I bought the advertising hype-non stick frypan

treeguy64 said:
(Sigh)....... Being a gourmet, vegan chef, I have advised, in here, what a serious cook needs to turn out perfect dishes, every time, many times. Take ten?........

Get yourself a professional-grade, stainless steel skillet, and learn how to use it. "Non-stick" is all about proper cooking oil, proper cooking oil temperatures. Learn how to flip and toss.

This is my main skillet/saute pan. It's about ten years old, and has never been washed with soap, or scrubbed with harsh abrasives:

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Forget the chemically-coated pans. They are all garbage, no matter how many glowing reviews you read about them. A professional chef/cook is not going to come within ten feet of those abominations, unless he/she is being paid big bucks for an endorsement.

As a cheaper alternative, carbon steel skillets are a standard in the biz, but being less costly, they also demand more time from you when it comes to the learning curve of proper use. They used to go for about ten bucks, US. I've seen them at the restaurant supply outlet I use, for around $15 USD.
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That's my next venture into fry pans. I see all the professionals using them. Beat up and otherwise.
 

Camper6 said:
Eggs are not vegan? I didn't know that. Vegans don't know what they are missing.
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Ah, but we do, and that's why we're vegan. We're not missing bearing the responsibility for causing the physical pain farmed animals go through, whether free range, or not. There's always the trauma of slaughter, even if it's a quick beheading, on the chopping block, for home-farmed chickens.
 
treeguy64 said:
Ah, but we do, and that's why we're vegan. We're not missing bearing the responsibility for causing the physical pain farmed animals go through, whether free range, or not. There's always the trauma of slaughter, even if it's a quick beheading, on the chopping block, for home-farmed chickens.
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I lived through the second world war when everything was rationed.
I live in a cold climate where the growing season is only 6 months so being a strict vegan was out of the question.
My parents raised chickens and rabbits for food during those years. Protein is important.
I'm not a fan of a lot of meat these days. I prefer a lot of stir fry using vegetables but somehow adding an egg seems to make the dish more palatable.
 

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