What's the deal with silicone bakeware?

[quietserena]

I keep seeing these in stores, advertised as the latest and greatest. I have trouble popping my breads out of my pyrex pans half the time, so the silicone ones are very tempting. Granted, I'm still saving money for a stoneware one but the inexpensive ones are appealing.

But they're dyed colors and I can't get away from this feeling that they must be outgassing.

What do you guys think?

[spughy]

I've never seen anything indicating they're anything other than safe... silicone is extremely non-reactive and used for medical applications all over the place. I use a diva cup for my periods and that's silicone and it doesn't worry me at all... and I use parchment paper for everything and that's impregnated somehow with silicone... but I use metal pans or stoneware for baking. : I dunno, I just don't like the feel of the bakeware on my hands. Gives me the heebie-jeebies.

[425lisamarie]

Originally Posted by spughy

I've never seen anything indicating they're anything other than safe... silicone is extremely non-reactive and used for medical applications all over the place. I use a diva cup for my periods and that's silicone and it doesn't worry me at all... and I use parchment paper for everything and that's impregnated somehow with silicone... but I use metal pans or stoneware for baking. : I dunno, I just don't like the feel of the bakeware on my hands. Gives me the heebie-jeebies.

They do feel REALLY creepy, but i gotta say I love my angel food cake type bundt pan. I don't even know what you call it, but it's from Le Crueset and bright orange. I never worry about silicone at all. I don't remember what made me buy this pan, but I like it a lot. I don't think I'd use them for everything though. I prefer metal type, like stainless or something

[EENS]

I wish I would have known this. I was wondering the same thing a few weeks ago. Kohl's had silicon bakeware marked down 75%! It is probably gone now, though.

[quietserena]

I thought this thread would talk me out of buying one but it's only tempting me more... :

[RachelSerena]

FWIW, my doctor does muscle testing, and foods baked in silicone tested as toxic. So I don't use them.

[krankedyann]

I have tried and tried to find something against it, and so far, I haven't found anything. I haven't bought any, yet. I'm still slightly wary.

[quietserena]

Originally Posted by krankedyann

I have tried and tried to find something against it, and so far, I haven't found anything. I haven't bought any, yet. I'm still slightly wary.

Then again, there weren't any studies done against teflon when it first came out either.

[WildIris]

Originally Posted by quietserena

Then again, there weren't any studies done against teflon when it first came out either.

Good point Serena.

I had to smile to see your thread today, because just a few days ago I was looking at all the fun bright-colored silicone bakeware in the store and thinking to myself: "Hmm....I wonder is this stuff is really safe?"

It's nice to find this forum of like-minded people who wonder about the same stuff!

Iris

[ramlita]

I was given some silicone cups for making lava cakes

But the lava cakes turned out tasting like silicone
So I'm inclined to never use them again.

[almadianna]

Originally Posted by ramlita

I was given some silicone cups for making lava cakes

But the lava cakes turned out tasting like silicone
So I'm inclined to never use them again.

uh yeah that would make me inclined to never use them again too.
that's scary and gross.

[Ruthla]

Originally Posted by ramlita

I was given some silicone cups for making lava cakes

But the lava cakes turned out tasting like silicone
So I'm inclined to never use them again.

2 Questions:

1) What's a lava cake?

2) What does silicone taste like?

[gilamama]

Originally Posted by RachelSerena

FWIW, my doctor does muscle testing, and foods baked in silicone tested as toxic. So I don't use them.

thats worrisome.

[ramlita]

Originally Posted by Ruthla

2 Questions:

1) What's a lava cake?

A lava cake is a delicious little single-serve chocolate cake the size of a cupcake or so, with firm cake all around a gooey chocolate pudding sort of center. When you cut into it, the warm chocolate oozes out like lava.

Originally Posted by Ruthla

2) What does silicone taste like?

The way it smells- pretty much a mild plasticy smell.

I have friends who use silicone liners on their cookie sheets for baking, and love them. They say their cookies taste the same as ever

[HerthElde]

Originally Posted by RachelSerena

FWIW, my doctor does muscle testing, and foods baked in silicone tested as toxic. So I don't use them.

Thank you for that. I also do muscle testing, but never thought to test them . . . however, I'm extremely sensitive to tastes and smells and have noticed that things baked in them, especially breads, have a very "off" smell and taste.

They work extremely well as soap molds though

[spughy]

Sorry for the potential derailment, but what's muscle testing?

[almadianna]

Originally Posted by spughy

Sorry for the potential derailment, but what's muscle testing?

what you said.

[artemis33]

I'm not keen on the idea of the silicone bakeware, but at the same time I do have a Silpat and also sometimes use parchment paper.....so I guess I am using some silicone.

[RachelSerena]

Originally Posted by spughy

Sorry for the potential derailment, but what's muscle testing?

NAK

http://www.healthandgoodness.com/The...inesiology.htm

My doctor uses clinical kinesiology and studied under Dr. Alan Beardall.