Stainless steel pan

['Gear]

A couple years ago my sister gave me a 10" all-clad stainless steel frying pan. I fuck around with it for a little while, but it was the most horrifically temperamental pan I've ever used. Everything stuck to it. It seemed to get way to hot. Fucking useless. I tossed it in the cupboard and gave up.

A few weeks ago my wife asked me if I still wanted it. Instead of throwing it into my sisters yard I went and looked for a solution.

It turns out stainless steel frying pans need to be heated dry and oiled only after they've become hot enough for water to skate around.

So I heat it at med-low, then add oil and it's now the best non-stick pan I've ever used. No Teflon or whatever it is people are worried about and great seared flavor imparted to whatever I cook in it.

If you have a SS pan that gives you trouble try the above before you fling it out the window. It sound like it wouldn't make a difference, but you'll be amazed.

 

[Ilyanna]

what's a "pan"?

j/k... yeah, some friend of mine told me that a few years ago when I bitched about it. Then again, I manage to have everything stuck to Teflon pans as well, so I'm kind of a helpless case.

 

['Gear]

I suppose I could have taken advantage of this world wide web thing I have and have had at my fingertips since I got the damn thing, but that would have made sense.

 

[Ilyanna]

I know, right. Besides, it takes valuable screen time away from finding info on robot mice.

 

['Gear]

Plus I got this Germany's Best Creampies Compilation video I'm trying to get through between posts.

 

[Ilyanna]

Dammit, the fucking producer assured me that I had bought all the copies available

 

['Gear]

Oh no my friend. I'm the proud owner of one of the last remaining copies.

120 heavenly minutes of sweet little German oma's cooking what look to be some of the most delcious pies and pastries ever.

 

[Ilyanna]

I am just having a revelation: Boston creampies, anybody? Oh, those sneaky Bostonians.

 

['Gear]

I saw that one. Straight nasty.

 

[Ilyanna]

^I had no doubt whatsoever in my mind that you did.

 

['Gear]

I have this other one called Surprise Creampies (Best Of). It's the best of when people dressed as clowns run around hitting people in the face with pies when they least expect it.

 

[Ilyanna]

lol! creampie - Cream Pie... so many opportunies for American Video Rental clerks to troll. I envy them.

 

[Donovan]

As a public service announcement I'd like to caution cakewalk not to google ANY of the preceding terms. I'm pretty sure everyone else will figure it out, but she sometimes seems a little lost...

 

[Ilyanna]

LOL, what, you wanna keep her innocent so you can be the one to corrupt her at a later time, or something?

 

['Gear]

As lost as she wants to seem to be I'd surmise.

 

[Donovan]

LOL, what, you wanna keep her innocent so you can be the one to corrupt her at a later time, or something?

I do not wish to make any comment at this point which may later be admissable in court as "premeditation."

 

['Gear]

What's the opposite of malice aforethought?

 

[Donovan]

Al is a wondering lad?

 

['Gear]

LOL

 

[cakewalk]

As a public service announcement I'd like to caution cakewalk not to google ANY of the preceding terms. I'm pretty sure everyone else will figure it out, but she sometimes seems a little lost...

I'm glad I'm shrugging off some responsibilities til later or I would have missed this thoughtful comment. Thank you Donovan. I won't Google, I promise. "Lost" is a good place; one doesn't know any better and it's the only way to ever be "found", which I predict is probably a good place too.

You just know I wanna throw out the "d" word. I think you're baiting and teasing me. Luckily, I'm very self-disciplined.