Is it true wealthy people don’t cook with non-stick pans?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Health-conscious people, not wealthy people. You confuse education with money with health awareness, OP.

Yes, we're doctors and scientist, and we limit the use of non-stick in our house. We have a parrot too. Bird lungs are very susceptible to toxins in the air - one of the things that can kill a bird are fumes from damaged polytetrafluoroethylene coating.

Exactly!

[Anonymous]

Meh. I spent $750 on nonstick all clad pans. What I’m careful about is making sure the surface doesn’t get scratched.

My in-laws use forks and metal spatulas on their pans. I have to look away and it drives me crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don’t cook with non-stick, don’t store food in plastic, and never put plastic steam bags or takeout containers in the microwave. It’s not a question of wealth, but awareness. We’ve had the same Pyrex, stainless, and cast iron for over 15 years.

+1.

+2, and we cook eggs on cast iron, they never stick. If your pans are seasoned and you use "hot pan, cold oil" technique, nothing will stick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have to use a lot of butter on a steel pan when making eggs. It’s so annoying. And it’s still a chore to clean after.

+1. I am apparently missing whatever gene you need to successfully cook something on all-clad without it sticking like crazy.

We’re wealthy and also don’t know how to manage our cast iron skillets. So I just by new ones every year or two.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have to use a lot of butter on a steel pan when making eggs. It’s so annoying. And it’s still a chore to clean after.

+1. I am apparently missing whatever gene you need to successfully cook something on all-clad without it sticking like crazy.

Is that like a blanket statement? You cook everything on teflon/non-stick? Gross.

OMG like totally

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I use nonstick for eggs but stainless/multi-clad pans for everything else.

+1

[Anonymous]

What is with the obsession with wealth on this forum?! Seems super strange to me.

[Anonymous]

stainless, carbon steel, enameled, or cast iron for stove

add in pyrex/ceramic/glass for microwave/oven

that is what my mother did and I see no reason to change.

eggs on the cast iron don't stick. why would they?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Truly wealthy people have private chefs make everythinf.

And their private chefs use nonstick pans, lmao

I came here to say this. Wealthy people don't cook!

I'm not wealthy and I mainly use cast iron.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don’t cook with non-stick, don’t store food in plastic, and never put plastic steam bags or takeout containers in the microwave. It’s not a question of wealth, but awareness. We’ve had the same Pyrex, stainless, and cast iron for over 15 years.

+1.

+1

[Anonymous]

Isn’t that where the phrase “born with a stainless steel pan in their mouth” comes from?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You mean educated people who can afford it.

+1 although they aren’t that expensive

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t ever use nonstick anything.

Same here. I use my cast iron Lodge skillet almost every day. Love it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The key, folks, is a very hot pan and an oil that has a high heat tolerance. Don't use olive oil when you're cooking, folks.

The only oil we keep in the house is EVOO. Seed oil is garbage, probably as bad as cancerous nonstick coating.

[Anonymous]

I cook 6 days a week. And I use a non stick green pan.

maybe if I was only cooking 2-4 days a week I'd change.