Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Which utensils are good for cooking?

"ALUMINUM " It’s a great heat conductor, lightweight, inexpensive and easy to clean. However, some aluminum is dissolved into food when you are cooking acidic foods like fruits and tomatoes or anything containing vinegar. Even if there is little risk from exposure to the levels of aluminum released into food from cooking, we are exposed to aluminum cumulatively from many other environmental sources. In addition, salty water or food can pit aluminum cookware, making older pots a possible source of trace amounts of substances like arsenic and fluorides.

The more expensive anodized aluminum cookware is a safer alternative. The electro-chemical anodizing process locks in the cookware’s aluminum so that it can’t leach into food.

"PORCELAIN-ENAMEL COATING" an alternative is aluminum or steel coated with porcelain-enamel. As long as the coating remains in good condition, the surface of these pots is durable, with no metal leaching into the food.

"IRONWARE" may be a good choice for some cooks, although cast iron is heavy and you need to be careful to prevent rusting.

"STAINLESS STEEL" is relatively inert compared to other metals, the metals present in the alloy can be released into food in extremely low quantities. These metals can include nickel, molybdenum, titanium, aluminum, and carbon steel.

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