SC - Calaphon pots & pans

[Elaine Koogler]

My Alzheimers must be kicking as well.  I had also forgotten about the
aluminum/acid thing and have done the same thing not only with spaghetti sauce,
but also Brunswick stew which not only has tomatoes in it, but also lists
vinegar as one of its ingredients.  As you noted, I have noticed no damage to
the pots...and it didn't seem to do anything rude to the taste.

Kiri

Tara Sersen wrote:

> (side-hote: Balthazar, Calphalon IS aluminum.  Some of it is also
> non-stick, but it is all anodized aluminum.)
>
> I have a set of Calphalon.  I have the hard-anodized stuff, not the
> non-stick (except for one piece that came as a freebie with my 10-piece
> set.)  I love it - it has awesome heat capacity, and it's suitably
> non-stick without the help of teflon or the need for seasoning.  I find
> it's not quite non-stick enough for very delicate things like homemade
> perogies, but I keep a cheap teflon pan around for those rare things.
>
> The one caveat I have is this:  my fiance managed to ruin one piece
> rather spectacularly.  We made chocolate chip pancakes in it, and the
> chocolate stuck to the bottom like, well, teflon.  Rather than put some
> elbow grease into cleaning it, he resorted to the method that works well
> with stainless steel - he squirted in some liquid dishwasher detergent
> and left it to sit.  Remember when the Joker landed in the vat of
> industrial waste in Batman?  It looks like that.  So, they're not
> indestructable.  You can, however, scrub the bejesus out of them with
> green scrubbies.  They're not delicate, they're just not 100%
> non-reactive like stainless steel.
>
> Following that point, also keep in mind that you're not supposed to make
> acidic things like tomato sauce in aluminum.  I don't know why - I've
> forgotten and used my Calphalon for heating up spaghetti sauce, and it
> didn't seem to make a difference to the sauce or to the pot.  I s'pose
> it's that Altzheimer's thing.  (What was I writing about, again?)
>
> In summary, I would highly recommend Calphalon - but make sure you have
> a couple of other pieces around, too.
>
> -Magdalena vander Brugghe
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