Why you shouldn't wrap your food in aluminium foil before cooking it

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[–]Alphix 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

I want to know how to make a baked potato without foil...

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Why do you need foil? I think you can place them directly on the rack.

[–]Alphix 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Doesn't that make them too dry on the outside?

[–]jet199 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Rub with fat.

[–]Alphix 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks, will try.

[–]Musky[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

To combine what Jet and Mel said, you can rub it with fat, and optionally salt/pepper to make the skin tastier and just cook it without foil.

Now, I have had one potato blow up doing this, but that might have been an outlier. You can always do the old microwave method of using a fork to poke several holes into the spud before baking to avoid that, although the potato will probably a little drip potato juice, so you might want to put a baking sheet pan on a rack below.

[–]Alphix 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks! I'll do this!

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (9 children)

God damnit, we're all fucked. Everything is poison. They're putting chemicals in the water that turn the friggin frogs gay.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

Foil at least is not too hard to avoid using, get glass roasting pans and stainless steel cookie sheets, and parchment paper is your friend.

[–]Musky[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Nickel and chromium leech out of stainless steel, and borosilicate sheds boron. Maybe we need to go back to cooking with clay.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

I want the pure ceramic pots and pans, unless you have reasons against those too lol. I'm never buying non stick or aluminum anything again.

[–]Musky[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

I can't find anything saying they're bad. You mean the ceramic coated ones or the wholly ceramic cookware?

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Wholly ceramic. I have this company bookmarked: https://xtrema.com/ for if I ever have money.

[–]Musky[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

That's some really sexy cookware. And pricey. Do you know where it's made?

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Xtrema is a family-owned and operated business in New Jersey, though their cookware is handcrafted by artisans in China. While “made in China” is usually not touted as a positive feature, there are two reasons that ceramics are the exception.

First, There’s a reason we say “honey, grab the good china!” when guests come over. With more than 10,000 years of expertise under their belt, China is long known for producing some of the world’s best ceramics – both for dishes and cookware.

Second, while there was an issue a few decades ago with lead and cadmium-based glazes (worldwide, not just in China), China has long since modernized their machinery and glazing processes to meet strict FDA compliance standards that ensure there are no unsafe contaminants in their cookware. Xtrema’s factories are not only certified by the FDA; they are also certified to the even stricter standards of California’s Prop 65.

https://greenopedia.com/xtrema-ceramic-cookware/

[–]Musky[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Good point about the ceramics, but if it's made in China, why give this NJ family a cut, get something direct from China and cut out the middleman.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think because they go through the trouble of testing the quality and certifying that the Chinese aren't shipping over poison.

[–]Musky[S] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I'm bad about this....