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Hi All,

How many of you have your birds in the Kitchen area?

I know the No teflon rule, but I hate cooking with stainless steel...I don't want to drown my food in Oils or butters either to prevent sticking.

Do any of you have any ideas to help me?

Stainless steel & olive or canola oil.

Too has a gym in the kitchen so she can "supervise"

What foods or recipes are you having a problem with or concerned about?

I know that question may sound odd, but what people cook and how they cook it can vary quite a bit from kitchen to kitchen.

I use only cast iron for our food. Once you have the skillets seasoned just right, they will slide like Teflon. I will not use anything else.
Versace is not in the kitchen, but near where he can see me.

Versace'smom

After I wrote a scientific review about polytetrafluoroethylene, I was even more convinced that this material in cookware should not be near birds. It is also true that overheating the stuff is certainly good for humans either, though it does not seem to harm rats very much.

Cast iron really is better anyway! The very best way to make a beef roast is to put it in a large cast iron dutch oven! You can also make the most incredibly good gravy afterward! The only down side of it is that it is remarkably heavy. It almost requires a chain hoist to life a large cast iron container into the oven!

I do NOT like aluminium surfaced cookware, though some do. Some like ceramic surface cookware, I have had trouble with those cracking and with things sticking badly to them. Things tend to stick to stainless very badly too.

The Late Julia Child once had Englehard Industries provide her with a solid gold frying pan for one show. She used it, and declared that it was wonderful--things did not stick to it badly. At the end of the show she said sadly, "They informed me that after this show they are going to take back this wonderful frying pan and melt it down!" It is obvious that solid gold frying pans, however, are not an option! They would be even heavier than cast iron!

Cast iron also works wonderful for baking bread, etc. I find it far better than aluminium or sheet metal bread pans. It is also much better than the non-stick coated ones.

Cast iron muffin pans are good for muffins and cream puffs.

Pie dishes are often best glass or ceramic.

Although you can find cast iron cake pans, they are so heavy that it is about ridiculous. Regular aluminium ones seem fine, especially the insulated ones.

Finally a very good way to cook string beans is to fry up some finely diced bacon and onions in a cast iron saucepan. Drain off all the excess fat. Then open a tin of string beans, drain all the water off and replace with fresh water, and add to the bacon and onions in the saucepan. Heat to boiling.

No birds in the kitchen here....and they're actually a looonnngg way from the kitchen behind a door which has been nice even though I've used SS cookware since the 70's. But there are toasters, ovens, waffle irons ( we go out for waffles)...

I received news last year about some bird deaths. The birds weren't in the kitchen but housed fairly far away from the kitchen. The person used the self cleaner on their self cleaning oven.....even at distance it killed her birds.

Shauna.....who's had a dirty over for years...embarrassed? nope, but hubby is LOL

i don't cook much but when I do Ii use cast iron and stainless steel