Nigella's all-purpose cooking pot

thriftlady_2

Does anyone own one of these pots, and if so how does it perform?

thriftlady_2

Anyone at all?

savingforoz

Sorry, Thriftlady, never even seen one before, looks like something from an alien landing. What about looking on www.amazon.co.uk for reviews, or typing "Nigella all purpose pot reviews" into Google, and seeing what comes up?

ifonlyitwaseasier

i haven't got one but i like the look of it (santa are you listening.....?) my mum has your bog standard non curvy sort and has used it for years and it does do the job, i think hers cost a lot less than that tho.

thriftlady_2

Thanks Savingforoz, I've already looked at all the available reviews on amazon (co.uk and com). They're pretty mixed.

Basically it is a steamer on top of a pan. you can cook pasta, rice, soup, stews etc in the bottom and steam things over the top. It is based on a North African couscousiere -the stew would simmer under the couscous. It is quite big and very expensive, and no I don't need one:D

savingforoz

That would be my thoughts as well, Thriftlady, it's very expensive, and everything you could do in it, you could do with a steamer, slow cooker, good saucepan etc. £85???!!!

thriftlady_2

Yeah, but Amazon have a 'like new' one for £59.99, and their full price is £70- something.

Someone might buy me one for xmas:o

abaxas

Sorry for the language, but.

F ME 85 quid!

You can buy a decent pan set and a steamer for less than that!

thriftlady_2

abaxas wrote: »

Sorry for the language, but.

F ME 85 quid!

You can buy a decent pan set and a steamer for less than that!

Thank you for your advice, I was really asking how the pot performs not whether it was cheap or not. I'm well aware that it is expensive which is why I wanted to know if it was any good.