TWO Sides to Every Foil?

It only matters when you're making a hat.

The shiny side is the one that deflects the mind control probes.

"Which side of Aluminum Foil should I use, the shiny or the dull side?"

"Actually, it makes no difference which side of the aluminum foil you use both sides do the same fine job of cooking, freezing and storing food. The difference in appearance between dull and shiny is due to the foil manufacturing process. In the final rolling step, two layers of foil are passed through the rolling mill at the same time. The side coming in contact with the mill's highly polished steel rollers becomes shiny. The other side, not coming in contact with the heavy rollers, comes out with a dull or matte finish.

The exception is when using Non-Stick Aluminum Foil. The non-stick coating is applied during manufacturing to the dull side of the foil. Always place the non-stick (dull) side toward the food."

Copy and paste wins the day!

well, isn't that what you wanted? The correct info?

I have tried both sides now
up and down
and still somehow
it's clouds illusions I recall....
(trailing off)

To be fair, I don't know what I wanted in this thread.

then you can never be disappointed, right?
Kind of like some marriages I had....Curses, foiled again!

Be like me, buy cheapo foil, no problemo.

I admit to having a friend tell of her aluminum foil catching on fire in the oven, now many years ago, let's say 40. That has never happened for me, but I don't put my oven up very high anyway.

Ok, ok, I've bought the heavy stuff once every five years, but I don't do a lot of Big Bird roasting.

The advent of a patterned side to foil is a new phenomenon I'm just learning about in this thread.