Out of the Fire, Into the Frying Pan

Gastropod

Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley

Science, Food, History, Arts

4.7 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2018

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

From rainbow-hued enameled stew pots to lightweight nonstick frying pans, the metal and ceramic vessels we use to heat our food are such an everyday aspect of the kitchen that they’re easy to take for granted. But make no mistake: the invention of the pot was, after fire, one of the most important innovations in cooking. You’ll want to hug your favorite skillet after coming along with us on this journey, which ranges from some of the earliest clay pots ever found in what’s now the Sahara Desert, to the British round-bellied cast-iron number that kickstarted the Industrial Revolution, to a legal challenge in Ohio that raised the question of Teflon’s health and environmental impact. Plus, can science help us find the perfect pot or pan? Listen in to find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:49.2	What's the pan is pressed?
0:56.2	Then there's still some deforming that occurs around the edges.
1:00.2	And so we heat it up and then hammer that out by hand.
1:08.2	Okay, clever people.
1:10.2	Any guesses is to what's going on here?
1:12.2	In case you can't figure it out, we were visiting a company called Blue Skillet to see a pan being made by the British Navy.
1:17.2	And being made by hand from scratch, which is not actually how any of my pans were made.
1:23.2	But of course, it used to be how all pans were made.
1:26.2	You're listening to Gastropod, the podcast that looks at food through the lens of science and history.
1:29.2	I'm Cynthia Graber, and I'm Nicola Twilly.
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