Period frying pans?

[Moo]

That's appalling!
He/she should have offered to recompense you for the damage.

 

[JoceAndChris]

Nice of you ladies to sympathise, it was a very disastrous period for the house, and unfortunately the relationship got too blurred between friend and employee, which made it very hard to deal with her or get rid of her.

But poor Rob! What a load of stress, hope you can work out a way to keep that sweet little house. Sounds like a good fry up in a decent pan is very needed.

 

[jocelyn plummer]

A few years ago my Stepson, then a student, scrubbed my table silver with a brillo pad-- I don't think there was a hidden message there, cos he is a great Stepson now!!!!

 

[Schoolmarm]

Joce, was it Louise? :shock:

 

[AMc]

We have a big Le Creu pan which unfortunately caught a glance on the non-stick surface from the corner of something. It caused a little hole but hasn't got bigger so we just keep using it.
We also picked up a pan set and casseroles at various points when the big dept. stores have significant % off events. It's all good stuff. The ceramic ovenware is also good regardless of people complaining it's made in Thailand not en Francais.

On that note I picked up a crepe pan for a couple of Euro in France which is excellent, you can pick up decent cookware in the hypermarket but its a lot further to go than when we lived in the smoke and would do a booze cruise before Christmas for a few quid.

 

[Sonyaclegg]

DJH, the perfect pancake pan!

 

[tycarregydwr]

I don't have any Le Cru or aga cookware, but use all cast iron or steel rather than 'non stick' teflon-coated things. I have stripped and reseasoned old, rusty pans using this method (warning: extreme geekery) http://sherylcanter.com/wordpress/2010/01/a-science-based-technique-for-seasoning-cast-iron/
You can pick up cast iron for so little if it looks like it's in bad condition - there was a huge box of pans that went for £2 at the local auction - and most of it is eminently salvageable if you have the patience.

 

[DJH]

I used to season new cast iron melting pots with a mixture tallow and paraffin which I always had a tub of to hand as a release agent when taking plaster moulds. Once it had steamed off the lead/solder wouldn't stick to the pot.

A wash of clay and water or a ceramic wash would keep ladles clean from molten metals. I don't recommend it for a frying pan though. :lol:

Doug

 

[Feltwell]

I don't have any Le Cru or aga cookware, but use all cast iron or steel rather than 'non stick' teflon-coated things. I have stripped and reseasoned old, rusty pans using this method (warning: extreme geekery) http://sherylcanter.com/wordpress/2010/01/a-science-based-technique-for-seasoning-cast-iron/

Oh Lord - another use for linseed oil! Holkhams must make a fortune out of many of us.

I love the smell of the stuff though. Painting never smelt so good!

 

[JoceAndChris]

Oh, I've often seen old pans in antique centres and wondered if they could be saved or reused.

( must post a new thread to ask you clever metal restorers how I can sort out my Rayburn)

'Marm - yes, Louise, bless her. After I realised the poor girl had no capacity to discern a linen napkin from a duster, or a Le Creuset from a stainless steel, I asked her to transfer her "skills" into the garden. That worked OK for a while, though she'd give me a heart attack every week saying my chickens had escaped down into the Crematorium ( which is 1/2 mile away), so I'd go running down the field into the cemetery to find someone else's chickens playing happily there. :roll: Then there was the Terrible Episode of the Eggs, where she gathered rotten eggs from an abandoned broody house and sold them to my best customer, who took them home only to have them explode in her kitchen. And then I realised that you can really really really try to train some people and give them your best shot but they still remain a walking disaster zone, and to be honest I'm just grateful she didn't accidentally burn the cottage down and set fire to the hens, and I'll never ever ever invite anyone else to help me as long as I live.

 

[LadyArowana]

'Marm - yes, Louise, bless her. After I realised the poor girl had no capacity to discern a linen napkin from a duster, or a Le Creuset from a stainless steel, I asked her to transfer her "skills" into the garden. That worked OK for a while, though she'd give me a heart attack every week saying my chickens had escaped down into the Crematorium ( which is 1/2 mile away), so I'd go running down the field into the cemetery to find someone else's chickens playing happily there. :roll: Then there was the Terrible Episode of the Eggs, where she gathered rotten eggs from an abandoned broody house and sold them to my best customer, who took them home only to have them explode in her kitchen. And then I realised that you can really really really try to train some people and give them your best shot but they still remain a walking disaster zone, and to be honest I'm just grateful she didn't accidentally burn the cottage down and set fire to the hens, and I'll never ever ever invite anyone else to help me as long as I live.

Oh dear, some people manage to find lots of new and interesting ways to be numpty that training can't even imagine and guard against. Mind you having said that I had my own catastrophic failure yesterday. Just finished decorating the Christmas tree after moving lots of things around in the living room and decided a cup of coffee was in order. Went to put the tray on the table and oooooops, tray on floor, mug broken, coffee exploded everywhere, including Persian carpet :shock: Ages ago a friend in the US did the exact same thing and I had asked on of the dealers what should be done, so I implimented disaster protocols immediately.

 

[angrybird]

Oh, I've often seen old pans in antique centres and wondered if they could be saved or reused.

( must post a new thread to ask you clever metal restorers how I can sort out my Rayburn)

'Marm - yes, Louise, bless her. After I realised the poor girl had no capacity to discern a linen napkin from a duster, or a Le Creuset from a stainless steel, I asked her to transfer her "skills" into the garden. That worked OK for a while, though she'd give me a heart attack every week saying my chickens had escaped down into the Crematorium ( which is 1/2 mile away), so I'd go running down the field into the cemetery to find someone else's chickens playing happily there. :roll: Then there was the Terrible Episode of the Eggs, where she gathered rotten eggs from an abandoned broody house and sold them to my best customer, who took them home only to have them explode in her kitchen. And then I realised that you can really really really try to train some people and give them your best shot but they still remain a walking disaster zone, and to be honest I'm just grateful she didn't accidentally burn the cottage down and set fire to the hens, and I'll never ever ever invite anyone else to help me as long as I live.

Eeek! she sounds like a female Frank Spencer bless her! i'm sure you could write a book about her escapades :lol:

 

[tobydog]

I've only ever had two cleaners and gave up on both of them. The first was so useless that, sadly, I was better. Everything looked tidy but she just hid the dirt :roll: . The second, bless, had vertigo and was scared of heights and wouldn't stand on a chair or step ladder to clean above head height. I ended up having to get rid of the cobwebs. Unfortunately for her, she fell over in the snow and broke her leg so I took the opportunity to part company permanently. Felt a bit bad .

 

[LadyArowana]

The second, bless, had vertigo and was scared of heights and wouldn't stand on a chair or step ladder to clean above head height. I ended up having to get rid of the cobwebs. Unfortunately for her, she fell over in the snow and broke her leg so I took the opportunity to part company permanently. Felt a bit bad .

Which just goes to show that it isn't the height that damages you, it's the landing :lol:

 

[angrybird]

I've only ever had two cleaners and gave up on both of them. The first was so useless that, sadly, I was better. Everything looked tidy but she just hid the dirt :roll: . The second, bless, had vertigo and was scared of heights and wouldn't stand on a chair or step ladder to clean above head height. I ended up having to get rid of the cobwebs. Unfortunately for her, she fell over in the snow and broke her leg so I took the opportunity to part company permanently. Felt a bit bad .

I think you and Joce could write the funniest comedy sketches about cleaners!
*you felt a bit bad about parting company :shock: me thinks someone is telling a porky pie :lol:

 

[tobydog]

Angrybird - I didn't say how long I felt a little bad :wink:

 

[JanieB]

My mum had a cleaning lady years ago. She was lovely and in general very good at her job, but..... My dad and mum had had a barney about something and he bought her a non-stick frying pan as a peace offering. They were a new invention and very expensive. Plum (cleaning lady) told my mum how hard it had been to clean all that nasty black stuff off the pan :shock:

 

[JoceAndChris]

:lol: Brilliant. And tobydog, oh dear, dear. Vertigo was very convenient wasn't it? That skimping sounds like a total disaster, but be thankful she wasn't too thorough, as that was where poor Louise slipped up, removing any wax surface on the floors with a good drenching and mopping, moving all my carefully placed ornaments onto the floor to dust underneath (and leaving them on the floor as she couldn't remember how they went back) turning on the taps to give the sink a good old scrub and leaving them on so the well emptied and we had no water, and when I gave her planting to do, she buried the plant so completely in the pot there was nothing of it showing!! How I kept her for 18 months I do not know.

Hope you rescued the lovely new carpet LadyA!

 

[michael]

Back to the Aga frying pan. Did you considered using a large shovel i.e. cooking breakfast steam locomotive fireman style. Useful tool once you’ve finished cooking as well.

 

[worms]

Back to the Aga frying pan. Did you considered using a large shovel i.e. cooking breakfast steam locomotive fireman style. Useful tool once you’ve finished cooking as well.

But Robgil, as a Land Rover owner, the only way to go is manifold steaks! The old V8 was best for cooking on, as there was plenty of space for a foil package between the cylinder heads.