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(!buyitforlife)

So the idea of "buy it for life" is to buy items that are durable and last for a long time, things you could buy once and have your whole life, which can save money and be good for the environment

What are some of the top items you recommend for this?

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[-] YourHuckleberry@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago

I tried to buy a BifL non-stick pan and found that it doesn't exist. Everything marketed as non-stick has some coating that will wear off and become useless. "But what about {brand that says it's not PTFE, PFOA, or PFAS}?" Yep them too. Look up sol-gel non-stick coating if you have ceramic non-stick. If you don't want to have to buy pans over and over again, you have to go stainless, cast iron or carbon steel. Cast iron enamelware is pretty good too, but isn't really non-stick. I'm in the process of finding stainless/cast-iron replacements for all my non-stick pans.

[-] themeltingclock@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

Carbon steel pans. You season and treat them like cast iron, but they develop a beautiful, smooth, non stick surface. I just made two over easy eggs in mine. They’re basically all I use anymore - no PFOx, no muss.

I thought I bought two from a French company that started with an ‘M’ but I can’t figure out which brand 😂

[-] jeanofthedead@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Matfer Bourgeat? I love my Darto plans and have also heard fantastic things about DeBuyer.

[-] themeltingclock@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Yes! That’s it - Matfer. I think America’s Test Kitchen recommend them and I’d follow ATK off a cliff on kitchen advice. So far, the pans have been fantastic, but I can’t imagine there’s a whole lot to go wrong with a carbon steel pan.

[-] nexas_XIII@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Are they induction compatible? I'd love to get something like that that's induction compatible.

[-] themeltingclock@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Sure are! They’re all steel.

[-] nexas_XIII@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Nice, I heard they need to be magnetic and the easy test is to use a magnet (naturally). I know my stainless isn't magnetic so I haven't tried to use that. I'll look into these, thanks!

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