Test what's leaching from your pot: The Alkaline Baking soda Test

The Baking Soda test is an easy to do home-test to check the toxicity and leaching of metals and/or chemicals You can do the Alkaline Baking soda Test right at home to check your pots/pans: —Boil 1 glass of water in any pot, when it starts boiling add 1/2 tsp of baking...

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How is MEC different from Ceramic, stoneware, porcelain, and glazed ware?

Ceramic clay, porcelain, stoneware are a composition of different chemicals, oxides and metal ores. Unfortunately the glazes and enamel used as coating on top of this ware is also made from toxic ingredeints - best not used/consumed with food.  The percentage of natural clay, if atall used, is anywhere from 4...

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No Arsenic, Lead, Cadmium or any other toxins in MEC's 100% Pure Clay.

It was recently brought to our attention that an individual running a site had purportedly attacked the integrity of Miriams Earthen Cookware and the owner.  Upon reading, we see that this individual has stooped low resorting to falsehood as she attempts to convince the reader that MEC’s 100% Non-toxic, pure...

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Clay Vs Glazed

MEC’s Pure Clay Cookware Metal, Ceramic, Enameled, Glazed cookware. 1 Is 100% Inert.  No metals, chemicals or toxins. No leaching. Many different metals, chemicals, inorganic oxides are used in the making.  Highly reactive & prone to leaching. 2 Food cooks with a gentle form of heat that helps retains all its nutrients. Harsh form of heat destroys...

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Cooking for your kids – a different challenge today

We all remember the times where the most important thing for a child food-wise was to eat his or her vegetables. Today, it’s not that simple anymore. Today, cooking for your kids, for you entire family in fact, has become a real challenge, because you have to take be careful...

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Clay pot recipes for this Spring

So you’ve got your MEC pot and now that Spring is quickly approaching, cooking beef broth or baking turkeys doesn’t seem like the right way to go. Worry not, as there are plenty of healthy clay pot recipes that you can try out to enjoy the fresh flavour of the...

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Cooking pottery – types and perks

Cooking pottery has been around for centuries, but its effectiveness has not been diminished at all with the passing of time. Then and now, pure clay cookware remains the number one choice as far as healthy and safe kitchenware goes. As we all became more and more aware of the...

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Is your cookware really poisoning your family?

Have you ever heard of poly-perfluoroalkyl substances? It’s a tough word to pronounce, but it’s tougher to avoid it still. These substances, also known as PFASs are in fact chemicals – man-made chemicals found in non-stick pans and other types of household products. When non-stick pans first came out on...

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The Quest For The Best Pots & Pans: Healthy, Non-Toxic & Green

Can you remember another time when one had so many options when it came to cookware? A few years ago, well maybe more than a few, you’d enter a kitchenware store and there would be 5 different types of pots and pans on a shelf.  Now, there are entire aisles,...

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Which is the best slow cooker on the market?

I was recently researching slow cookers, as I am a fool for caramelized meats and other such dishes and I noticed that all the reviews and roundups online focused on aluminum or other type of metal cookware. What about all that buzzing about metal pots leaching toxins into our foods?...

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