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Tap water and toothpaste. I've heard that Teflon frying pans also leech fluoride into food. I always try to cook with my cast iron skillet, but my wife doesn't like to use it because it's "too heavy."
Try stainless steel. I bought myself a set of Calaphon on Black Friday. My daughter likes a Christmas wish list so I added All Clad stainless large frying pan and small to the list. I can’t say the two brands cook differently. I believe how they are made is the difference. Maybe has to do with longevity. I watched several videos on YouTube. I love cast iron and we have some it’s heavy for me also. I use it but make sure hubby is home in case I need help.
Thanks! I'll look into gettng stainless steel then. The one thing about my cast iron pan is that it makes everything taste fantastic. Even just frying eggs in it adds so much flavor. My wife prefers cooking steaks in the fry pan (we can't BBQ at our apartment).
I tried to cook a ribeye in the stainless last week and wasn’t impressed. Cast Iron is much better! My husband is a little obsessed with outdoor cooking and I don’t mind. We have blackstone, pellet & gas grill but we have the room. I’m got an old family home really cheap. I’m sure it was me and not the pan. There’s a learning curve with stainless. Watch some videos and cooking, cleaning and brands. American Test kitchen has a good video. Bar keepers friend or bon ami (I think they are the same can’t find bon ami anymore) helps clean the pan. I let it soak several hours in dawn and bar kf. I have not cooked anything yet that didn’t stick or make a mess in the pan. It’s just the food jiblits left. There’s a stainless steel pan that’s like a wok (don’t remember the name) it seasons as you cook. It was more than I could afford because I needed a new set of everything. It was at least twenty years old non stick. Good luck on the cooking and cookware hunt.
I'd think that stainless will need to be seasoned with oil before it can be properly used. Chinese woks are like that.
I think Teflon has the forever chemicals but maybe not fluoride
I’m not an expert on how much fluoride from toothpaste enters the body. Skin is very porous and anything we put on it goes into our bodies. I would think the gums would be the same since poor mouth health can lead to heart issues.