For the Cooks: Misen Non Stick Carbon Steel Pan?

[Marc v E]

Looks like the secret to obesity issues

I find no issues in using fat and staying thin. Especially if it's not saturated it can be beneficial for your health, in moderate amounts. If I was getting too heavy my experience is to cut down in meat and cheese and increase veg and fruit is more effective. Doing sports is good for your health but has marginal effects on staying thin ime. Same with focus on using oil.

 

[respice finem]

I find no issues in using fat and staying thin. Especially if it's not saturated it can be beneficial for your health, in moderate amounts. If I was getting too heavy my experience is to cut down in meat and cheese and increase veg and fruit is more effective. Doing sports is good for your health but has marginal effects on staying thin ime. Same with focus on using oil.

This, and, (partly still unknown) genetic factors. A mystery to me (even though this is a part of my profession) are people who may eat too much and never get obese. One branch of my (large) family is like that. If I ate like them I would look like an elephant... In "my" former academic hospital some scientific studies were done on this, but couldn't find the cause.
/OT.

 

[Petrushka]

Anyone else use salt to prevent meat from sticking?

 

[mcdn]

Anyone else use salt to prevent meat from sticking?

If you brine meat (especially dry brining) before frying then it changes the structure of the surface in ways that may help lessen sticking.

The equivalent of ASR for food is probably the Serious Eats food lab: https://www.seriouseats.com/the-food-lab-5118015

 

[JPA]

Does anyone here have any experience with Caraway ceramic nonstick cookware? My wife and I tried a ceramic pan years ago when they first came out, and it was horrible. It lasted less than 6 months before the ceramic coating wore off. Caraway promises theirs is much better, but I'm skeptical.

 

[mSpot]

A bill to ban PFAS from cookware and some other products passed the California legislature and is awaiting the governor to sign or veto it.

California governor Gavin Newsom vetoed the bill. It would have blocked the sales of children’s products, food packaging and cleaning products with PFAS starting in 2028, and cookware with PFAS starting in 2030.

Newsom Vetoes California’s Ban on ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Cookware

Mr. Newsom said he was concerned that the measure restricting PFAS chemicals would make pots and pans more expensive for Californians.

www.nytimes.com

 

[BlackTalon]

Charred some sauced/ marinated beef strips (from a Korean store) the other night in the medium-sized Misen pan. Charred beautifully. Stirred in a couple eggs and made a really good omelet. Nothing stuck, and no fat was added other than the little that rendered off beef. Pan wiped clean with a paper towel. The pans have exceeded my expectations so far.