07-30-16 16:31 MICHAEL LOO wrote to ED VANCE about 850 Kitchen Tools
Howdy! Michael,

 ML> @MSGID: 
 >  > > I got a advertisement from Bed Bath & Beyond about a Red Copper Fry
 ML> Pan Th
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 ML> The other thing about copper is that you need to
 ML> maintain it a whole bunch more than more modern
 ML> cookware - the inside has to be tinned periodically,
 ML> and the bottom takes a lot of elbow grease to keep
 ML> shined up.

 >  > Any particular reason why? Square pans would be harder
 >  > to get food out of the corners of. I've used square
 >  > griddles, which are fine for bacon and stuff but can't
 >  > recall the last time I used a square frying pan.
 > I asked and She said "You can get more in a square pan".

 ML> But because elements are round, the cooking is way
 ML> less even in square pans. Of course, you can use that

You're right there.
Our Range is Electric with round elements, and even the burners on an
old Gas Range are round.

I don't have any idea what is under those Black Glass Range Tops.
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 >  > What would you and your wife use it for, and what
 >  > kind of cookware do you have now?
 > We don't do any fancy cooking here, We just cook regular things in  a
 > Fry Pan.
 > Egg Omelet, French Toast, Hamburger Helper, Recipes from the Betty Crocker
 > Cookbook, etc.

 ML> I don't see where a square pan would be particularly
 ML> helpful for any of these except French toast.

We fix Hamburger Helper in a Square Glass Skillet and what I can't get out
with a spoon I get out with a spatula.

 >  > I hope you get some more feedback on this. Even
 >  > though I am not in the market for kitchenware, it
 >  > would be interesting to read what people have to say.
 > I posted a Subscribe message before I posted this message.
 > A few days later after not seeing any answers in a .QWK Packet I Logged On
 > to the HTML version of the BBS and saw that "IT" hadn't marked this echo so
 > I could Read messages entered here.
 > There wasn't any in two .QWK Packets, so I logged on the HTML BBS and found
 > Your message to me.    Thanks!

 ML> Odd. Hope you and your sysop get things worked out.

It was ME not the SYSOP.

I thought my selecting this echo and pressing the S Key in MultiMail would
get everything in order on the BBS computer when I sent the ADD message.


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