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Heat butter over medium heat in a nonstick skillet. Add Spam and cook until it begins to brown. Add spinach and sauté until spinach begins to wilt...
Silicone first appeared in kitchens in the form of French-made Silpat baking mats. Next, the versatile nonstick material made its way into ultra-heat-resistant pot holders, super-slippery spatulas, whisks and colorful baking pans. Now Sur La Table has some gadgets that take advantage of silicone's flexibility while saving on storage space. The POP COLANDER, POP STRAINER and CHEF'N SLEEKST0R collapsible measuring cups pop open into full-size utensils for use but collapse completely flat for easy storage. Silicone's continuing kitchen evolution can save you from having to fumble for the right lid for your...
...birth defects and other health problems. The company admitted no liability but in December 2005 made a settlement with the EPA based on eight violations for failing to disclose its own findings on the safety of PFOA. This April, hearings began in a class action against the company by nonstick-cookware users from 15 states. In January, an EPA advisory board labeled PFOA a likely human carcinogen...
...spite of all this, the agency website says, "At the present time, EPA does not believe there is any reason for consumers to stop using any consumer or industrial related products that contain PFOA." That's under normal use. You should not heat an empty nonstick pan to high temperatures or risk destabilizing the surface by plunging a hot pan into cold water, nor should you use nonstick pans for cooking at very high temperatures in general...
...While nonstick cooking offers big benefits--ease of cleanup, drastically reduced need for oil--nobody has yet invented a coating that works as well as Teflon. But there's a low-tech solution that dates back hundreds of years: a good cast-iron skillet. It's cheaper than a coated pan, it browns food better, and as for the nonstick factor, when properly seasoned, it's nearly as good...