[Help] Pub debate help: Tin Foil

TomandJerry · Sep 26, 2018

Having a pub debate and people are arguing about which side of the tin foil to have up, so here we go...

Do you go with shiny side up? Or non shiny side up?

narly101 · Sep 26, 2018

Shiny up when cooking. Shiny down when wrapping something.

Badger · Sep 26, 2018

The fact that one side is shiny is to do with the manufacturing process, rather than how you're supposed to use it.

Psychobilly freakout · Sep 26, 2018

TomandJerry said:
Having a pub debate and people are arguing about which side of the tin foil to have up, so here we go...

Do you go with shiny side up? Or non shiny side up?

Shiny side up Works best in the microwave.

Cheshire Cat · Sep 26, 2018

It makes no difference.

raymondo · Sep 26, 2018

the dull side is supposed to be more 'non-stick' - so, better use this side for wrapping, or when baking/grilling something on top of it...now where's my pinny...?

Birdie Boy · Sep 26, 2018

Shiny side to keep the heat in, dull side to keep the heat out. So cooking should be shiny side down.

Edit. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://culinarylore.com/food-science:aluminum-foil-shiny-side-up-or-down/&ved=2ahUKEwiGh9HbrdndAhUMIcAKHWixADQQFjACegQIDBAQ&usg=AOvVaw0VPjXsFzjs0ZAnpEtxSp0L

Pevenseagull · Sep 26, 2018

Shiny up, pretty

vegster · Sep 26, 2018

Birdie Boy said:
Shiny side to keep the heat in, dull side to keep the heat out. So cooking should be shiny side down.

This.

WATFORD zero · Sep 26, 2018

Badger said:
The fact that one side is shiny is to do with the manufacturing process, rather than how you're supposed to use it.

You could have let the thread run for a bit first

Stat Brother · Sep 26, 2018

Cheshire Cat said:
It makes no difference.

Is the correct answer.

Tin foil is too thin to pass through the packaging machine.
Therefore it has to go as 2 sheets, the shiny side is from the packaging rollers, on the 'outside'.

Mark Mywords · Sep 26, 2018

If using to make a hat, shiny side out. It has been proven to better reflect the governments thought control broadcasts.

TomandJerry · Sep 26, 2018

This instance is for when baking a turkey!

Birdie Boy · Sep 26, 2018

I have thought that the foil its so thin that it probably makes very little difference, something that takes an hour to cook will take 59 minutes with shiny side down possibly. So no meaningful difference. The link I added seems to reflect that. No pun intended. &#55357;&#56832;

beorhthelm · Sep 26, 2018

Birdie Boy said:
Shiny side to keep the heat in, dull side to keep the heat out. So cooking should be shiny side down.

you might want to think on that a bit... give you a clue, in the oven you dont use light for heat.

Hillian1 · Sep 26, 2018

Shiny side out seems to render the cadaver dogs sense of smell limited.

Grassman · Sep 26, 2018

I prefer the shiny side wrapped around a courgette when going through customs a la Derek Smalls...

VAL1850 · Sep 26, 2018

And for FA CUP replicas??

The Large One · Sep 26, 2018

Absolutely no difference.

The shiny side / dull side preference is an urban myth.

Beach Hut · Sep 26, 2018

The Large One said:
Absolutely no difference.

The shiny side / dull side preference is an urban myth.

As mentioned on QI as well the other week, right answer

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