I've always found mine useful for warming up 40-year-old single malt whisky while cycling around in bespoke Harris Tweed cycling wear on my Cervelo custom-built titanium penny-farthing.
Bob > > We have the original, hard anodized uncoated Caphalon pans. They're > over twenty years old now and are just superb. > Paul > On May 13, 2009, at 8:15 PM, Cesar Matamoros II wrote: > > > > > > > Christian wrote: > >> Doug Franklin wrote: > >>> David J Brooks wrote: > >>>> "My camera cost $700.00." > >>>> > >>>> It must be good then > >>> > >>> If he spent a couple of grand on pots and pans, he could > take over > >>> someone's job as a world-class chef. > >>> > >> > >> Ya know... I heard this joke years ago and thought how > appropriate. > >> However, after moving into a house with a gas cooktop my opinion > >> has changed. In our old house with the electric stove our > pots and > >> pans were adequate and we had many fine gourmet meals cooked by > >> myself and my lovely bride. > >> > >> When we moved here six months ago things changed. We > couldn't get > >> used to the gas stove and I just simply blamed my skills and > >> incompetence. Well, one of our fry-pans started to lose its non- > >> stick coating and the wife decided to buy some new pans. > We got a > >> big 12 inch skillet with lid and a set of 10" and 12" omelet pans > >> all made by Calphalon and costing a total of US$110 (to me > a LOT of > >> money for pots and pans). > >> > >> All of a sudden we are able to cook again! We can control > the heat > >> better and everything is coming out soooo much better. > >> > >> So, as with photography, the skills of the > chef/photographer matter > >> a lot, but the tools make a huge difference too. > >> > >> Back to your normal programming... > >> > > My first set of new pots/pans was Caphalon. The original type - > > anodized, no coating. I don't think you can get these anymore. > > Anyhow, I have been spoiled - I have added three to the original > > set. I don't cook much anymore though. > > > > Quality in tools can translate to quality in photographs > when one of > > the tools is the photographer's eye, > > > > César > > Panama City, Florida -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
