Dimwit Me Strikes Again

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Another one of those "common sense" things that I apparently was supposed to know, but didn't.

"Do not use metal on Teflon!! !" I was told as I tried scraping off burnt on food with the backside of a fork. Now I feel like a idiot for not knowing this thing that was apparently was supposed to be embedded into my DNA.

woo...

Join the club. I burned up a teflon pan years ago and killed my parakeet (long story). Since then, I'm a stickler for plain cast iron or stainless steel.

I know it's expensive and heavier but try anodized aluminum cookware. It's supposed to be more scratch resistant. I think there's also this silicone based coating that's better than Teflon, but I don't know much about it.

If nobody ever told you before, how were you supposed to know? Don't worry about it. I reckon some folks get too annoyed about stuff like that anyway. It's hardly the end of the world if something gets damaged and/or broken, is it? Especially if it's an accident or you didn't know any better!

As long as nobody gets hurt, it shouldn't be a drama. If stuff gets broken, I just say sorry and either fix it or save and replace it.

example:- I once tripped over my own feet and demolished a wooden planter thingy that belongs to my sister. Gotta love dyspraxia eh? It was a nightmare to fix, cause it was all carved from one piece of wood, so in repairing it I had on my hands the equivalent of a jumbo sized interconnecting puzzle. Took me an hour and a half to get the darned thing fitted back together.... There was a LOT of swearing. Anyhoo, I finally sorted it, and when my mum came home owned up. She laughed then was more concerned about the monster bruise on the side of my leg and the burns I'd gotten on me hands due to the hot glue grabbing me a few times during the repairs.

I was 34 when this happened. I suppose my family are just used to the fact that I'm a clumsy edjit.

Don't beat yourself up!

We use metal on teflon all the time in my house. Actually I don't even really know if my pots and pans have teflon but they probably do.

Unless I trip over my own feet as well. I just thought I was a klutz, now I am figuring out that it is normal with ASD.

I just feel bad because I don't even know what "Teflon" looks like, let alone if I am damaging it. But apparently am supposed to know what it is and how it works as if I am a chemist being asked about formaldehyde.

But i won't beat myself up over it...

It's a blanket term used to describe the non stick surface applied to some sorts of saucepan. If the edges of a pan look silver, but the inside has a slippy black coating on it, best use plastic or wooden utensils in it

Pampered Chef makes these square plastic things you can use to scrape pots and pans with nonstick surfaces. You can also use the edge of a plastic spatula.

I usually just soak mine in soapy water overnight and then it comes right off in the morning.