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Food & Drink Cooking equipment

Discussion in 'General' started by img, 5 Feb 2010.

  1. img

    img Minimodder

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    Hi,

    can anyone recommend a frying pan to cook things like steaks that will go in the oven. Most seem to only go up to 180c or costs over £100
     
  2. Fod

    Fod what is the cheesecake?

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    cast iron. 'nuff said.
     
  3. Silver51

    Silver51 I cast flare!

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    Yep, look for an oven safe skillet. If you're near Cardiff, Bristol or Bath, Kitchens on the high street will have them.
     
  4. D-Cyph3r

    D-Cyph3r Gay for Yunosuke

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    When I saw the thread title only 2 things went through my mind:

    _microwave
    -fork


    But I have been eating alot of super noodles lately.
     
  5. julianmartin

    julianmartin resident cyborg.

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    Le Creuset.
     
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    felix the cat Spaceman Spiff

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  7. Fod

    Fod what is the cheesecake?

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    i personally don't like le creuset that much - it's fashion before function. le chasseur are pretty awesome, however.

    now if anyone can tell me where i can find a decent sized marmitout, at a reasonable price, i will be eternally grateful.
     
  8. 13eightyfour

    13eightyfour Formerly Titanium Angel

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    charity shops.

    No im serious heavy cast pans aren't really user friendly even though imo you cant beat a decent cast pan. Ive picked up a few very good pans from charity shops, simply because people dont seem to like heavy pans, I even managed to get a very old pan (must have been somebodies grannies) and its better than anything you buy now.
     
  9. julianmartin

    julianmartin resident cyborg.

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    I think that's a vastly incorrect statement.

    The differences between Le Crueset and Le Chasser must be absoloutely tiny - they use a virtually identical design and construction method? The only real difference is perhaps the handles for the pans, Chasseur are wooden correct?

    Creuset is all about function though - they are superb for stewing and if you have a range style oven/cooker; they are as close as it gets to decent heat transfer without buying Aga cookware or going down the line of copper.

    Fairly cheap marmitout: http://www.cucinadirect.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product1_18551_-1_46647_11053
     
  10. Fod

    Fod what is the cheesecake?

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    shrug, le creuset enamel their pans with the shiny stuff. i find it a bit too girly :p
    le chasseur don't have wooden handles. at least the pot and griddle i have don't. they're just plain black, and completely utilitarian.
     
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    I did see some circulon ones. Are they any good?
     
  12. Fod

    Fod what is the cheesecake?

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    circulon are OK, my mum has some anolon pans (essentially the same but a bit less rugged), and they last pretty well. However, tbh non-stick coatings are waaaay overrated. You only really need one non-stick frying pan for cooking eggs - the rest you can cook much better without the coating to get a nice fond going that you deglaze with a little liquid, which makes food waaay tastier.
     
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    Sounds good. Can you link to anything that would be good?
     

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