What is the safe-iest thing to cook with?

Question

lets say i want to boil some water to drink, what is the best, safe-iest material i would use to build my water boiler container

explantioions, talfon can't take high heat, if i deep fry, it'll leach poison into my delicious fried chicken

painted steel, i just don't trust them, i mean it's paint, how the he ll am i spose to beleive that paint is safe to eat with, and it chips off

i read that alumium is no good

and other stuff, what can i do?

i'm going to go eat fast food for food

and drink bottle water until i find out

Answer 1

440 Stainless Steel, or Glass.

Answer 2

i agree that you shouldn't stress too much about it.  there is a line of glass cookware for the stove top and in the oven.  i can't remember the name, but it's out there.  i hope that helps!

Answer 3

i agree that teflon isn't safe. it IS paint. that's just gross.

the word on aluminum is that it MAY cause a build up of heavy metals in your brain, causing alzheimer's disease, but they don't seem to really be able to solidify that one.

you can find stainless steel pots and pans, but they'll run you a pretty penny. they come with a copper bottom or an aluminum core to evenly distribute heat. they're nice. it keeps stuff from burning in that ring shape from the electric burners!

you can also do SOME stove-top cooking in corning ware (glass) but check the manual for temperature limits. i like this option, since glass is nothing but sand so nothing harmful can leach into your food.

glass and steel are safe to soak and i've never had trouble scrubbing stuff off of either. you see, before teflon, some smart dude came out with these nifty things called "Brillo Pads!!"

Answer 4

Fast food places probably has even worse and older equipment. Your health is going to be worse off than taking a risk at using home stuff.

Answer 5

wow. you need to stop stressin, they wouldent be on the market if they werent safe