Frying Pan

[poliphilo]

 My friend Stephen Bann- who is a dedicated cook-  used to say you should never wash a frying pan. The ancient grease, impregnated with the flavours of a thousand fry-ups, is a treasure,  adding subtlety and depth to anything you cook in it. I sometimes let my pan go a day or two without washing- and acknowledge that it's a bit of a thrill when the flavour of yesterday's mushrooms turns up in today's bacon and eggs- but then I start to worry about health and safety and the pan goes into the sink and receives a good scrubbing. Am I being unduly cautious? 

Comments

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

The only thing that *might* harm you are the bits of food that stick to the pans and *could* spoil (but aren't likely to) after cooking if you didn't use the pan again for a while. A wipe out with paper towels should suffice. I've been doing that all my cooking life and (so far) have lived to tell the tale.
:)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I use my pan a lot- so there really shouldn't be time for food to spoil in between cooking sessions.

I've pretty much decided I'm going to give up soap and water and use paper towels instead.