The French National Assembly on Thursday unanimously adopted a bill aimed at restricting the manufacture and sale of products containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — also known as PFAS or “forever chemicals.” The MPs, backed by the government, voted to exclude kitchen utensils from the scope of the text.
Thanks to an intense lobbying push, manufacturers of frying pans and saucepans — including the SEB group, which owns Tefal — are exempt from this ban under the proposed law penned by French Green MPs.
Majority groups initially tried to delay the ban on kitchen utensils until 2030 — a timetable refused by the French Green MPs who instead suggested an exemption until 2026.
Carbon steel can, too. Plenty of non-nonstick options. And, amusingly enough, many of the highest quality of these items are produced in France.
I’d completely forgotten about carbon steel, but you’re right!
De Buyer Mineral B: Inexpensive and very very very decent.
They make such fantastic carbon steel pans. Reasonably priced, can take a good beating, and last a good long time. There’s a reason you see them in professional kitchens a lot (pay attention to the pans used on cooking shows or if you’re sitting in a restaurant where you can see the people cooking and you’ll recognize a certain “standard” De Buyer pan).
I feel like ‘very very very decent’ is pretty close to ‘good’
Actually better than that, I’m also happy with those two pans I got off the Aldi centre isle for 10 bucks. The De Buyer seasons easier but the cheap ones are good enough if you know what you’re doing, only reason I’m not recommending bargain deals is because De Buyer has a known quality while the centre isle does not. Also the handles are quite simple (two loop ones), OTOH that means it fits even small ovens and keeps to itself on the stove, no handle wrangling needed. No good for flipping things, though, and have a kitchen towel at hand to not burn yourself.