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Default Lasagna in Aluminum Pan

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> : Omelet wrote:
>
> : > The acid in tomato dissolves the aluminum.
> : >
> : > Never cook ANYTHING acidic in aluminum.
> : >
> : > I once made the mistake of covering a tomato based dish with aluminum
> : > foil and it ate holes in the foil leaving nasty black bitter spots on
> : > top of my food, and visible holes in the foil.
>
> : I've often covered lasagna in foil (when doing the uncooked pasta
> : method) and have NEVER seen holes develop, and somehow commercial frozen
> : lasagna uses aluminum all the time without problem.
>
> Your lasagna may not have tomato sauce directly in contact with the
> foil, or else you didn't look closely enough. I've seen it quite
> a few times! Do a simple test - put a piece of foil into a dish
> containing tomato sauce overnight. Then put your glasses on and
> take a good look.


ROFL!!!

Thanks Joebob!
No matter what I write, she attacks my posts and disagrees.

I just don't get that.
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