Saturday, October 03, 2026
Friday, October 02, 2026
When it's not safe to use burned non-stick pans.
AI Overview
It is not safe to use a non-stick pan if the extreme heat of burning has cracked, charred, or peeled the coating.
When It Is Unsafe (Discard the Pan)
• Compromised Coating: If the burning caused the non-stick layer to blister, bubble, chip, or flake off, throw the pan away. Damaged surfaces shed microplastics and Teflon particles directly into your food.
• Overheating Fumes: Burning a pan means it exceeded 500°F (260°C). This extreme heat breaks down the PTFE coating and releases toxic polymer fumes. Inhaling these fumes causes "Teflon flu" (polymer fume fever), which brings temporary chills, fevers, and chest tightness in humans, and can be fatal to pet birds.
When You Can Keep It (Clean the Pan)
• Surface-Level Charring: If only food residue or sugar burned onto the top of an intact coating, the pan is safe to salvage.
• Safe Cleaning Method: Soak the pan in hot soapy water. For stubborn black residue, boil a mixture of equal parts water and white vinegar, turn off the heat, add a tablespoon of baking soda, and gently scrub with a soft, non-abrasive sponge. Never use steel wool or metal scrapers, which ruin the coating.
If you can share what the surface looks like right now (whether the black marks wash off or if the coating is peeling), I can tell you definitively whether to keep or toss it.
More novels set in W Virginia--
about 20 years ago. a friend took me to her land in W VA.
I heard about a read Deliverance at that time--
here are more.
AI Overview
Several famous and acclaimed novels are set in West Virginia, capturing the state's rich culture, coal-mining history, and rugged mountain landscape.
Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam: This famous memoir/novel-like autobiographical story is set in the coal-mining town of Coalwood, West Virginia, following a group of high school boys inspired by the Sputnik launch to build their own rockets.
Storming Heaven by Denise Giardina: A powerful historical novel depicting the violent and emotional struggles of southern West Virginia coal miners during the mine wars of the 1920s.
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor: A Newbery Medal-winning children's novel set along the Ohio River in West Virginia about a young boy who rescues an abused beagle.
The Night of the Hunter by Davis Grubb: A classic, chilling thriller set along the Ohio River valley in West Virginia, following a sinister false preacher hunting down two children for hidden money.
Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips: Set in a post-Civil War West Virginia asylum (the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston), this novel explores trauma, survival, and recovery. [1, 2, 3]
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Thursday, October 01, 2026
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