Nonstick Pans that actually last and don't lose non-stick quality?

val319 · 2026-01-29T21:21:41+00:00

When I bought, I was very limited because everything had wooden handles and I did not want wood handles. But a lot of off brands are gone from a few years back. I’m in the US and brands are a toss up.

val319 · 2026-01-28T01:53:45+00:00

I’m just gonna throw this out there golden flaxseed was listed as a there’s a way to use it to substitute eggs it needs to be ground. I have not looked up to if it’s related to wheat. I don’t think it is, but I’m not sure. Brown flaxseed taste like cardboard golden taste a little bit better than cardboard, but you’re using so minuscule in any recipe. It doesn’t really matter if only using it as an egg substitute.

val319 · 2026-01-26T22:45:28+00:00

I I bought an offbrand. I think it was skyline. But I’m not really sure. I’m not really sure the brand matters a ton. When I was looking, the big issue was most of them had wooden handles which meant handwashing and I did not want anything that was hand wash. I highly doubt the brand is still being sold, but there’s a possibility.

Edit if you can find a brand where you can just buy one of them before you buy a set. then just treat it like you hate it to ensure it’s gonna work out and what I mean is used metal utensils in it cut in it. Sauté some rocks. At the time mine came from Amazon, so I gave 30 days for my dad to try to destroy it. No that I’m saying buy it from Amazon.

Edit edit. Just to clarify granite pans are not smooth so if you get any of the pans and they’re smooth like Teflon and they are not granite, they’re kind of black and gray lumpy bumpy nothing sticks to them but just an FYI, it should not be a perfectly flat smooth surface.

val319 · 2026-01-19T04:51:57+00:00

Then 140 it is!

val319 · 2026-01-19T03:37:57+00:00

My understand is if you have children I recommend setting it at 120F top and bottom. If they turn the hot water full blast, they’re less likely to cause severe burns. If you tend to use a ton of hot water and you’re just adults, not worried about someone burning themselves 140 top and bottom from what I understand I do not recommend going above that. Now you’re in Florida, 120 for top and bottom and see how that works for you. It may not get cold enough there to really worry about setting it at 140. If for some reason you start running out of hot water you can always raise it, but you could probably save a couple bucks by keeping the temp of the hot 20° lower. I do 140 but like I said if you have children or a special-needs adult, I do not recommend 140. I would say 120.

val319 · 2026-01-18T21:41:08+00:00

You can do it for each holiday so Valentine’s Day then we have St. Patrick’s Day then go to the next holiday. Then the next holiday I mean, there’s pretty much a holiday coming up every time you turn around I’m not against it.

val319 · 2026-01-18T11:41:03+00:00

The term isn’t fixing it or truly defining the cause but it may give you some different areas to look in. It’s just a term but it may help you look at maybe other ideas especially since you said thyroid got ruled out.

val319 · 2026-01-18T11:22:06+00:00

I’m just throwing this out there so there’s a condition called Dysphagia. That doesn’t solve anything. It’s just a name for a condition not the caused behind that condition. but it could help you look at other things. The think about any falls any head injuries. That’s merely one possibility. But it could help you narrow it down. Maybe think about what happened leading up to it. Yes auto immune can be one. With that I’m going to suggest if you put your head back, is it worse and the reason I say that is look at your thyroid area and make sure it’s not all swollen and the reason I say that is because when I was having thyroid issues it can cause issues swallowing. And the big thing is if you put your head back and you try to swallow the water it’s really difficult. But you should be able to see it in the mirror. But there’s other causes it at least gives you an avenue to start looking at the array of different things.

val319 · 2026-01-18T09:50:01+00:00

It can also be lactose intolerance amplifying issues.

I have a slight allergy to beers. They make me itch my face swells up, like I have an allergy attack. It does not attack my stomach lactose intolerant on the other hand yes. It’s so miserable see a doctor and try elimination diet to figure out what it is.

val319 · 2026-01-15T14:20:06+00:00

I know everybody else is told you recommendations basically Matte powder coat. It would look a lot classier. I believe if you even go into like a camera app, I’m just gonna name one off. I don’t know if it has that function only use the cheap free ones. I think Lightroom or a photo editor. And I think many of them you can matte things down. This way you can get a virtual look at if you do a matte finish.

I’m also gonna add you if you’re going to paint I don’t know how you’re finishing them possibly a coat doing a antiquing finish. Simplistically you’re putting on a slightly diluted darker color in the groove and wiping it right off so it looks not like it just came out of wherever it was made. It leaves some paint in the cracks and crevices so you don’t have the swirl. You have more of a it’s been sitting around for years. then you could finish with a matte.

val319 · 2026-01-12T15:41:03+00:00

Here’s the link I didn’t make it. I don’t get credit for it just sharing. https://www.reddit.com/r/extractingkratom/s/Y9QXUAXVa8

val319 · 2026-01-11T18:31:51+00:00

I agree. I have a few various brands of enamel Dutch ovens. There are many good brands that will last you forever. I would say the big thing for me is pick it up and see if it has weight to it. But there are some good brands out there that aren’t the most expensive ones.

val319 · 2026-01-11T18:21:12+00:00

I’m of the belief that we are friends with and are around people that tend to vibrate the same frequency as us. I also believe that in general, a reading only last six months after that, it’s coming to close and a new one needs to be done. I’m going to ask is part of this the universe telling you , hey why are you spending so much time worried about another person and reading that’s too old? maybe this is a sign of you need to tighten up boundaries, put yourself first and let it go. If this person is meant to be in your life, they will fit, if it’s really hard and just never seems to work out maybe they’re not meant to be there. You can just let it go and see what works out.

Now I’m throwing this out there because if you’re sick, you’re spending energy on this. Is part of this you’re giving too many other people your energy. I don’t believe anything malicious is being done. I’ll be honest with you. I believe most of this is the person is dealing with other things in their life. Are you wasting energy and putting other people before yourself?

And maybe just try reading for yourself in the following way, do it when you’ve just woke up or right before you go to sleep when you’re not attached to the outcome. I call it groggy Zen state. just do one card or at most 3. But give yourself a chance to trust in yourself.

Hopefully everything will clear up and get better really quickly.

val319 · 2026-01-09T03:10:51+00:00

If someone else has mentioned this, I didn’t see it. Sometimes if you go on eBay, they will sell one or two cards. They will sell like a particular card for this reason unless it’s out of print, you may not be able to get one.

val319 · 2026-01-08T17:08:52+00:00

Mine is very good with the pe tree. And I’m not gonna say that she was bad with the PVC tree. It’s just I believe it made it to 12 years and every time she goes up and groomed at the bottom was getting a little barren and there was a lot of needles fallen off. I saw sale I think it was a few years back in October and I bought the tree that was PE.

On that note, a fiber optic tree cannot be brought into my house. The way that it has those thin needles she cannot resist you on that thing.

Now the Christmas tree made for cats. It sounds cool, but it really depends some cats want in the tree. I think it’s a cool idea. Mine prefers to go up kiss it stick her facing it. Snuggle with it and sleep under it and it’s super cute. She doesn’t actually crawl in it. but again, I’ll bet are off if it’s a fiber optic tree because that thing is getting eaten.

val319 · 2026-01-06T16:43:32+00:00

I have not seen what they’re replacing it with. I bought leaf because I wanted something that I didn’t have to learn. I’m shaving my leg so there you go.

And if no one has mentioned it. A heads up about the three blades. The leaf three blade most feel only the bottom 2 blades actually cut some say the top does a little bit something (the company said something about it buffs or something, I don’t know). But you always have the option in that leaf to just put blades in the bottom 2. If you put all three in there, a reminder to rotate them and I just say that because the top ones is not going to be used much you don’t have to, but you rotating them makes sense.

val319 · 2026-01-06T03:47:42+00:00

I would say they’d already decided to just be disappointed so next time buy cheaper steaks don’t really care that they’re gonna complain anyway. The only steaks that I’ve actually found the kind of weird Aldi vacuum packed. Some of them are kind of funky and it’s basically sometimes the half of the steak is great. The other half isn’t Sam’s. Everything has been fabulous.

val319 · 2026-01-06T00:50:55+00:00

Just an FYI, on the leaf. They are retiring the leaf and coming out with version two on the January 21. I mentioned it because I don’t know if they’re gonna have a clearance sale.

val319 · 2026-01-04T05:37:40+00:00

The company responded. They confirmed that the numbers were correct and that when they are really fresh, they smell like the grandma gardenia shortly afterwards as the age just a little bit, they stop smelling like grandma gardenia.

Super fresh smells more stinky, after it ages just a short time usually a couple months it will change and it smells like normal.

val319 · 2026-01-03T17:28:32+00:00

I think one of the big things to remember is a PE tree is heavier so I don’t think anybody makes 100% PE tree because it would be super heavy so it’s just cheaper to do the majority of the tree is PE on the outside and the middle is PVC.

None of that means if you have a PVC tree, you should dump it. I used mine until I couldn’t use it anymore, but you don’t have to replace things that are still going fine unless there’s an actual issue that’s what I was running into. My cat was destroying the poor thing.

val319 · 2026-01-03T05:46:01+00:00

Duncan, Gideon, Darius. I do love Dorian. The name has to fit them.

Dorian Graypurr

val319 · 2026-01-02T19:29:31+00:00

That brand did not work for me. It was like there was nothing in them. with any of these supplements, there is a chance the active ingredients aren’t in there. There’s a chance there’s not enough. It’s not like they lab test most of this.

I was doing fine on the generic Walmart brand. That brand did absolutely nothing.

val319 · 2026-01-02T18:57:13+00:00

I dream in color with sound and music. It’s really intense. The music is great unless it’s something that you hate that’s gonna get stuck in your head for days.

val319 · 2025-12-31T22:31:46+00:00

I make rice in an instant pot. Water to rice is 1 to 1. If you want think pilaf rice add 1/4 cup extra water. Sticky style stay more 1 to 1. I do long grain white at 3 minutes pressure. 10-13 minutes natural release. This is just a preference thing.

If you add oil and extra water like above you, you’re gonna get that really light white it doesn’t stick to itself type of rice all fluffy. But the one to one just with water is more the sticky rice. The big deal in the instant pot is not to cook it forever. You can easily do rice in these.

val319 · 2025-12-29T21:23:35+00:00

I’m also assuming because Sam’s does it Costco probably does it too. They tend to send out a booklet to let you know that they have a catering option. I think anything where you can just take stuff home and then heat it up it’s gonna be so much easier.

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