Cooking Spray

[trimblegirls]

I know that aerosol cooking spray is toxic to parrots. Is it the just chemicals in the aerosol that are toxic or is it the micro-particles of oil that are released and may get to the parrot? I went grocery shopping today and found an olive oil that doesn't have a propellant in it. It's supposed to be some spray for salad or pasta but would work for pans too. I know they make a bottle that you can pump air into so that it sprays the oil out but haven't found it yet. I think pampered chef had one. I just need to go into town. We have a fancy cooking store. I'm sure they'd have it too.

 

[Scott]

The pump-spray bottles are excellent! You get to choose the type of oil and need only pump the bottle before use. If you don't find one in town, they must be widely available online.

 

[plumsmum2005]

Yes Pampered Chef do them, well I had one from them some time ago.

https://www.pamperedchef.com/shop/Cook's+Tools/Cookware+Accessories/Kitchen+Spritzer/2733 Might be worth getting the extra mechanism as they do get gunky in time.

 

[wrench13]

Aerosol cooking spray is toxic to parrots? Do we have some authoritative source on this??

 

[SailBoat]

Aerosol cooking spray is toxic to parrots? Do we have some authoritative source on this??

Once upon a time, the Aerosol for a wide cross-section of products was in fact Toxic to Parrot and Humans alike (in volume), and if you so believe in Stories of Humans killing the World - some variants where reported to be destroying the Ozone. Once the Worldwide elimination of said chemical as a Aerosol, the 'hole' in the Ozone continued to increase and decrease in size though both Democrat and Republican Administrations and has disappeared from being a topic when 'True Science' showed clear lines of connection between the seasonal variation of Sunlight.

Today, the Aerosols used are considered harmless! Today the concern is the very fine 'mist' that is generated, especially those with a sticky (or tack) surface that could adhere to the walls of the Lungs (Human) /Air Sacks (Parrots). Their use should be limited to areas that has an operating vent fan that physically removes the product from the home (Kitchen /Bathroom /Workroom). Smell Nice Products are the most dangerous to both Humans and Parrots because the chemical make-up of odder covering agents are no well defined.

 

[Scott]

Aerosol cooking spray is toxic to parrots? Do we have some authoritative source on this??

Once upon a time, the Aerosol for a wide cross-section of products was in fact Toxic to Parrot and Humans alike (in volume), and if you so believe in Stories of Humans killing the World - some variants where reported to be destroying the Ozone. Once the Worldwide elimination of said chemical as a Aerosol, the 'hole' in the Ozone continued to increase and decrease in size though both Democrat and Republican Administrations and has disappeared from being a topic when 'True Science' showed clear lines of connection between the seasonal variation of Sunlight.

Today, the Aerosols used are considered harmless! Today the concern is the very fine 'mist' that is generated, especially those with a sticky (or tack) surface that could adhere to the walls of the Lungs (Human) /Air Sacks (Parrots). Their use should be limited to areas that has an operating vent fan that physically removes the product from the home (Kitchen /Bathroom /Workroom). Smell Nice Products are the most dangerous to both Humans and Parrots because the chemical make-up of odder covering agents are no well defined.

Back in my days of yout, making a Lysol spray bottle torch was fun!

 

[wrench13]

'Boats that what I had thought - hold over from the days when Freon or other nasty stuff used to be used as a propellant. We use cooking sprays, about a few milliseconds worth, to reseason any cast iron cookware that has been washed.

 

[SailBoat]

'Boats that what I had thought - hold over from the days when Freon or other nasty stuff used to be used as a propellant. We use cooking sprays, about a few milliseconds worth, to reseason any cast iron cookware that has been washed.

I still painfully remember when I stuck Grandmother's favorite cast-iron skillet in our new (used) portable dishwasher. That one event's pain continued near a week as I daily applied a coating of corn oil to all surfaces and allowed to sink in over the next 24 hours. Once the outside was reseasoned, it continued on for another five days with just the inside! NEVER made that error ever again!!! To this day, I'm not sure all of that was necessary, but there was no way I was going to ask that question!

 

[plumsmum2005]

for info here are the ingredients of spray oil products available here. http://www.frylight.co.uk/media/1134/natural-ingredients-booklet.pdf

Think it is more a pump than an aerosol.