Mystery Pan - What's it for?

Stompa

I've just been tidying out some cupboards, and in the back of one I've found a piece of cookware that used to belong to my late mother. I'd guess it's around 15-20 years old, unused, and still has the original label on, along with a price tag which says £5.60.

Now the label says:

LONGLIFE
Cookware

BLACK IRON

IMPORTANT
This item is protected by a clear lacquer which must be removed before use. Wash in hot water using normal washing up liquid, dry and season immediately.

It looks like a frying pan (about 12 inches in diameter) made of heavy metal but, and this is the bit that has me confused, it has 21 round holes (of about 0.5 inch diameter) drilled in the base.

Now I'm probably being really dim here, but can anybody enlighten me as to what you're supposed to use it for?

Thanks

Lillibet_2

Is it like this?
http://item.express.ebay.com/Home-Garden_Kitchen__Chestnut-cooker-pan-holes-open-fire-fry-stove-nuts-NEW_W0QQitemZ4437884135QQddnZHomeQ20Q26Q20GardenQQadnZKitchenQQcmdZExpressItem

If so, it's for dry frying nuts!!!!!

crossleydd42

Just so you know, it's got me and my wife stumped, too! But maybe we're dim, too!

Lillibet_2

Here's some more

http://culinary-direct.com/store/index.cfm/c24750/i45537

http://www.hormel.com/kitchen/glossary.asp?id=38116

http://www.nauticalia.com/uk-info/new_products/chestnut_roasting_pan/95120.html

lily_the_pink

Lillibet wrote:

Here's some more

http://culinary-direct.com/store/index.cfm/c24750/i45537

http://www.hormel.com/kitchen/glossary.asp?id=38116

http://www.nauticalia.com/uk-info/new_products/chestnut_roasting_pan/95120.html

lol no wonder it was at the back of her cupboard for so many years.

Stompa

Lillibet wrote:

Is it like this?
http://item.express.ebay.com/Home-Garden_Kitchen__Chestnut-cooker-pan-holes-open-fire-fry-stove-nuts-NEW_W0QQitemZ4437884135QQddnZHomeQ20Q26Q20GardenQQadnZKitchenQQcmdZExpressItem

If so, it's for dry frying nuts!!!!!

Thanks! It does look a bit like that, but I suspect the holes in mine are a bit bigger. I don't think I'm ever likely to want to roast chestnuts, so I guess it's destined for the dustbin!

Lillibet_2

Stompa wrote:

Thanks! It does look a bit like that, but I suspect the holes in mine are a bit bigger. I don't think I'm ever likely to want to roast chestnuts, so I guess it's destined for the dustbin!

Oh no...........can't I have it as a prize for knowing what it is please?:rotfl:

Pink.

Thanks for putting me out of my misery Lillibet. It was driving me nuts trying to work out what it was.

Stompa, don't bin it, freecycle it. Someone's bound to want it.

Pink

Stompa

Lillibet wrote:

Oh no...........can't I have it as a prize for knowing what it is please?:rotfl:

Given the weight of the thing, I suspect the postage would cost way more than it's actually worth!