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jema
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 05 6:15 pm    Post subject: Aluminium pots and pans Reply with quote
    

I have heard bad health things about them, and they are regarded as unsuitable for wine making.

I did have one big one, but got rid of it 15 years or so ago.

Anyone else know anything about them being good or bad?

Caz



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 05 6:24 pm    Post subject: Re: Aluminium pots and pans Reply with quote
    

jema wrote:
I have heard bad health things about them, and they are regarded as unsuitable for wine making.

I did have one big one, but got rid of it 15 years or so ago.

Anyone else know anything about them being good or bad?


I think the acid in the fruit reacts to the alumiminuim, making it unsuitable. We've always made wine in a large plastic containier.

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 05 6:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

They will react with *really* acidic fruits like rhubarb, gooseberries etc. For general cookery, boiling veg etc the food is probably more dangerous to you than the pan.

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 05 6:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Just found:

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However, cooking in aluminum is not safe, whether acidic or not. It's been linked to all sorts of ailments, including alzheimers


Which is pretty much what i heard all those years ago when I chucked mine. not finding much to back it up scientifically though.

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 05 6:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Aluminium gets coated with a layer of oxide Al2O3 (sorry, haven't worked out subscripts). This is very very very stable. A high intake of aluminium salts is associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer's, but you don't pick up aluminium salts from cooking utensils at any meaningful (or indeed measurable) level. IIRC the Al salts/Alzheimer's linkage was in area's with high levels of aluminium sulphate in the drinking water.

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 05 7:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

It's a funny thing with health scares isn't. Some you take seriously and some you'd take with a pinch of salt if that wasn't bad for your health


With all the concern people on this site have about food risks, I bet a survey of personal paranoias could be pretty revealing.

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 05 7:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

We've got a set of those anodised aluminium pans and roasting trays. We use them daily...hope they are okay. Haven't noticed any strange side affects.

Edit: They do have a strange side affect..OH is always waving one about very close to me when she's mad..mmm perhaps we should change them before someone gets hurt.

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 05 7:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

In that case don't replace them with cast iron....

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