It does not need to be those things. Cast iron and steel are not always expensive. Can be bought used pretty safely and is very nice to look at if you are ok with the all metal look, or willing to pay more for enameled.
Don’t every bother with the “pretty” looking cookware, even if it’s premium pretty cause that stuff is universally worse to cook with. I make bread in a Pullman Pan cause it’s a classic.
Besides that avoid shades of yellow and red in ceramics, don’t used cracked or scratched, and trust the names that are known not some, “granny made it herself” looking stuff. Oh and lead testing kits are cheap and I already had them for the paint on my stairs.
Being absolutely certain it does not is why all my cookware is new. And expensive. And ugly. 😢
It does not need to be those things. Cast iron and steel are not always expensive. Can be bought used pretty safely and is very nice to look at if you are ok with the all metal look, or willing to pay more for enameled.
Don’t every bother with the “pretty” looking cookware, even if it’s premium pretty cause that stuff is universally worse to cook with. I make bread in a Pullman Pan cause it’s a classic.
Besides that avoid shades of yellow and red in ceramics, don’t used cracked or scratched, and trust the names that are known not some, “granny made it herself” looking stuff. Oh and lead testing kits are cheap and I already had them for the paint on my stairs.