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We poisoned the whole planet so our eggs wouldn't stick to the pan 🙃 (youtu.be)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by meme_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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It seems I shouldn't have posted this without context

TL;DW

yes the video is (at least partially) about Teflon, hence the cynical title
no, Teflon (or generally big Fluoropolymers) are not the problem. Ingesting them does nothing to you, because as long, chemically inert polymers they just pass through you from one end to the other
The problem are perfluoroalkyl acids: C8 (PFOA) and later substitutes such as C6/GenX, PFOS, PFHA, PFHxS which are chemicals used to start the Teflon polymerization. They are short-chained carbon-fluorine molecules that coincidentally mimic the structure of fatty acids, thus can accumulate in our bodies without a way for our bodies to break them down.
These chemicals leach into the environment from factories and accumulate in everything, to the point that the whole water cycle has been contaminated (yes that shit comes down everywhere with the rain)
There is conclusive proof that PFOA exposure is linked to a number of organ damage and cancers, particularly testicular cancer and kidney cancer, with likely links to lung and pancreatic cancer not reflected in the study due to survivor bias (they died before the study was concluded)

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[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 5 points 3 days ago (3 children)

The trick is to use wooden spoons to prevent scratching. Egg sticks to the scratches and forces you to make more scratches as you attempt to scrape it off.

[–] arin@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The trick is to use any cast iron, carbon steel, stainless and heat the pan then add oil before cooking. zero stick when done after heating

[–] accideath@feddit.org 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Doesn’t work though if I want to fry something with little or even without oil, which I do on occasion.

[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 day ago

You need to thruoughoutly preheat it and roll rhe oil around so it gets into every pore of the pan. You can wipe off excess.

In stews and sauces, excess far can be removed if you don't emulsify it.

[–] arin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah unfortunately. I wish we can have pans with built-in temperature sensors

[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Throw water on pan and make sure the beads roll around even after touching the sides.

[–] arin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ah yes red hot

[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 day ago

No, preheated as in everything has reached operating temperature. You know, how we have cooked for 99.999% of mankinds history.

[–] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I have a 12 inch stainless steel pan, i preheat it and then add oil but some amount of sticking is inevitable, especially around the edges where ever the food isn't touching the surface of the pan, the oil burns and polymerises on the pan and it's a pain to remove, even with barkeepers friend, that's why I got a 10 inch ceramic hard anodized aluminum pan for cooking eggs and small quantities of foods. I just use the big pan when cooking in bulk now.

[–] accideath@feddit.org 4 points 3 days ago

I generally use either wood or plastic when cooking with an anti stick pan (although, supposedly ceramic coating can take more of a beating than teflon).

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This puts me off it. I like to be able to use metal tools on my pans

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I known, me too. But wood is basically uncookable biodegradable plastic that doesn't give you cancer. So you use it, wash it and re-use it. It gets soaked in food and oils and stuff probably grows in its pores. But at the end of the day you don't eat the spoon and I haven't heard of anyone getting sick from a wooden spoon infection. but I've heard of millions getting cancer from "somewhere"... Pfoas.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Oh yeah wood cooking stuff is ok, my spoons are wood as I normally use a spoon with a stainless steel saucepan, then it's a metal spatula on cast iron and I also use it over a fire pit so wood is something I would want to avoid there.