Seasoning the cookware

SteveDallas · 10-23-2005, 05:48 PM

In preparation for the arrival of Petri, our new pet cockatiel,* we've dumped our nonstick cookware (which was, admittedly, getting kind of scruffy anyway) in favor of a set of copper-bottomed stainless steel pots and pans. (Teflon fumes are toxic to birds.) The instructions say that after washing up the pans, we should wipe cooking oil on the interior before storing them.

What does this do? Do people actually do it? I'm far from a neat freak, but cooking utenstils is one area where I won't accept the slightest sloppiness. And the thought of putting away a saucepan coated with oil seems just flat-out icky.

*He's currently in the posession of Mrs. Dallas, who's visiting friends & relatives in Boston with a friend of hers who has kept birds for years, and who offered to hook us up with a cockatiel breeder she knows after we decided we wanted a bird. I'm sure I'll have some pictures posted in about 24 hours.

10-23-2005, 05:48 PM	#1
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Seasoning the cookware In preparation for the arrival of Petri, our new pet cockatiel,* we've dumped our nonstick cookware (which was, admittedly, getting kind of scruffy anyway) in favor of a set of copper-bottomed stainless steel pots and pans. (Teflon fumes are toxic to birds.) The instructions say that after washing up the pans, we should wipe cooking oil on the interior before storing them. What does this do? Do people actually do it? I'm far from a neat freak, but cooking utenstils is one area where I won't accept the slightest sloppiness. And the thought of putting away a saucepan coated with oil seems just flat-out icky. *He's currently in the posession of Mrs. Dallas, who's visiting friends & relatives in Boston with a friend of hers who has kept birds for years, and who offered to hook us up with a cockatiel breeder she knows after we decided we wanted a bird. I'm sure I'll have some pictures posted in about 24 hours.

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