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my understanding is that most kinds of paper towels are not food safe, and can contain bleaching agents, formaldehyde, and other such things. i’ve yet to find a great drop in replacement for them though. so i’ve just been avoiding/altering recipes that ask for them.
There are recipes asking for paper towels?
How else do you microwave a hot dog?
I... don't?
I'm more of a grill or pan-fry person when it comes to sausages.
You microwave your sausages? Heathen!
How else do you cook the pigeon meat?
Calling a hot dog a sausage is kind of overselling it. It's a tube of animal matter.
ive seen quite a few tofu-related recipes say that tofu should be put inside a paper towel and then pressed to get all the water out. i think i’ve seen some non-tofu recipes advocate for paper towels but i don’t remember them as vividly
I see. I'm not a big fan of tofu, so I probably won't have seen enough recipes to make a sample size.
You could probably just use some unbleached linen or cheese cloth, aka a non-decorative towel, since that is the reusable material that paper towels replaced in our modern disposable society.
Wait what?
This is like when I learned you're not supposed to microwave food in Tupperware because of micro plastics.
Nonsense, those micro plastics add flavor that just won't go away.
That Plastic Planet doc
What's your preferred alternative? I'm looking for something that gives me the same great taste and texture but is also 100% organic.
i still haven’t found a great alternative to be honest, but at the moment i just try to see if i can somehow use a strainer/colander to accomplish the same task. but its a bit of a half-measure and doesn’t work in all contexts
Fuck, for a supposedly rich country, the US is full of as many weird traps as a some war rawaged place. You guys have to be on a lookout all the time, eh?
Yeah well, that's why we can't get healthcare. Then they could detect our diseases and toxins and we could class action sue. The class action lawsuits alone make corporations shake in their boots enough that they say we "can't afford healthcare for all." We can, but the rich corporations cant
Well yeah. Our education system is a joke.
yeah it is extremely frustrating how many traps there are. i think it’s because the US has a culture of thinking things are “safe until proven unsafe” instead of “unsafe until proven safe”.
learning about the paper towels, microwave popcorn, and silicone cookware made me go nuclear on my kitchen. at this point i only let food touch glass, stainless steel, wood, or ceramic. it’s annoyingly difficult to find non-plastic versions of certain things (e.g. blenders) but after doing it once i don’t have to worry about it again for 5-10 years so it’s not too bad in that context. and i haven’t had to deal with any of the traps since then.