Aluminium Foil

[Panic Button]

Why is one side glossy and one side matt?

[Skreecheeboy]

Good question panic button. I have often wondered that. A guess would be that one side is coated in order to damage the lungs of people free basing but I'm not sure if that's the case or not. Might just be how it solidifies after being molten? I really don't know!

[dot.hawkes]

one reflects the heat and one attracts the heat i believe I think you wrap meat with the shiny side inwards when roasting

[lorri24601]

a very old and nasty cookery teacher once told me that the matt side goes on the outside as the shinny side reflects the heat back on to the item being cooked so aiding the cooking process and not away from the food, but i really did not like her and would love someone to tell me different and proove her wrong lol

[PatriciaH]

Think Dots right , shiny side in : )

[pauln90]

From what I've read the difference is due to the manufacturing process

When aluminum foil is manufactured, it's so delicate that the presses that flatten it will tear it unless two sheets are pressed together. Thus, the shiny side is the side that presses against another sheet. Neither side conducts heat any better or worse than the other.

[jordan hicki]

no

[Panic Button]

Asking which side should be on the outside of sandwiches is probably as dangerous as asking how you hang a toilet roll..

Last time that was asked the AB Police had to step in to break up the factions.

[alleyandapu]

pauln90 is right it's just a manufacturing process it dos'nt make any difference which side is used.

[Panic Button]

Eh?

[lorri24601]

there was a scare many years ago that the aluminum that got into food from saucepans and foil may of contributed to altzhimers (sp) thats what i would imagine tonyted is refering to

[Panic Button]

Oh boy. Should I be worried?