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    AndyD
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    #25

    I suppose hob kettles ideally need to whistle.

    My replacement choices for our black plastic cylinder:

    https://www.globalkitchenjapan.com/products/ikenaga-cast-iron-contemporary-design-round-tetsubin-kettle

    https://ottonifabbrica.com/en/3-kettles
    (in cherry red)

    Who knew where a spatula thread could lead!

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    • ShiroKuroS Offline
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      ShiroKuro
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      #26

      That testubin is very handsome!

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        AdagioM
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        #27

        Parchment papers don’t list their ingredients, so I can’t tell if the Kroger paper I’m using is going to kill me. But I don’t use it often.

        I do have a couple of Silpat silicone baking sheets; I could start using them more. They never feel quite clean, though, even after soapy Dawn dishwashing.

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          Daniel
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          #28

          I believe all these materials and surfaces are dangerous as well as eating and drinking from anything made of plastic.

          My Dr. was talking with me about this once and said-- "We all have so much stuff in us."

          I think we were talking about radioactive substances used in medical testing.

          I'd like to be but I'm not purist on this topic. I don't like plastic containers because they're near impossible to hand wash. On the other hand, if I want to drink water or cold tea in a plastic bottle then I do it.

          Some synthetic material spatulas in my home have have been actually burned.

          This is when I make an executive decision and put them in the garage.

          When in doubt throw it out.

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            Axtremus
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            #29

            https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/12/huge-math-error-corrected-in-black-plastic-study-authors-say-it-doesnt-matter/

            The "black spatula" study's authors made a mistake and left out a zero, their results were off by an order of magnitude. The "black spatula" is still bad, but not as bad as originally portrayed.

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              wtg
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              #30

              oopsies....

              When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                Piano*Dad
                wrote on last edited by Piano*Dad
                #31

                Yes, they multiplied 70 x 6,000 and got 42,000.

                This is even worse than the paper that a bunch of us got retracted from a major dermatology journal.

                https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7373684/#:~:text=To the Editor%3A Recent observations,hospitalized for severe COVID-19.

                The authors boldly claimed (based on simple correlations) that baldness raised the likelihood of severe Covid. They didn't bother to control for age in their regression. A bunch of us on Twitter raised a ruckus and the journal had to put a retraction notice on the paper, saying the result was "preliminary."

                I didn't throw out my black plastic cookware, by the way.

                Crazy economist who likes to write about higher education.

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                  Yes, they multiplied 70 x 6,000 and got 42,000.

                  This is even worse than the paper that a bunch of us got retracted from a major dermatology journal.

                  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7373684/#:~:text=To the Editor%3A Recent observations,hospitalized for severe COVID-19.

                  The authors boldly claimed (based on simple correlations) that baldness raised the likelihood of severe Covid. They didn't bother to control for age in their regression. A bunch of us on Twitter raised a ruckus and the journal had to put a retraction notice on the paper, saying the result was "preliminary."

                  I didn't throw out my black plastic cookware, by the way.

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                  wtg
                  wrote on last edited by wtg
                  #32

                  @Piano-Dad said in Throw out your black spatula:

                  I didn't throw out my black plastic cookware, by the way.

                  Neither did I.

                  When the popular media started reporting on the study, I tried to read the study in the journal but hit a paywall. I had a sneaking suspicion it wasn't the fiasco it was being made out to be. The article @Axtremus posted did a great job of summarizing the study methodology and results, much better than anything I'd read previously. After reading the AT article this morning, I was underwhelmed by the original results. Add this correction....meh....

                  My friend tossed all her utensils immediately after reading the news articles a few weeks ago. Her response this morning after reading the Ars Technica article:

                  Oh my. And I threw away and replaced all with silicone ones that spot badly in dishwasher and need to be washed by hand. Drives me crazy. I was just complaining about this last night.

                  Geeze

                  When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                    ShiroKuro
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                    #33

                    We didn’t throw anything out either. Fortunately.

                    Btw @wtg if you ever want a paywalled article from an academic journal article, let me know. Often I can get them thru my uni affiliation and I’d be happy to download them for you!

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                      Mik
                      wrote on last edited by Mik
                      #34

                      I guess Janet got wind of all this. A new set of silicone utensils arrived today. Surely this portends they will be found to be far worse.

                      “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
                      ― Douglas Adams

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                        RealPlayer
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                        #35

                        We only have one black spatula. I’m sure it’s worth no more than 99 cents. I will not mind chucking it and buying a non-black one for 99 cents.

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