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[Illaveago]

It is very hot out .
I am feeling tired but I can't sleep . No doubt I'll fall asleep through Bargain Hunt .

 

[Speicher]

Can anyone recommend a good frying pan please? There is a local Kitchen shop, but I would need to have some idea of what to get. I think the size would be 28cm diameter. I thought about getting a stainless steel one, cos non-stick ones do not seem to retain their non-stickiness for very long. However, steel ones also have steel handles, which get very hot. Does the panel have any suggestions, preferably reasonable in price.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Cast iron. heats evenly, non-stick, if properly seasoned. Stainless gets hot spots. Some have a handle made of spring steel coil for heat dissipation. Many can be found second-hand.

 

[Gravity Aided]

If not that, then T-Fal has always been my second choice.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Cast iron. heats evenly, non-stick, if properly seasoned. Stainless gets hot spots. Some have a handle made of spring steel coil for heat dissipation. Many can be found second-hand.

I second the cast iron recommendation. They won't look all silvery and shiny but they're excellent for non-stickeriness.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I use a Lodge branded one. Cheap, if I recall correctly.
I also have a little one I bought second-hand, for camping.
Large enough to cook for one.

 

[Maverick Goose]

Why didn't they simplify it to average or medium ?

It should be differently sized if you're being suitably woke...

 

[Tenacious Sloth]

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I may go out for a ride this afternoon.

I had intended to set off early this morning but I couldn’t lever myself out of bed.

I’d better get the P20 sun screen on and take a couple of bottles of drink as it’s hotter than a snakes arse in a wagon rut out there.

 

[IaninSheffield]

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I may go out for a ride this afternoon.

I had intended to set off early this morning but I couldn’t lever myself out of bed.

I’d better get the P20 sun screen on and take a couple of bottles of drink as it’s hotter than a snakes arse in a wagon rut out there.

Is that you Roosevelt E Roosevelt?

 

[Reynard]

Cor, it's scorchio here chez Casa Witty.

Done some general pottering around this morning. Then sanded down the first coat of varnish on my art board and applied a second coat.

I will probably pick some cherries this afternoon.

 

[Reynard]

Today's theme in the photography challenge is "Cosy"

Tea cosy, of course. De rigueur for an inveterate tea drinker like me.

 

[Speicher]

The local cookshop has closed, permanently.

The alternative is to buy it from John Lewis. They give the weight of cast iron pans in the size I would like, as 2kg. That is heavy, but do you find it heavy when you are cooking. As an "older" lady, lifting heavy things with my right arm is not easy. How much "seasoning" does a cast iron pan need? I recall my Father spending ages doing that..... um..... fifty years ago.

I also need some new bathroom scales, as the current ones have now got a mind of their own, as to whether they will show kgs or stones, or think the battery is "low".

The oven has decided not to work. The lovely Engineer person will be here next week. It could be the thermostat (again). Oven is only 22 years old.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I may go out for a ride this afternoon.

I had intended to set off early this morning but I couldn’t lever myself out of bed.

I’d better get the P20 sun screen on and take a couple of bottles of drink as it’s hotter than a snakes arse in a wagon rut out there.

I got a ride in this morning, 55 miles, Willoughby and back, I was using factor 30, and ran out of water right at the end.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I got a ride in this morning, 55 miles, Willoughby and back, I was using factor 30, and ran out of water right at the end.

I can't ride, bending is still difficult

 

[Illaveago]

I thought I would try and join a 4 wheeled forum and was accused of being a spammer !

Well that was a nice welcome !