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Edit: I decided to throw it out and order a new stainless steel one that's all one piece. Thanks for the help!
I already have cast iron pots and pans, but you make a good point. I'm going stainless steel!
Le Crueset makes a fantastic spatula, solid piece of metal, no glues/adhesives holding it together. Comes in either a metal blade or silicone coated one.
Rada makes some pretty decent metal spatulas if you want specific recommendations.
The blade part is way thinner than plastic spatulas. Now that I'm used to the stainless steel ones, I feel clumsy and inept when I have to use someone else's nylon spatula.
These types of plastic spatulas tend to be recycled plastic. Which....you'd usually be all like "Oh, that's great!"
WRONG! Unfortunately it means you're getting an unknown exposure level of forever chemicals and there's rarely any oversight on what types of plastics are put into these. So it's worse than just cooking with plastics. It's cooking with an amalgam of unknown plastics that may be putting a huge amount of chemicals into your food.
I'm so glad you never go to restaurants, use plastic bags, ziplocs, or ever take food to go. It's good to use only glass food storage. Now tell us how to afford it. If you're over 2 years old (and I assume you are) we're already fucked with plastics.
I actually don't use ziplocks or plastic bags, I do use glass food storage containers, and I go and eat at restaurants maybe twice a year. Wife and I are trying to have a kid, so we're cutting as much plastic exposure as we reasonably can. Are we already lousy with plastics? Definitely. Does that mean we shouldn't do everything we can to mitigate further exposure? Of course not, stop being a whataboutist doorknob.
Wait till you find out about chlormequat
Ffs.....
Wonder what the levels in Canada and the UK are. Context: I'm from Canada, and live in the UK. I'll hold out hope this is an American problem....excuse me while I bury my head in the sand a mo
At least upgrade to silicone. I'm baffled that cooking utensils even come in nylon. Options should only be metal, wood, silicone if intended to use near heat.
As far as I have seen, nylon is considered food safe and dishwasher friendly. https://weeklypellet.com/2016/06/10/the-tricky-business-of-choosing-plastic-for-food-contact-applications/
Nylon can be washed in the dishwasher, but in my experience it does degrade a bit over time. Silicone on the other hand tends to absorb any smell or taste, including dish washing detergent.
The Weekly Pellet is a website for people in the plastics industry.
Here's a site focused on people in the food industry:
https://www.chefsresource.com/is-nylon-food-safe/
Nylon is considered food safe while it is in good condition, but not if it has been damaged or used at temperatures higher than what it is rated for. If you cook at max on your stove top, you can exceed the safe temperature of Nylon very easily.
https://chefreader.com/how-hot-does-a-frying-pan-get/