Best Cooking Oils: Nonstick Cooking Spray

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Nonstick Cooking Spray

According to PAM, makers of the best known cooking sprays, the first patent for no-stick cooking sprays was issued in 1957 to Arthur Meyerhoff Sr. and Leon Rubin, who began to market their product in 1959. In fact, PAM is an acronym, which stands for Product of Arthur Meyerhoff. Today, a number of brands exist, and different varieties, too. No low fat cook worth their salt is without a can or two of non-stick cooking spray in the pantry. We love it because we can slash fat and calories by not using butter or oil in our cooking. We love it because it makes the job of sliding cookies off the cookie sheet a whole lot easier, of pouring molasses or honey from measuring cups less sticky, and the slicing of dried fruit or the molding of rice cereal treats and meatballs so much easier. It prevents tomato-based sauces from discoloring plastic containers, and makes the job of cleaning a cheese grater a breeze. We've been quite creative in using it in other ways, too, in the garage and elsewhere, which is beyond our scope here.