Except there are in fact pans that do better or worse jobs at the task. Poor ones will, for instance, conduct lots of heat to the rim where it escapes uselessly. Higher quality pans are made to keep the heat in the base and it does make a difference. On 1/3/10, Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Frankly, on the very occasional times I need a pot or pan a thrift store > will do. The cookware is for being used, not to match, look pretty or > impress anyone. > > > Roger Loran Bailey > > "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless > world, & the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people." > Karl Marx > > The Militant: > http://www.themilitant.com > Pathfinder Press: > http://www.pathfinderpress.com > Granma International: > http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 7:42 AM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT Pots > > >> Hi all, >> >> >> Original message: >>> $2000 for pots and pans? What are they made of? Solid gold? That's >>> ridiculous. I don't disbelieve what you say, it's just mind-boggling that >>> cookware should cost that much. >> >> Wow, you're right about that. Guess I'll have to stick with my old >> standby aluminum pots and pans. Hey, the food's not bad. If it cooks >> don't fix it. Besides, solid gold cookware would spoil real fast. The >> melting temperature of gold is quite low, and solid gold is kinda soft so >> if you used a spatula or spoon on 'em, you'd get scratches and dings. >> Nope, solid gold cookware isn't for me. <smiling> >> >> Ann P. >> >> -- >> Ann K. Parsons >> Portal Tutoring >> EMAIL: akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx >> web site: http://www.portaltutoring.info >> blog: >> http://www.samobile.net/users/akp/blog >> Skype: Putertutor >> >> "All that is gold does not glitter, >> Not all those who wander are lost." >> >> Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit >> www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. >> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list >> of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. >> > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of > available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > -- Soronel Haetir soronel.haetir@xxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.