You know what surprised me today gonz,
was having a wander round the shops as I got to work really early and didn't feel like opening early because it's a bank holiday and no other cunt was at work, and I found this little place called Cargo. Looks like it might be up your alley, like you said the other day of combining new stuff with a bit of old fashioned. No idea about the quality, but the prices looked to be about right. Not too cheap to be shit, not too expensive to be a fucking rip-off.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 2 Jan 2012, 19:58, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

The name rings a bell, I'll check it out.
Actually, it's a good thing you're here, I'm looking at saucepans/frying-pans, and I quite like this set, but what do you think is good for a single person?

Here is the skivvy on what I want,
- A hole in the handle so I can hang them up.
- Oven proof, I think 180 seems to be the right temp for that, but pref a bit more than that.
- A lip on the end of the saucepans, and on the lid having a strainer.
- I think I want....
- - a small one, say, 10-14cm for sauces, or quick frying off things like nuts.
- - 2x medium 'workhorse' one, I reckon about 16-18cm, which'll be my main one.
- - A largeish one, for things like stick-pasta, or if I want to do something in batch
- - A non-stick frying pan, I've already got a hotspot one, so just another one.

Wanna spend around the £50ish mark for them in total, give or take a tenner.

Also, what do you reckon is good for batch cooking'n'freezing things like little pies or lasagnias? I reckon ceramic is the way to go. I can spend a day cooking and I'll have all week meals that I can take out the freezer and put straight into the oven.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 2 Jan 2012, 20:20, Reply)

To be fair gonz,
you're going to struggle to get anything proper for £50 a set. However, I just picked up this
www.amazon.co.uk/Meyer-Advantage-Non-Stick-Cookware-Saucepan/dp/B001ELKDHE/ref=sr_1_3?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1325536033&sr=1-3
on reccomendation form my head chef, as it's a stella price for what you get.
Also, if you want it to go in the oven possibly, you don't wat lastic or rubber grip handles, they say oven safe, but will eventally melt and tear and damamge and look shitty.

For freezing and re-heating it depends what you want. I tend to cook great big things for lady-pig to take to work, so just put it in those little plastic containers you get rice in from the chinese, so she has a portion for each day at work. But for yourself it's just as easy to get a nice big dish instead of the bottom drawer of the freezer and portion as needed. I'd go ceramic if i were you.

Did you find some decent knives?
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 2 Jan 2012, 20:31, Reply)

Oh fab, that's like £20 difference, £15 if I go for almond.
They look like a really good set, and what you're saying makes sense, I'm just gonna go through my figures to see if I can push it. I know £15-20 isn't much on the grand scheme of things, but there are so many things with buying an _entire_ flat, £15-20 every time can add up to quite a bit. But saying that, I'm doing a hell of a lot less to the kitchen than I thought I was when I bought the place.

I've decided on my knives, and I know they're not expensive, but I've seen quite a few chefs use them on telly (Good Food Channel's show, where they go to the chef's personal home), and that's the "Taylor's Eye Witness" ranges + a cleaver in a different range.

------------------- CHANGE OF MIND AND RE-THINK ---------

OK, just had a bit of a chat'n're-think. I just went for those pots'n'pans as I'm budgeting elsewhere, and I really like those Taylor's Eye Whitness coloured ones.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 2 Jan 2012, 21:25, Reply)