The joy of letting the pans soak.

[growingvegetables]

I seem to remember giving it a good scrubbing with salt in it, then giving it a good searing with almost smoky hot oil.

FTFY .

And cast iron as superbly non-stick? Definitely .

 

[Crackle]

There is an ongoing dispute amongst my sisters and me about who will get my mother's cast iron cookware when she snuffs it. It is so perfectly seasoned that nothing sticks.

My view is that as they're getting the jewellry I should get the pans.

Oh decent cast iron cookware is so good. We've got two venerable pots and they are superb. Son2 got short shrift when he suggested he might like the small one for uni!

 

[presta]

Non stick pans are pointless. They don't stop the food sticking, but you can't use a pot scourer to remove it without damaging the coating.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

FTFY .

And cast iron as superbly non-stick? Definitely .

Yup,I knew there was something the wrong way round when I'd posted it. Salt and heat to get rid of moisture and oil to seal it.

 

[growingvegetables]

Stainless steel is my preferred option.

A good second .

 

[MontyVeda]

I'll bet the washing up liquid manufactures love people like me. I let the pans soak for so long that the water goes stagnant, so I pour it down the sink and put them onto soak again, only to forget, again. I may as well just pour half the bottle of washing up liquid straight down the plughole

 

[Profpointy]

Stainless steel is my preferred option.

Not keen on stainless since it is a poor conductor hence you get hot spots, and unlike bare cast iron or those black mild steel french frying pans, it doesn't build up a burnt layer of non-stickness.

Fine for boiling spuds of course

Now copper lined with stainless is another thing altogether, albeit not cheap to say the least

 

[petek]

Tefal non stick pans here and nary a problem.
When stuff starts sticking we buy a new one, they're not expensive.
We always store our non stick pans stacked but with a coir mat between each one. Stacking a pan into a non stick pan can score the teflon and lead to sticking.

 

[presta]

Stainless steel is my preferred option.

I like plain stainless pans with a stainless lid and a plastic handle, but they're nigh on impossible to find. They all either have glass lids, stainless handles, or are non-stick. (Aluminium pan/lid with a plastic handle is fine,too.)

 

[MontyVeda]

If it's really baked/burnt on, don't bother with washing up liquid. Fill the pan with warm water, stir in some biological washing powder/liquid, and leave to soak overnight. Then wash as per normal.

thanks for the tip, but its just procrastination.

 

[Colin_P]

[QUOTE 4986490, member: 259"]Why put off until tomorrow what you can do next week instead?[/QUOTE]

It is about working cleever cleaver samrt smrat smart not, not at all.

Another example I'm feeling quite pleased with myself is the recent hedge I've just planted. Sixteen plants needed a holes a digging. On the first hole I very quickly came to the conclusion that it would be very hard work indeed although not impossible.

I got the hose out, not that one, and let it run over said area for a few hours, moving it as neccessary. The next day out I went, tool in hand, not that one, and much more easily dug the holes. These were quite large holes by the way, gaping a foot wide and the same deep, enough to stand in holding my tool.

 

[classic33]

[QUOTE 4986490, member: 259"]Why put off until tomorrow what you can do next week instead?[/QUOTE]
Why put off until tomorrow something you can put off doing altogether in the first place?

 

[classic33]

It is about working cleever cleaver samrt smrat smart not, not at all.

Another example I'm feeling quite pleased with myself is the recent hedge I've just planted. Sixteen plants needed a holes a digging. On the first hole I very quickly came to the conclusion that it would be very hard work indeed although not impossible.

I got the hose out, not that one, and let it run over said area for a few hours, moving it as neccessary. The next day out I went, tool in hand, not that one, and much more easily dug the holes. These were quite large holes by the way, gaping a foot wide and the same deep, enough to stand in holding my tool.

Which tool did you have in your hand? And just how big are you, if a one foot hole is "gaping" & you're able to stand in it?

 

[Colin_P]

Which tool did you have in your hand? And just how big are you, if a one foot hole is "gaping" & you're able to stand in it?

I stand 6'2" in my socks, so about 6'3" in my work boots and 6'7" in "those" heels, all size 11, although you have to go to a special shop to buy heels in that size. Whatever you do, don't try digging holes in them though.

The tool was the the iron grubbing spike of doom, like this.
http://www.protecdirect.co.uk/Site-...MI-bqHqfPb1gIVywrTCh3lrgHxEAQYASABEgJHrPD_BwE