[Help] Pub debate help: Tin Foil

[TomandJerry]

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]

Shiny up when cooking. Shiny down when wrapping something.

 

[Badger]

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

 

[Insel affe]

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]

It makes no difference.

 

[raymondo]

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]

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]

Shiny up, pretty

 

[vegster]

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

This.

 

[WATFORD zero]

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]

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]

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

 

[TomandJerry]

This instance is for when baking a turkey!

 

[Birdie Boy]

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. ��

 

[beorhthelm]

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]

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

 

[Grassman]

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

 

[VAL1850]

And for FA CUP replicas??

 

[The Large One]

Absolutely no difference.

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

 

[Beach Hut]

Absolutely no difference.

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

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