I have a all metal pot that i use to cook soups, noodles, and other things to eat on those days i don't go out. Well lately, I was boiling water with a all metal pot and neglected it, watching TV and forgetting about the bowl. Naturally, the water dried up, and the surface became completely black. I heard something about carcinogens from barbecuing with a metal rack and i was wondering now that my bowl's bottom is completely brown / black spots is it dangerous to cook and eat with it now? Or is it fine, just a side effect from the heat?
2007-12-02 16:55:39 · 2 answers · asked by Davis T 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Theres one more detail that I left out, while the water was boiling there was a hotdog inside it
2007-12-02 17:15:26 · update #1
if the compound is not wter soluble and doesn't wash out then it will no be carcenogenic because for a compound to cause cancer it has to be inside the cell and the cell is made of water.
2007-12-02 17:22:36 · answer #1 · answered by hipster342000 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The carcinogens from barbecuing come from the heat reacting with compounds normally present in the meat/fat it isn't the metal (unless the metal is acting as a catalyst of some kind).
I doubt the oxides in the bottom of the pot will cause any harm, but you could probably clean out the bottom of your pot with sandpaper so its shiny again and wash it out well; it would be totally OK.
Added: don't eat the hot dog; otherwise my suggestions are unchanged.
2007-12-02 17:05:22 · answer #2 · answered by Flying Dragon 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋