat it to 500°F, which isn't a normal cooking temp and anything with water will clamp the temperature to 212°F. 2. Don't scrape the pan with metal cookware. 3. Don't use it if the coating is visibly damaged.
Treat it right and its fine, arguably less work than cast iron is made out to be. Alternatively they make ceramic coated cookware thats also very slippery/low stick.
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u/cookiesdragon 14h ago
High heat is for searing. Anyone cooking at constant high heat needs to take some hands-on cooking classes. Wooden spoons and shit for the win. Also, rubber but I prefer wood because its firm enough to scrap up browned bits without doing damage.
Yeah, so many people ignore the damage and continue cooking with it. Which is not safe.
I love cast iron. My household has two. (my mom and I have a collection of fifteen but I moved across country and my new household only has two, one that I had brought.) I love them, use both all the time though the smaller one is specifically used for cornbread, biscuits, cinnamon rolls, etc. Usually don't mine cleaning them but when my chronic pain is flaring, I can't lift the big one to go clean it. So someone else in the household does or I just use another skillet and a pot for much easier clean up.
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u/norecordofwrong 12h ago
Or just get ceramic. Thats what I have. All stainless and one ceramic. Ceramic is great for eggs.
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u/threecuttlefish 10h ago
Man, I loooove ceramic-coated nonstick. It almost feels like cheating, it's so incredibly easy to clean up.
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u/SteveMarck 16h ago
IDK, I never really use the non-stick. What would you use it for?
Eggs and fish I would do on cast iron or stainless respectively. We never make pancakes exactly but when we make pancake shaped things we used a griddle over the stove. (Basically a Blackstone for inside)
I can't think of an instance where nonstick would be best. Maybe crisping cheese? Idk, I think I would do that in the oven/air fryer/broiler
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u/cookiesdragon 14h ago
Bacon. Sometimes pancakes if I'm cooking for myself and not five. Grilled cheese, eggs, ham steak, sausage. Anything really. Sometimes I don't want to go through cleaning the cast iron so I'll grab the non stick. It'll do the exact same thing as a non non-stick.
Yeah, we have one of those too. Useful when making pancakes or panini sandwiches for five people. But if its just me, I don't drag it out because it's cast iron and sometimes I don't want to clean a cast iron thing.
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u/SteveMarck 13h ago
You would do bacon in a non stick over a cast iron? No way. Cast iron is made for that. Same with a sandwich or buttered bread Griddle is best, but a big cast iron is just a griddle with walls.
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u/cookiesdragon 12h ago
Look, I have chronic pain. My back is a mess. When I'm in a flareup, do you think hefting a large fifteen inch cast iron skillet and hauling it across a kitchen to clean is easy? I'll 100% go for non stick when or if I don't want to mess with the cast iron.
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u/pnoodl3s 13h ago
ATK has a video of cooking steak using nonstick that turns out best. Also, any curry, or baked eggs dish is a godsend on nonstick. Or anything both sticky and acidic that can’t go on cast iron, like fish. Or any caramelization with sugar, like for chinese braised pork, would be best with nonstick
Lots of applications.
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u/gnirpss 5h ago
I use my small ceramic nonstick for when I want to cook just one or two eggs for myself in the morning, which happens a lot. It's easier to clean when I'm in a hurry, and I like not having a dirty egg pan sitting in my kitchen for 10 hours while I'm at work. My husband is a much better cook than me, but he never cooks eggs in anything but the nonstick. It's just so light and easy to clean.
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u/faelanae If you don't have tahini, dill works just fine 1d ago
I have quite a few La Creuset pots and pans and I'd consider them relatively non-stick. Even my cast iron. Guess I'm not capable of learning. OOP makes the rules 🤷🏻♀️
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u/pikpikcarrotmon 1d ago
When they say non-stick they mean with the Teflon coating. Their opinion isn't really wrong, they're just being a raging asshole about it - your experience actually validates what they're saying. A properly seasoned cast iron pan, the enamel coating of a Le Creuset, or just proper temp control in stainless steel are all generally better choices because they can provide a "non-stick" experience as you described without actually having the flimsy coating of a non-stick pan/pot.
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u/CitizenMurdoch 1d ago
I have no negative opinions about people who use nonstick pots and pans (for Christ sake use non metal utensils thought) but is very funny to me that the line is eggs fish and pancakes. Like you can cook those in a stainless steel as well, its still just a skill issue. Like way to self report when you're trying to show off lol
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u/JackxForge 1d ago
Yea i don't own a nonstick and still cook all that shit in my cast iron. White fish can be a bitch in cast iron.
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u/Wolfburger123 1d ago
it's not really cooking unless 40% of the food remains as blackened residue permanently fused to the bottom of the pot. that's what makes it slidey
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u/SomeNotTakenName 1d ago
The energy reminds me of a post I read through today because I was curious about rolling knife sharpeners.
Someone asked people's opinion, and 9/10 people launched into a "just learn to use a whetstone, it's not that hard" speech. The OP of that past was someone who currently uses a whetstone regularly, they just were curious.
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u/katmndoo 1d ago
Wait until lakeboredom learns that you don't need non-stick for eggs, fish or pancakes. It's completely optional. For everything. Oh wait, I don't think he's mentally capable of learning. Never mind.
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u/MagnusAlbusPater 1d ago
My rice cooker’s pot is non-stick, as is my Instant Pot’s. Both work extremely well for what they do.
Really you’re not typically searing inside of a pot to any degree more than maybe putting a little color on some meat or onions before you add broth or other wet ingredients to make a stew and you can easily still do that with non-stick.
You won’t develop a fond but the ease of cleanup and lowered changes of burning something sticking to the bottom may well be worth it especially for newer cooks.
Getting some proper stainless steel and enameled cast iron is still worthwhile because they can last a lifetime and anything non-stick does have a limited usable life before the coating starts to deteriorate, but you can still make delicious food with non-stick pots and pans.
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u/wozattacks 1d ago
I guess my rice cooker has a nonstick pot. My thought when I read the post was “there are nonstick pots?” I mean I own nonstick saucepans which I guess are kinda small pots
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u/MagnusAlbusPater 1d ago
You can buy entire sets of non-stick cookware that come with everyone from pans, saucepans, to smallish stock pots all being non-stick.
I don’t think they’re particularly good deals because, as mentioned (and as the subject of the linked thread found out) those coatings do come off.
Still, keeping a single cheap non-stick pan around for the things non-stick is good at is always a good idea.
I know some people go on about how well-seasoned cast-iron can be just as non-stick and while it can get close it’s also heavy, not good for acidic sauces, and more difficult to clean since you can’t just toss it into the dishwasher.
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u/DjinnaG Bags of sentient Midwestern mayonnaise 1d ago
People who say that about cast iron have an interesting definition of nonstick. Most all of our pots are from a set, as we were so happy with the pots from that brand that we bought the pot set as well the next time it went on sale at Costco , and those are all semi-nonstick, but definitely keep the one leftover nonstick pot we had on hand for the foods that need it
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u/Zagaroth 21h ago
you can’t just toss it into the dishwasher.
I mean, I wouldn't do that to any pot or pan.
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u/SerDankTheTall *Giggled internally* 1d ago
I’ll admit that I don’t really understand the utility of a nonstick pot. But it makes a hell of lot more sense to me than getting mad at what cookware somebody else is using.
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u/Dextron2-1 1d ago
For most people, it’s less about utility than it is availability. The super cheap pots aren’t non-stick, but people don’t trust the quality of the cheapest option. The nicer “sticky” pots are too expensive. Most of the readily available ones that are in that middle tier of price are non-stick.
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u/lolafawn98 1d ago
the vast majority of people do not go to Reddit, YouTube, and cooking forums to spend hours researching the best kind of pot to buy. cooking isn’t their #1 hobby, if they consider it a hobby at all, and they don’t care about what the absolute best tool for every cooking job is. they go to the store and pick one that’s about the size they need. it’s mostly non stick on the shelves. who cares.
I’m sure that same person would be horrified at what OP has bought for some random purpose that happens to be an interest of theirs and not OP’s. but I bet that person wouldn’t feel the need to be such an ass about it!
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u/MagnusAlbusPater 1d ago
Tramontina makes some quality affordable stainless steel stuff (though just looking at it on Amazon the prices have gone way up from what I paid for my set 3-4 years ago).
Are they as nice as the Made-In stuff? Heck no, but they’re durable, don’t warp, and get the job done.
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u/Dave_A480 1d ago
For most people it's about the pot not having stuff get baked on easily, and coming clean in the dishwasher without pre washing.
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u/barkbarkkrabkrab 23h ago
I try not evangelize too hard on this, but yes its true that ditching or reducing non stick pans and slowly investing in stainless and cast iron, will save you significant amounts of money. But i admit for a lot of people, its a big swing to invest in cookware most people find less convenient until they take the time to master it.
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u/DjinnaG Bags of sentient Midwestern mayonnaise 1d ago
They are a helluva lot easier to clean if you’re making something thicker than stew
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u/pnoodl3s 1d ago
Yeah, try making japanese curry, or chinese egg baked dishes on stainless pots and see how fun cleaning afterwards is.
Scientifically, nonstick is completely harmless, the harms come from the manufacturing process. Like even pipes are attached with pfas tapes. Lots of fast food wrappers are nonstick
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u/Remarkable_Gene_9158 20h ago
That's IF you use it properly, and you're buying your cookware AND utensils from a reputable source, which isn't a given in the age of Temu
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u/Remarkable_Gene_9158 20h ago
So long as the cooking surface is flat, stainless steel is no harder to clean IME... honestly easier to clean if you don't care about how it looks cause you can just get in there with a knife unlike with a nonstick surface
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u/SheepPup 1d ago
Personally in the fall and winter I make a lot of dumpling soups with frozen dumplings. In my stainless steel pot I always end up with at least one or two exploded dumplings from where the wrapper stuck to the bottom of the pot and then ripped itself open as I stirred (and then when I’m done I have to scrub that little chunk of dough off the bottom) in my nonstick pot that doesn’t happen.
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u/Zagaroth 21h ago
We got a set of very nice, expensive non-stick pots and pans from some friends who were moving out of the country.
My wife now scalds milk in the nonstick because it doesn't leave as much behind. (this is for use in making bread after it cools)
She's also used the big one to make ricotta, and that seemed to clean out a lot easier than when she used the enameled dutch oven.
Really, anything with enough starch or proteins to possibly stick to the bottom or sides.
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u/norecordofwrong 12h ago
Man homemade ricotta is so easy and it really is better than store bought.
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u/pakapab 1d ago
They are more nonstick than stainless, so makes a nice complement to have nonstick skillet handy.
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u/SerDankTheTall *Giggled internally* 1d ago
I don’t use nonstick pans, but I understand why someone would want them. Wanting a nonstick pot seems odd to me.
But I also really have a hard time getting worked up over whether or not someone else is using the same pots that I do.
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u/Silent-Paramedic 1d ago
im poor as fuck. i cant afford new pans. im stuck with the old non stick that sticks. its good enough
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u/whimsical_spider 13h ago
“Why do you own a non stick pot!!”
::proceeds to list ways to use a non stick pot::
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u/ArrrcticWolf 12h ago
If I can cook it on a pan then I can cook it in a pot. Yes there is the “right tool for the job” but that also doesn’t limit you to only using the most efficient cookware for a specific task.
Knowing how to cook things regardless of having the best cookware option for it is a very good skill to have.
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u/HonkHonkBeach 1d ago
I do think non-stick pots are a scam personally. All my pots are stainless steels.
But this guy? Insufferable. Better to give the advice than just try and neg them into taking it like some sort of Andrew Tate sounding dumbass.
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u/pakapab 1d ago
Go try to make a can of corned beef hash in your stainless pot, you'll see why having a nonstick/cast iron/carbon steel pan can be useful.
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u/HonkHonkBeach 1d ago
I would do that in my non-stick pan most likely.
Notice I said pots only, I have 3 non stick pans in addition to my 3 stainless steel pans, my 4 stainless steel pots, my cast iron skillet, and my carbon steel wok.
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u/DjinnaG Bags of sentient Midwestern mayonnaise 1d ago
OOP’s problem wasn’t so much using a nonstick pot as it was overheating their roux. And/or everything else that they had previously used the pot for, because that kind of damage is hard to do with a single dish. Pots are mainly used for things with a high water content that you want to keep high (or else you would use the increased surface area of a pan), so they really shouldn’t be getting anywhere near the temperature where nonstick starts to fail. There’s well over 100° F between boiling and the danger zone for nonstick to play with
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u/3mptyspaces 1d ago edited 1d ago
I put 5 layers of seasoning on my cast iron pans every couple of years, you can slide eggs all day on them.
I also have three ceramic non-stick pans. They’re great, too, and not just for eggs and pancakes. I like making quesadillas on my non-stick skillet, because I can slide it around easily on a thin slick of oil for a nice crust, and it weighs 1/4 of what my cast-iron skillets do.
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u/Remarkable-Secret638 23h ago
Can anyone tell me what this person is trying to say? It makes no sense to me. Perhaps he's telling everyone not to cook eggs, fish and pancakes?
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u/NervousSnail 15h ago
They are saying those things are fried in pans. Not cooked in pots. So a non stick pan would make sense, but not a pot.
They clearly never cook scrambled eggs.
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u/SufficientEar1682 Flavourless, textureless shite. 12h ago
Why are people so rude. Not everyone wants to be the next Escoffier. Non stick has more than one use.
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u/TrasseTheTarrasque 12h ago
"Do you get to the Cloud District very often? Oh never mind, of course you don't" ass comment
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u/reereejugs 11h ago
I use cast iron for most things but there are non-stick skillets and pots in the house.
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u/custardcreams 10h ago
<laughs in bread sauce>
Honestly, this takes so long to infuse you would be crazy to not use nonstick.
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u/Thunderer62 7h ago
On a personal level I agree. I have one nonstick that is only for eggs and pancakes and that’s it. You don’t gotta be a dick though.
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u/dtwhitecp 22h ago
there's this weird middle ground between using a nonstick pan for everything, thinking a nonstick pan is only for specific things like eggs and fish, and using any pan for anything.
So to probably add another post to this same subreddit - this dude is a clown if he thinks you can't use stainless for eggs, fish, or pancakes, and is mentally incapable of learning.
but also why does he think there are legitimate uses but in the same sentence say you can't own one?
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