no but seriously though

  • Wheaties [she/her]
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    11 months ago

    Copper will oxidize in the dishwasher and turn green. Copper-oxide is very toxic, so doing so is unsafe.

    • laziestflagellant [they/them]
      hexagon
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      11 months ago

      Imagine having to worry about your pan poisoning you just from trying to wash it

      This post made by stainless steel pan gang

    • iridaniotter [she/her]
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      11 months ago

      I mean you're probably not using copper pans unless you're a fancy chef anyway

      • ziggurter [he/him, comrade/them]
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        11 months ago

        And if you go to most stores and buy a pot or pan they advertise as "copper", then you're literally just buying something with copper-colored non-stick coating, and it is not actually made of the metal we commonly call copper. Dumb shit.

      • CarbonScored [any]
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        11 months ago

        Yet there's no need. Washing a cast-iron pan takes no more than 20 seconds, even after cooking sticky messy foods :)

    • CarbonScored [any]
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      11 months ago

      Best I can see when searching, green copper oxide is basically inert biologically. Plenty of complaints about the toxicity of nanoparticles, but that's a whole other game.

      • Wheaties [she/her]
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        11 months ago

        huh

        i've heard many times that something about copper in dishwashers is unsafe, just assumed it was the copper oxide