RE: Re:I only use corning ware - Jan

[Guest guest]

Hi, Jan.

Where did you get your 18/0 stainless? I'll be headed over to Target today

with my magnet. :-) Do you find that the pot doesn't heat up evenly? I'm

hoping to find ones with copper layer at the bottom (on the outside, of

course) like I used to see.

I was at JC Penney w/ my magnet, and I was surprised to find that 18/10 (or

18/8) that had aluminum in the middle stuck to the magnet! Unless they use

some kind of aluminum that's magnetic... Thankfully the box said 18/10 (or

8), otherwise I would've probably bought it!

On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 11:30 PM, Jan <mercurybabies2@...> wrote:

> You can also get camping cookware relatively cheaply and that is

> enamel wear. No aluminum of any kind. I stay away from that and those

> new silicone thingys.

> I bake and cook in mostly glass and nickel free stainless. We store

> all food in glass, mason jars mainly. We never heat food in plastic or

> non glass cookware. Like leftovers are removed from the pans and put

> into glass to be stored.

> Anchor Hocking makes relatively inexpensive glassware for storing,

> baking in.

>

> If the stainless doesn't say 18/0 or nickel free, don't buy it.

>

>

[Guest guest]

When you do the magnet test, try it on different parts of the pot, including

the ridge around the top, or " lip. " The magnetic attraction should be

strong and equal at all points. If it's weak or present at some places on

the pot and not others, then the pot is probably nickel-containing SS over

an inner core of magnetic steel.

Dean

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Subject: Re: [ ] Re:I only use corning ware - Jan

Hi, Jan.

Where did you get your 18/0 stainless? I'll be headed over to Target today

with my magnet. :-) Do you find that the pot doesn't heat up evenly? I'm

hoping to find ones with copper layer at the bottom (on the outside, of

course) like I used to see.

I was at JC Penney w/ my magnet, and I was surprised to find that 18/10 (or

18/8) that had aluminum in the middle stuck to the magnet! Unless they use

some kind of aluminum that's magnetic... Thankfully the box said 18/10 (or

8), otherwise I would've probably bought it!

On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 11:30 PM, Jan <mercurybabies2@

<mailto:mercurybabies2%40> > wrote:

> You can also get camping cookware relatively cheaply and that is

> enamel wear. No aluminum of any kind. I stay away from that and those

> new silicone thingys.

> I bake and cook in mostly glass and nickel free stainless. We store

> all food in glass, mason jars mainly. We never heat food in plastic or

> non glass cookware. Like leftovers are removed from the pans and put

> into glass to be stored.

> Anchor Hocking makes relatively inexpensive glassware for storing,

> baking in.

>

> If the stainless doesn't say 18/0 or nickel free, don't buy it.

>

>