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Why do we still call a non-stick pan a non-stick pan when it has stuff stuck to it?
It's insane!
We spend all this energy avoiding using 'scratchy' cleaning things like steel wool or scrubbing brushes, when there is stuff stuck to it! If stuff is stuck to it, surely it is not a non-stick pan; it's a sticky pan.
So why do we do it? Why?!?! I ask you!
4 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavourite answer
I think that it usually doesn't have stuff stuck to it until we go using metal utensils on it which stratches it all up and then the teflon comes off and then food gets stuck to it and we have to scrub it.
- Power FlowerLv 71 decade ago
get yourself cast iron or stainless steel cookware - anything else is an overengineered rip off (with possible toxic releases at higher temperatures)! If you need to get stuff off though fill the pan with a little hot water and dump in a bit of bicarb soda then rub with a normal cloth until everything comes off. the bicarb is a gentle abrasive that shouldn't damage the surface.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
because it actually IS a non-stick pan if you think about it. it doesn't do its job to the fullest, but i guess they call it a non-stick pan because if the food burns, there's no burn mark stuck to it. For example if you use just some metal pan and burn something on it, there will be a burn mark on it and it wont come off and on a non-stick pan you burn something and it doesn't stick :). hehe
- 1 decade ago
dude, you think too much. calm down and use warm water and soap. Think about it: did you let your pan sit out a little too long before you scrubbed it? you could've brought this on yourself.
