R U using stainless steel utensils for cooking?   

I think it's okay to use aluminum for cooking for safety reason. It's good habit on checking & updating tools to use. You can try to use also wooden tools.

Stainless steel is fine and so is copper bottom. Type safe cooking utensils on a google search and see for yourself.

Stainless steel is the best from a safety and durability point of view, especially when cooking anything with any acidity in it. Acids react with copper, brass and aluminium, producing copper, tin and aluminium salts. Copper and tin (stannous) salts are definitely harmful and there are some concerns about aluminium salts as well. I have a very good aluminium pan which must be nearly 80 years old (it was produced in the 1930s). I use it now only for boiling potatoes, cooking rice and making soup. For cooking fruit and anything with tomato in it, I use a stainless steel pan with a copper bottom (which doesn't come into contact with the food) to spread the heat.

To demonstrate how acid can dissolve some of the aluminium, I only have to cook some rhubarb in the aluminium pan (which I occasionally do to clean it). It comes up bright and new-looking (and I don't eat the rhubarb, needless to say!).

Good morning....Owlwings has given you some very valuable advice. I only cook in stainless steel, glass or cast iron. Never, ever use "non-stick" cookware! I refuse to use aluminium for the possibility of leaching into the food..and there has been a lot of health warnings regarding aluminium. Google; dangers of aluminium cookware....I do not even wrap food in aluminium foil, nor cook on the BBQ with it. Same with plastic in the Microwave...one should only use glass. Plastic contaminates your food with loads of chemicals! Right now, you are using very safe cookware...and I really do suggest you research aluminium! Cheers!

Hi! I use stanless steel utensils whenI am cooking,because they are easier to be cleaned, but I really don't cook very often- maybe 5-6 times a month :)