ImStillMags wrote:

> On Jan 6, 3:20*am, "Gareth Fimlinson" > wrote:
> > I have some pots/pans that when I cook fish in them, salmon fillets,
> > they smell of it afterwards, and seem to absorb it. If I boil plain
> > water in them then the sides get misted up with fishy stuff, and I
> > can wash it off then boil it again e.t.c.
> >
> > I am looking for a cooking pot where that doesn't happen.
> >
> > Does anybody know
> > a)why it happens with the pots I have.. what those pots might be
> > made from that causes it?
> >
> > b)what pots I could get where that wouldn't happen?
> >
> > The pots I have I don't know much about them but they're black
> > inside, so that may say something about the material what it is or
> > isn't..
> >
> > I am wondering if maybe a metallic one won't have the problem.. but
> > I don't know.
> >
> > If they were cheap like < £15 then I might buy one and find out..
> > but i'm not sure where.. *I am currently in the UK, I
> > seehttp://www.johnlewis.com/231034624/Product.aspx* £35 but I don't
> > want to throw money at that and find it keeps the fish smell..
>
> If they are black inside they are probably coated with a non stick
> coating.
> That is why they absorb the smells and tastes.
>
> If you want good pots and pans, get stainless steel. good polished
> stainless steel. The good stuff is not cheap but is worth it and
> will last forever.


what's this about different types of stainless steel pot.

-(plain) stainless steel
-polished stainless steel (same as porcelainized)?

no teflon (I guess if it's silver inside then it's no teflon and the
black inside ones are teflon, right?)

does it have to be polished? what'd that do?

what's the difference between good stainless steel and bad stainless
steel?

ta