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mumps

onlyroz wrote: »

What do you think could happen to my £40 pan that would render it unusable? It hasn't got a non-stick coating that could wear off. Possibly the enamel on the outside could get chipped a bit. But overall I'm not too concerned.

As for the spoon - I'm off right now to find an orange one

And I'm going to add a clause to my will bequeathing my cast-iron cookware to whichever child is able to produce the best curry after blind-testing

I have a Sainsbury's one that is very like yours, I got it in a sale so I think I only paid about £20. It is serving me well :rotfl: I use a wooden spoon with mine, do you think that is OK or should I colour coordinate I mean wood is sort of neutral isn't it.

onlyroz

mumps wrote: »

I have a Sainsbury's one that is very like yours, I got it in a sale so I think I only paid about £20. It is serving me well :rotfl: I use a wooden spoon with mine, do you think that is OK or should I colour coordinate I mean wood is sort of neutral isn't it.

Yes, you definitely need a colour-coordinated spoon or everything you cook in the pan will be tainted.

mumps

onlyroz wrote: »

Yes, you definitely need a colour-coordinated spoon or everything you cook in the pan will be tainted.

Oh well, that is it then, I will have to go on an orange spoon hunt. Maybe Lakeland do one?

It's ok, panic over, plenty of them on Amazon. We can breathe again.

pigpen

Homeownertobe wrote: »

That's the thing about quality, it lasts.

I understand for some people it's an alien concept.:)

There is also being a mug and buying a name rather than quality..

So thats your point dead.

There is also the functionality.. if you cannot use it to do the job.. what is the point?? I love Le Creuset stuff.. it appears to last quite nicely.. however their pans are so damn heavy I struggle to lift even the little ones.. an elderly person wouldn't stand a chance.. they are therefore quite useless as heirlooms because they are rendered unusable before said person is dead.

My Tefal pans, £24-99 for 5 pans (in 1989) from market.. 3 are still going strong.. OH's £10 tesco set went to his sister and we got a set of stainless steel things which are utter crap.. £50+ from milk pan size.. If I knew how rubbish they were I wouldn't have had them given!

My pressure cooker is my favourite anyway.. and I am onto my 5th in 25 years.. their handles fall off! I've had every make going and not found a durable one yet!

seven-day-weekend

I too find Le Creuset too heavy, so no good for me.

My pans are from Ikea, I stick them in the dishwasher and if they fall apart after two years, so what, they are cheap enough to buy new ones. The only ones I don't put in are the non-stick ones.

My friend bought a really expensive (and heavy) set of ceramic pans. I found the food just stuck to them and never used them again when I was house-sitting. My IKEA fryng pan is much better.

I've never heard of anyone passing pans down as heirlooms!

mumps

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

I too find Le Creuset too heavy, so no good for me.

My pans are from Ikea, I stick them in the dishwasher and if they fall apart after two years, so what, they are cheap enough to buy new ones. The only ones I don't put in are the non-stick ones.

My friend bought a really expensive (and heavy) set of ceramic pans. I found the food just stuck to them and never used them again when I was house-sitting. My IKEA fryng pan is much better.


I've never heard of anyone passing pans down as heirlooms!

My gran was a cook, she could make a feast out of anything and her baking was too die for. I haven't a clue what happened to her pans but actually I think it would be lovely to have them. I was heavily pregnant when she died so didn't get much involved in sorting her stuff out, I wish I had now.
My Sainsbury's Le Creuset look alike is heavy but I don't have a problem with it and although it isn't non stick it is really easy to clean. It does make a nice casserole, I think being really heavy means you can cooks on a low heat for a long time and nothing catches. I don't think I could cope with a frying pan that heavy and it if came to that old fashioned image of waiting for your husband to come home from the pub and hit him over the head with the frying pan then it would probably kill him:eek::eek::eek:

TBagpuss

The weight of Le Creuset is a problem with big pans. I have one saucepan/casserile dish and a fryingpan (which doubles as lid to the saucepan if you use it as a casserole dish)

I use the frying pan almost every day, it's fantastic. But I wouldn't want anything bigger, and in fact recebtly gave my griddle pan to my sister and brother-in-law as it is too heavy for me.

My grandmother had a small cast iron fring pan which was very similar.(and no lighter) She continued to use it until the end of her life, and it is now in use at my aunt's house.

But good cookwarre does last and while I would not necessarily describe it as an heirloom, I don't see anything surpising or unusual about it being passed down. My parents have several items which belonged to *their* respective parents, which are still going strong and used regularly, and which will probably come down to me or my siblings eventually.

For things like pans, I think the ideal is to buy the best quality you can afford, but to take your time to get a style, weight etc which suits you.

cbrown372

I have a small Crueset caserole dish which is just enough for a two person oven bake, gifted by my minister as a wedding present in 1971

My stainless steel pans are a set from Marks that were on half price for £12.50 some years ago and are great. They only pan that didn't last well was the non-stick milk pan, the rest come out of the dishwasher sparkling despite on occasion having food burnt on. Glad I bought two sets at the time as they no longer do the them, second set is in a cupboard unused as yet.

Pollycat

I have the pans that everybody hates - Vision glass.

Bought them probably at least 26 years ago when we had a new ceramic hob and not many of the existing pans at that time were suitable.

I've since aquired another 2 sets of pans (3 different sizes) and 2 different sizes of frying pan (don't use very often as we tend not to fry stuff) and a large stewpot with handles - all courtesy of charity shops.
Plus a saute pan (use for risotto) donated by my ex-MIL who 'couldn't get on with it'.

Jagraf

Homeownertobe wrote: »

That's the thing about quality, it lasts.

I understand for some people it's an alien concept.:)

You mean "the more money you spend, the better it must be" concept?