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Friday, June 03, 2005

Desperately Seeking Saucepan...advice

With the mid-year sales having started this week, and a couple of generous gift vouchers burning a hole in my pocket, I've decided it's time to invest in some proper saucepans. But the range availabe in your average deparment store is a bit mind boggling! If I'm going to spend lots of money, I want to make sure I'm buying the right thing.

So I thought I'd put the question out there - I'll gratefully accept anyone and everyone's advice about which saucepans (and frying pans, etc) to buy or avoid...

Thanks in anticipation! :)

posted by Kelly @ 8:30 am  

8 Comments:

  • At 12:00 pm, Blogger Kelly said…

    AG, Thanks for your reply! Can you really tap dance in your Scanpan like on the ad? ;)

    Seriously though, can it handle the rough treatment dished out by metal utensils etc?

     

  • At 5:20 pm, Blogger Niki said…

    I would personally say you need a Le Creuset something or other - pot, or pot with frypan lid or dutch oven or something similar....but living in Brisbane, I wonder if you'd really need it!! Certainly it's the type of thing perfect to buy with gift vouchers, as they're so expensive I doubt you'd do it on your own...and if you move somewhere cooler, you've already got the expensive cookwear for it! (although, having said that - the pot with frypan lid would be useful anywhere...)

     

  • At 8:42 am, Blogger Kelly said…

    Hi Niki, thanks for visiting my blog! And for your saucepan advice! Everytime I see Le Creuset stuff, I always think of Prue and Trude from Kath & Kim. And I can't help pronouncing it the way that they do, too :)

     

  • At 12:02 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I would recommend pans from a catering shop (although this doesn't help with the previously mentioned vouchers). The equipment can take the abuse (I've had mine for ten years) and if it's good enough for a chef......

    Hope you find what you're looking for.

     

  • At 8:09 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    My first thought was a Dutch Oven but then I thought no probably not in Brisbane...and Niki has gone down that track too. Maybe a really good sauté pan with deep sides.

     

  • At 9:49 pm, Blogger Kelly said…

    Hi Sandra and Barbara, thanks for visiting The Occasional Epicure, and thanks for your comments and suggestions!

     

  • At 7:39 pm, Blogger Amanda said…

    Hi Hope it's not too late to offer some advice - I invested in two le cruset frypans one small saucepan and one dutch oven which I am using heaps at the moment. In retrospect one frypan is great - for Tarte Tartins and Dutch Babies especially. I have a couple of Escoffier saucepans and an Escoffier Saute pan great for pasta sauces - I chose them for their copper bases so they conduct heat evenly very well on lower settings . I am very happy with this lot. My other MOST useful purchase an omlette pan from Wheel and Barrow. I also think Philip Johnson form Ecco in his cookbooks recommends a brand of pans that is quite good.

     

  • At 8:48 pm, Blogger eat stuff said…

    I have a le creustet oven and it is fantastic, I had their griddle pan and it was awesome (til my cat broke it) I have the stainless scanpan frypan and it is fantastic!

    Have a look at
    www.petersofkensington.com.au :)
    hth

     

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