[geeks] kitchen stuff

[gsm at mendelson.com]

On Wed, Jan 06, 2010 at 10:40:50PM -0700, Dan Duncan wrote:
>
>One word:  Silpat.
>
>It's a silicone mat that you can lay on top of or inside of cooking
>pans and NOTHING sticks to it.  They last for thousands of uses and
>eliminate the need for any kind of non-stick spray, butter, or fat.

Neat.

We've only gotten as far as a small pump bottle that sprays olive oil.

It did not work properly because someone whom I will not admit to being did 
not RTFM and overfilled it. Once I got it down to the maximum oil level
it works pretty well.



>They sometimes outgas the first time you use them.  (and never after
                 ^^^^^^

I must be older than you. This brought back memories of 1976. As in
"de car outgas". :-)

Geoff.


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