Helpful hint #1,377
Our kitchen had been hit with an epidemic of Teflon pans losing their ability to prevent foods from sticking. Pans that had been our favorites for years were suddenly being shoved aside in favor of those that had been our second choice not so long ago.
We were always careful to use plastic spatulas and wooden spoons so as not to damage the Teflon coating and were stymied by non-stick failure.
Having given up entirely on our best and second best omelet pans, Motivated Mom headed off to the kitchen store... where she learned that the aerosol propellant in cooking sprays actually damages the non-stick coating when the pan heats up.
Teflon or no, there are always times when we're looking for that little extra oily coating on the pan. Unfortunately those quick sprays were leading to routine sprays... and now we know why.
From now on we'll use the sales clerk's suggestion of keeping some light oil in a pump bottle and adding it to the pan that way.
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