I buy most of my cookware at garage sales and the Salvation army store...they're a little bit scuffed up but work just fine...I try to avoid the ones with too many teflon peelings...but what the hell, they're only .50 each.
Last week I found a toaster for a quarter...it worked just fine after I shook the old bread crumbs and the mouse turds out of it...and of course, spliced and taped on a new plug.
My favorite is my stir fry pan...I found it at the city dump. It took awhile to scrape all that brown stuff out of it but boy oh boy, it really works good for my fried baloney and onion sandwiches.
why spend a lot of money for something that you can get for free or next to nothing...yeah, that's the ticket.
I love my pampered chef set... I have had the set for about 11 years now and they still look and cook like new.They are somewhere in the midddle of snooty.
Well, we'll have the van fixed by the end of the day tomorrow, God willing, and we'll see you Sunday to get the final piece to the set of snooty pans. ;)
The one pan I have that would be hardest to live without is a very old cast iron griddle that covers two burners of our gas stove. I like all the real estate. I can heap on potatoes for home fries and onions separate for those who don't like 'em, and have hotter spots and cooler spots if I want for "holding" stuff when omelets are cooking, etc. I bought it at an antique store for about $18, IIR. But I didn't buy it to hang on a wall. It's perfectly seasoned and nothing sticks to it. Not too snooty, I'd agree, but I wouldn't trade it for the snootiest of the snoot.
Sushi finally got real snooty pans. My sister got him an "everyday pan" that you can use for frying, or it can go in the oven and she got him a sauce pan.
I have a set of Vita Craft waterless cookware we bought in 1978. It came with a lifetime guarantee on the pans themselves, and free replacement of handles for life. It included two saucepans, two skillets, a Dutch oven with an extended lid, which can also serve as a deep dish skillet with the normal large skillet on top of it. Also we got a piece that makes the top of a double boiler thing when you set it in the 2 qt. sauce pan. The lids provide a seal which cooks the food. It saves energy and nutrients. We also got some knives with it and a cookbook which I can't find. It is 5-ply, 2 layers of stainless steel, 1 layer of heavy aluminum, and 2 more layers of steel. So you are cooking on stainless steel but have the heavy duty aluminum to rely on for heat retention.
After 29 years it's still just fine, though I've had to send a pan or two off to be re-handled. It was made in the USA, Shawnee, Kansas in fact, and I would recommend it to anyone.
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Sushi
Looks like I'll be going to Burger King for that meal.
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Shellon
Oh yeah and sushi will you help me move some stuff?
Just a bed, three shelves, two desks and an old truck.
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dmiller
If you have a truck, can't you do it yourself??? ;)
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doojable
She need a truck to move a truck... :blink:
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dmiller
I've got a truck -----------
(You supply the last line of this two-liner!!)
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Shellon
Ah, gotta be specific in here huh?
The truck doesn't run
It doesn't walk either
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doojable
I bet it sux... ;)
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I buy most of my cookware at garage sales and the Salvation army store...they're a little bit scuffed up but work just fine...I try to avoid the ones with too many teflon peelings...but what the hell, they're only .50 each.
Last week I found a toaster for a quarter...it worked just fine after I shook the old bread crumbs and the mouse turds out of it...and of course, spliced and taped on a new plug.
My favorite is my stir fry pan...I found it at the city dump. It took awhile to scrape all that brown stuff out of it but boy oh boy, it really works good for my fried baloney and onion sandwiches.
why spend a lot of money for something that you can get for free or next to nothing...yeah, that's the ticket.
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dmiller
It's not the pan, rather it's what's for dinner. ;)
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passthetrash
I love my pampered chef set... I have had the set for about 11 years now and they still look and cook like new.They are somewhere in the midddle of snooty.
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Shellon
Got the junk moved
Now, what about pans?
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Abigail
Well, we'll have the van fixed by the end of the day tomorrow, God willing, and we'll see you Sunday to get the final piece to the set of snooty pans. ;)
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Shellon
Cool! Hope the creek doesn't rise
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Shellon
Sushi has his snooty pan lid back!!
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doojable
But did you get a gravy recipe?
If not, PM me and I'll get you an even better one! ;)
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The one pan I have that would be hardest to live without is a very old cast iron griddle that covers two burners of our gas stove. I like all the real estate. I can heap on potatoes for home fries and onions separate for those who don't like 'em, and have hotter spots and cooler spots if I want for "holding" stuff when omelets are cooking, etc. I bought it at an antique store for about $18, IIR. But I didn't buy it to hang on a wall. It's perfectly seasoned and nothing sticks to it. Not too snooty, I'd agree, but I wouldn't trade it for the snootiest of the snoot.
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doojable
Cast iron rocks!
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Shellon
I realized while sushi was cooking in my kitchen again today that I don't want his gravy recipe.
I like that he has it and makes it when we all get together.
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dmiller
Ahhh -- something we never knew !!!!!!!
Dooj is a *Heavy Metal* fan!
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waysider
I walked past an oldfashioned hardware store the other day and there was a sign in the window that said,
"Cast iron sinks"
Well shoot!! Who didn't already know THAT?
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Abigail
I am all for the cast iron. If I'm gonna spend lotsa money on pots and pans, that is what I want!!!
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Abigail
Sushi finally got real snooty pans. My sister got him an "everyday pan" that you can use for frying, or it can go in the oven and she got him a sauce pan.
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Shellon
We need to do our winter lunch at a midway place again, it's past time.
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I have a set of Vita Craft waterless cookware we bought in 1978. It came with a lifetime guarantee on the pans themselves, and free replacement of handles for life. It included two saucepans, two skillets, a Dutch oven with an extended lid, which can also serve as a deep dish skillet with the normal large skillet on top of it. Also we got a piece that makes the top of a double boiler thing when you set it in the 2 qt. sauce pan. The lids provide a seal which cooks the food. It saves energy and nutrients. We also got some knives with it and a cookbook which I can't find. It is 5-ply, 2 layers of stainless steel, 1 layer of heavy aluminum, and 2 more layers of steel. So you are cooking on stainless steel but have the heavy duty aluminum to rely on for heat retention.
After 29 years it's still just fine, though I've had to send a pan or two off to be re-handled. It was made in the USA, Shawnee, Kansas in fact, and I would recommend it to anyone.
WG
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