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Nigella's All Purpose Pot
Peem
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hi
I was drooling over these in Debenhams today and thought I might ask for one for Christmas (well 1/2 for Christmas and 1/2 i'd pay for) - sad I know but I'd rather get something useful.
My question is - is it useful. Does anyone have one?
It's the double one which is on the front of the hard back version of "Feast".
I can think of lots of things I'd use it for. But I really don't want to end up with something else cluttering up the kitchen. It's quite expensive so it would have to work hard to get a good "pence per usage" ratio.
One reservation I have is that I'm only 5'2" and it seems quite high.
So - do you have one? And, more importantly, do you use it?
This is the one I mean
http://www.nigella.com/living_kitchen/detail.asp?area=4&article=207
I was drooling over these in Debenhams today and thought I might ask for one for Christmas (well 1/2 for Christmas and 1/2 i'd pay for) - sad I know but I'd rather get something useful.
My question is - is it useful. Does anyone have one?
It's the double one which is on the front of the hard back version of "Feast".
I can think of lots of things I'd use it for. But I really don't want to end up with something else cluttering up the kitchen. It's quite expensive so it would have to work hard to get a good "pence per usage" ratio.
One reservation I have is that I'm only 5'2" and it seems quite high.
So - do you have one? And, more importantly, do you use it?
This is the one I mean
http://www.nigella.com/living_kitchen/detail.asp?area=4&article=207
"You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me." - C.S. Lewis
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urh what is it???0
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It just looks like an oversized steamer to me.
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It is worth spending money on a general purpose pot - whether or not Nigella's one is worth it I'm afraid I'm not qualified to comment on.
We have a 22cm Le Creuset cocotte (big round cast iron pot) that I cook almost *everything* in. It's very heavy but almost nothing burns or sticks, despite it being not non-stick.
IIRC I think Nigella's pot is a double boiler affair, which could be quite useful. You might want to look around at other types of pot though before you splash out - and I suspect they will be reduced in the sales.0 -
Sounds like an expensive steamer to me Peem. My mother gave me her old steamer - looks like a saucepan without a handle and holes in the base.You sit it on top of a saucepan and can steam puds in or you can put fish or veg in. I should think a cookshop will have one for a lot less than whatever Nigella is charging
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Thanks Guys
your thoughts echo those of the sensible me.
Was worth a shot - someone might have found it v useful - wishful thinking on my part, just 'cause it looked good!
thanks. you've saved me a fortune.:o
(mutter oooh why are osers soo sensible..... )"You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me." - C.S. Lewis0 -
Ooh, that looks lovely. I want one now!I've been lucky, I'll be lucky again. ~ Bette Davis0
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£84.50 :eek:0
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Looks a bit pricey - have you thought about looking in House of Fraser? My local one (Leeds) is having a cookware sale. Huge cast iron roasting tin reduced from £50 to £20 - and lots of 'all purpose' pots as far as I recall.
(I count the removable crock pot from my £9 slow cooker as my all purpose pot!)
I love Nigella - I've been watching her all week on UK Food on Sky and I'm buying a food processor because all her recipies seem to use one!!0 -
Have a look on Ebay next spring, I bet there will be several up for sale 'used once'Official DFW Nerd Club - Member no: 203.0
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Peem
There's one on Ebay here £68+8 postage
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Nigella-Lawson-All-Pupose-Cook-Pot-Christmas-Gift_W0QQitemZ120045788188QQihZ002QQcategoryZ20649QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem0
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