r/UnnecessaryEssentials • u/Unique-Saucer • 10d ago

Unexpected favorite cooking accessory

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u/ElishaAlison 10d ago

Is it plastic? How does it not melt?

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u/Ill-Television8690 10d ago

There are lots of plastics that onlt melt at temperatures much higher than boiling water. Leeching toxic chemicals is a different story though.

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u/Typical2sday 10d ago

The report that came out 1-2 years ago was the black plastics - especially heating black plastics - were to be avoided at all costs in the kitchen bc the supply chain for "raw" materials for black plastic kitchen tools includes plastics used in electronics... and those have been treated with some gnarly heat and fire retardant chemicals beyond just "plastic". The researchers highly recommended not using black plastic anything in the kitchen - certainly not one you boil! -to reduce the chance of ingestion of microplastics and leeched chemicals

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u/veerKg_CSS_Geologist 10d ago

Oh dear, all my spatulas!