tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post8827583104103721173..comments2024-03-26T10:26:51.288-04:00Comments on Jim Leff's Slog: The Fundamental Secret of CookingJim Leffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-69163571496633173752010-04-27T21:10:23.084-04:002010-04-27T21:10:23.084-04:00Sorry to contradict, but you should never EVER hea...Sorry to contradict, but you should never EVER heat a teflon pan on high heat. It destroys the non-stick quality, and releases toxic fumes.<br /><br />From the entry for teflon in Wikipedia (not the greatest source, but there are tons of confirmations out there, as well as the notice shipped with every teflon pan about staying at medium heat or lower):<br /><br />"While [teflon] is stable and non-toxic, it begins to deteriorate after the temperature of cookware reaches about 260 °C (500 °F), and decompose above 350 °C (662 °F).[These degradation by-products can be lethal to birds, and can cause flu-like symptoms in humans."Jim Leffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-61710513648984228652010-04-27T14:33:04.557-04:002010-04-27T14:33:04.557-04:00Exactkty.
I've been teaching my brother-in-la...Exactkty.<br /><br />I've been teaching my brother-in-law, who helps me during the day to cook. After my tutelage he has mastered sauteed salmon:<br /><br />Put a teflon saute pan with some olive oil coating it on a burner set at the highest setting. While the pan is coming up to heat, prepare my salad. After the pan has come up to heat, grind some pepper over the flesh of a hung of salmon. Place the salmon, flesh side down in the saute pan and reduce heat to medium, cook for four minutes. Turn over the salmon so it is skin side down, continue cooking for eight minutes.<br /><br />Then remove salmon to a plate, and you will have a perfectly seared piece of salmon, that is just past medium rare in doneness.Big Fellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518498513277607744noreply@blogger.com