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Comment by 7373737373 7 days ago

Under $100:

- a non-stick pan (Tefal) - makes cooking much more enjoyable and likely, due to much less hassle while doing it and afterwards when cleaning up.

- a search engine subscription (Kagi). No more bullshit results. It's nice to feel that your search engine isn't working against you!

- a U-shaped pregnancy pillow - ideal for side sleepers

- a preconstructed deck for a trading card game (Magic the Gathering Commander). Bought and started playing it in the local game store. Now addicted.

Under $1000:

- a cordless, bagless vacuum with a light to see dust (Dyson) - it makes such a difference to effectivity and especially motivation if you are actually seeing what you are changing!

- noise canceling headphones (Bose) - invaluable, especially in the vicinity of uncontrollable noise, such as near worksites, in public transport or coworking spaces

- a telescope (Orion) - initiated a years-long and enduring fascination about and activity in astronomy and astrophotography

andrewstuart 7 days ago

>> - a non-stick pan (Tefal) -

I threw out all my non stick surface pots and pans and all plastic kitchen implements because I don’t want chemicals or plastics in my food. Replaces everything with stainless steel.

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7373737373 7 days ago

I've encountered many conflicting opinions about this topic (of course sellers will say it's perfectly safe and health advisors/bloggers the opposite), so i'd really like to see some well-sourced neutral information on this
Polymer fumes do seem to be a thing at high temperatures apparently https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/nonstick-cookware-safet... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer_fume_fever

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- alpaca128 7 days ago
  
  In our household the by far oldest pan is made of glass. It's also the only one that still looks like new despite having been used for 25+ years. It isn't non-stick but it also doesn't scratch just from looking at it.
  In terms of health, I'm not sure either but you should never use non-stick pans if you have pet birds. As I understand it the way their breathing and lungs work makes it deadly for them. Aside from that as long as it's not proven safe I don't feel like taking unnecessary risks when multiple safe materials are available. Manufacturers claiming their product is safe when it isn't has probably been a thing before the first factory and will still be a thing after I'm gone.
  
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  kortilla 5 days ago
  
  What does “proven safe” mean? Even stainless steal cookware is a very recent invention.
  
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- KempyKolibri 7 days ago
  
  I think there are some concerns around PFAS, for example: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/14/7/691
  Not really across the research but my suspicion would be that if there are issues associated with non-stick, it’s likely to be PFAS driven.
  There was a good discussion about the evidence on PFAS that I watched a while back, but I cannot find it for the life of me, sorry.
  
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- eps 7 days ago
  
  All non-stick pans deterriorate over time and become stick pans. In case, for example, of Creuset it takes about 2 years of daily use. With Tefal it's less.
  Whether non-stick coating peels off when cooking or when washing is an open question, but chances of it being just the latter are slim to none.
  A better option is copper-inlayed steel pans, something like Falk. They aren't hard to master and they last for decades and have superior heat distribution profile.
  
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yen223 7 days ago

I'm not against non-stick pans for their chemical composition. But I find stainless steel pans much easier to clean because you don't need to be gentle with them. You can take a steel wool to stainless steel pans just fine.
My stainless steel pans also last much longer than my non-stick pans. The non-stick coating seems to deteriorate within only a few years.

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mgarfias 6 days ago

cast iron mafia here - though I do have a nice set of copper cored all clad pots and pans.

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eddd-ddde 7 days ago

When I moved my new place had ALL stainless steel implements. Turns out I LOVE cooking and all it took was discovering how cool it is to cook with stainless steel. Cleaning is extremely easy.

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