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Default Is there a good alternative to PAM spray?

On Apr 18, 2:14�pm, Boron Elgar > wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:44:42 -0400, Goomba38 >
> wrote:
>
> >Buddy wrote:
> >> PAM spray is great except for its delivery system -- if I use it everyday it
> >> is fine, but if I use it sporadically it hardens and clogs up the nozzle,
> >> and I end up tossing it away when it becomes gungy looking, wasting it. Who
> >> wants to soak and clean the sray head every time you use a tiny squirt.

>
> >> I have tried using oils and greases as a substitute in baking, etc. but
> >> nothing beats PAM for this. Does anybody know of a substitute that works as
> >> well that you can just brush or wipe on?

>
> >vegetable oil brushed on thin.

>
> But brushing really does not work as well for, say, greasing and/or
> flouring cake pans or a bowl for proofing dough.


Suprised to hear that from you... professional bakers grease pans by
brushing with solid shortening... none use a spray, they value their
lungs.