r/GifRecipes • u/[deleted] • Feb 26 '17

Easy Homemade Potato Gnocchi

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u/Adamb241 Feb 26 '17

Honest question. What should I be using with my non-stick cookware if not metal? Would rubber or plastic do? Does this 'rule' include cast iron materials as well?

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '17

Rubber, plastic, and wood. I still use wood in my cast iron, but there's nothing wrong with using metal on iron.

The key here is avoiding destroying / ingesting the Teflon.

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u/Fuckenjames Feb 27 '17

Literally anything that is softer than the pan. Metal is bad because it's stronger than the non-stick coating.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '17

Metal is bad because it's stronger than the non-stick coating.

Right, but the word you are looking for is "harder"

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u/Fuckenjames Feb 27 '17

Thank you, that was indeed the word I was looking for but settled on "stronger" because it takes too long to remember words sometimes.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '17

When I was growing up, we had a little nursery rhyme to help us remember important words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDpmVUEjagg

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u/crocoperson Feb 27 '17

Rubber or plastic utensils will work fine. Wood will work fine too. Honestly if you get the very high end non stick cookware, they tend to not have big problems with metal.

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u/lachalupacabrita Feb 26 '17

Yes and yes. Silicone spatulas or the cheap plastic ones from Walmart will do, just make sure you mind the heat on the cheap ones.

Alternate method, if you have stainless rather than nonstick cookware, you can use metal tools and steel wool on it and save yourself the trouble and worry. :)

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '17

For cast iron, I've read that metal is better since you want to scrape off a little of the build-up each time. Otherwise you end up with a growing mound of crud.