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People always complain about stainless steel when they come to my house and that's what I usually give them as that is the one I'm least worried about them dama
by mgaunard 3y ago
People always complain about stainless steel when they come to my house and that's what I usually give them as that is the one I'm least worried about them damaging.
I just don't think normies are interested in something which requires technique and understanding. Stainless steel requires some level of temperature control.
- yurishimo 3y agoHow does stainless require more temperature control than something like non-stick or cast iron? If anything, stainless will cool on-par or faster, especially when compared to cast iron. If people don't know how to cook to the point where they are burning food based on what type of pan they are using, then I would argue they don't know how to cook... very few everyday dishes need to start on a ripping hot pan.
- CharlieDigital 3y agoIt needs to be in the right range to prevent food from sticking.
- mgaunard 3y agoYou'd ideally need to understand the Leidenfrost effect. And no, you don't want to set it to the max, that's a common mistake.
- tomcam 3y ago> People always complain about stainless steel when they come to my house Tough audience. Of all the people who have ever come to my house none has ever had a thing to say about cookware.
- loloquwowndueo 3y agoYou probably don’t make them cook like that other guy does rofl
- tomcam 3y agoIf I do, though, I will brutally enforce the all stainless requirement. mgaunard and I don’t pussyfoot around. We know what’s what.
- mgaunard 3y agoUsually, when you receive guests, they insist on helping in the kitchen. It would not be polite to reject that. Also cooking is a social activity.
- jpsouth 3y agoThat’s really interesting, from a cultural perspective, in the UK and my circle at least, if I was entertaining guests I’d be horrified if they were to so much as raise a finger in the kitchen. I’ll do the prep, cooking, cleaning, hosting, and everything else, thank you. If you want something, ask and it will be given, but to think of my guests _working_ when I’m hosting is far from my nature and far from how I’ve experienced being a guest. I’d invite you to come and cook with me if I wanted you to cook with me, but if you arrive as a guest under no circumstances would I expect, nor want them to be doing anything in the kitchen or around the house, personally.
- mgaunard 3y agoI'm also in the UK. It depends on the nature of the event and of the guests.
- loloquwowndueo 3y agoMaybe they’re expecting to be rejected (think of how in Chinese culture one is expected to politely reject a gift the first time) and then are surprised and angry when you literally take them up on their offer, and take it out on your cookware ?
- tomcam 3y agoYet they are rude enough to criticize your cookware!
- apwell23 3y agoI think gp like to talk about their kitchen equipement to houseguests based on the comment "I just don't think normies are interested.." :D