Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Last I heard, airplanes aren't exactly "cheap", nor are cars, and 
> cookware made of alunimium rather than steel is vastly more expensive. 

  That only tells that steel is cheaper than aluminum, not that aluminum
is super-expensive.

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On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:24:51 +0200, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
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> Last I heard, airplanes aren't exactly "cheap", nor are cars,

Airplanes and cars are expensive, but not primarily because of raw material
costs I think.


> and cookware made of alunimium rather than steel is vastly more  
> expensive.

The only reasonably useful aluminium cookware I have seen are frying pans,  
and those are always Teflon-coated. Even so, I have not found them to be  
more expensive than their cast-iron counterparts. In fact, the cheapest  
ones are typically aluminium.


> (Ditto for computer cases.)

The same goes for computer cases; the cheapest ones are aluminium.



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Fredrik Eriksson wrote:
> The only reasonably useful aluminium cookware I have seen are frying 
> pans, and those are always Teflon-coated.

http://www.vita-mix.com/household/products/neova/

Highly recommended, btw. :-)

Aluminum conducts heat almost as well as copper and is less prone to 
corrosion and is lighter, so it's a good choice for cookware.

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On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:06:29 +0200, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
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> http://www.vita-mix.com/household/products/neova/

Yeah, I have seen multi-layer cooking pots, but I would tend to classify  
those as steel pots. I will admit, though, that there may be sufficient  
aluminium in there to noticeably affect the material cost.

As an aside, I do own several "pure" aluminium pots. They work fine, but  
they get ugly with old age.


> Highly recommended, btw. :-)
>
> Aluminum conducts heat almost as well as copper and is less prone to  
> corrosion and is lighter, so it's a good choice for cookware.

I prefer iron; cookware that lets you cook *and* work out at the same time.



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On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:34:39 +0200, Fredrik Eriksson wrote:

>> Highly recommended, btw.
>>
>> Aluminum conducts heat almost as well as copper and is less prone to
>> corrosion and is lighter, so it's a good choice for cookware.
> 
> I prefer iron; cookware that lets you cook *and* work out at the same
> time.

You just have to be careful not to put things that are overly acidic into 
the container - and remember not to scrub it with a wire brush (had a 
friend who was being helpful and didn't know better with our cast iron 
skillet....took us about 4 months to re-season the surface.  On the plus 
side, bacon for the WIN!)

Jim

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Invisible wrote:
> OK, so I've been experimenting with Wolfram's Alpha thingy. Useful if
> you happen to want to know how long 10^15 seconds is, if you want a
> graph quickly, or if you want to look up the electrical resistence of
> silicon. Not much use for anything else.

I read this in a Facebook comment:

"This search engine is useless!
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=britney%20spears%20naked"

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Jim Henderson wrote:
> You just have to be careful not to put things that are overly acidic into 
> the container 

Why? The old Alzheimer's thing?  I think they figured out that was a 
procedural error.

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On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:34:44 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> You just have to be careful not to put things that are overly acidic
>> into the container
> 
> Why? The old Alzheimer's thing?  I think they figured out that was a
> procedural error.

Nope, acidic foods can destroy the "seasoning" of cast iron, and if you 
then wash it in water, you can cause the pan to oxidize.

But even if you don't use water, stripping the seasoning off the pan can 
create a metallic taste in foods cooked in the pan.  As Alton Brown would 
say, that's definitely NOT good eats.

Jim

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Jim Henderson wrote:
> Nope, acidic foods can destroy the "seasoning" of cast iron, and if you 
> then wash it in water, you can cause the pan to oxidize.

Oh, right, sure. I thought you were talking about the aluminum. My bad.

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On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:17:12 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Nope, acidic foods can destroy the "seasoning" of cast iron, and if you
>> then wash it in water, you can cause the pan to oxidize.
> 
> Oh, right, sure. I thought you were talking about the aluminum. My bad.

Ah, I see.  I hadn't heard the Alzheimer's thing before.  :-)

Jim

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