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What are these two brown spots in my enamel pan?
So, I have some bad news and some good news.
The bad news is that those look like rust spots that are a result of a flaw in the enamel coating allowing moisture and salt to get through to the iron ...
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Is it true that a roasting pan shields the bottom of a turkey from heat in a conventional oven?
It seems that you're mislead by the name "convection oven". Convection happens in all ovens, including traditional ones. It's a physical process that occurs whenever you heat air or another ...
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How do I know what kind of coating is on this pan?
Whitford is, in fact, a chemical company that makes nonstick coatings, so the label makes sense. Since 2016 they've been offering PTFE (Teflon) without PFOA, so that's most likely what the coating on ...
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Why are brand new out of the box cast iron skillets black?
Unseasoned cast iron is gray, until it rusts. But it’s common for manufacturers to factory-season cast iron, which makes it black. The black color comes from carbonised oil.
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What are the best ways to dry seafood before cooking/searing on the pan?
Several layers of paper towel is, in fact, the best way.
Place the seafood on 2-3 layers of paper towel and press down on it with another 2-3 layers of paper towel from the top.
Alternatives do not ...
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How do I know what kind of coating is on this pan?
I think this means that the Whitford company has a "house recipe" for a pan coating that is not teflon-based ("Sans PFOA" means without a helper chemical that was used in teflon ...
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The cast iron pan changed color after machine-dishwashing
If you have a layer of seasoning that hasn’t fully cured, it’s often an orange tinge. You typically only see this when doing the initial seasoning on new (or stripped) pans.
Continued use of the pan, ...
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Thick bottom vs thin bottom pan: how does it affect sauté?
Aluminum conducts heat better than steel. This means that, everything else being equal, an aluminum pan will have more even heat over the whole pan than a steel pan will. This is also the reason why ...
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Glass pan for sourdough?
It depends on your baking technique. If you're using the dutch oven technique where you heat up the vessel to 450F before depositing the dough into it, no. Adding cold dough to hot glass is likely ...
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Is it true that a roasting pan shields the bottom of a turkey from heat in a conventional oven?
I've always used purpose made oven bags for roasting my turkeys. The bag prevents any air flow from reaching the turkey surface, but I've never had a problem with uneven cooking.
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Glass pan for sourdough?
Yes, as long as it's big enough you can bake bread in a glass dish. It's not about it being sourdough, other types of bread use the dish method. Glass may take a bit longer to heat up, but it shouldn'...
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Thick bottom vs thin bottom pan: how does it affect sauté?
Thicker bottom pans usually have better heat retention and distribution. That means when you add stuff to it it does not cool down as much, and the pan is evenly hot. Thinner bottom pans cool down ...
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