[Sca-cooks] Bad Cooking at Feasts - was Re: good taste

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On May 23, 2006, at 7:27 AM, Tom Vincent wrote:

> I got rid of all my aluminum (well, except for the very fine Magnalite
> set of thick, dark, spun ones) 20 years ago and have never looked  
> back.
> Everything's cast iron, either seasoned or enameled.  Easiest to cook
> with, easiest to clean, no odd tastes.
>
>
> Duriel

I've actually had no problem with heavy aluminum, which, when  
properly used, seasons like cast iron also.

Adamantius

>
> Anne-Marie Rousseau wrote:
>> oh yeah, and speaking of "oops!"
>>
>> I made a bunch of cretonnee of new peas from le menagier. yum!  
>> fresh peas, cooked
>> in milk with saffron, ginger and a bit of parsley. pureed and  
>> thickened with
>> breadcrumbs. one of my faves :).
>>
>> we made it and stored it in our big pots, and then heated it up in  
>> same.
>>
>> all of the batches tasted like tinfoil. apparently the aluminium  
>> pots reacted with
>> the pea soup. Which I dont get. I mean, if it was acidic, or  
>> really basic? sure.
>> but peas in milk? it doesnt get any more neutral pH than that!
>>
>> I was very very sad. did I mention how yummy the stuff is?. we  
>> didnt serve it
>> (well, we started to but pulled it back when the baroness came up  
>> to me and
>> whispered..."there's something funny...") and I cried as I dumped  
>> it in the trash :(
>>
>> interestingly, of the people who got some, 1/2 thought it was  
>> inedible. the other
>> 1/2 was in two camps...those who didnt mind the tin foil taste  
>> (ugh) and a group of
>> folks who couldnt taste it at all.
>>
>> to this day I dont use aluminium pots or pans for anything but  
>> boiling water for
>> dishes and maybe baking chicken in no sauce. maybe.
>>
>> --Anne-Marie
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