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Beginners Guide => Hints, Tips, Methods and so on.. => Cooking Equipment => Topic started by: goncalo on January 10, 2013, 01:27 AM
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Would anyone have a review on the quality of the pans/chef spoon/tawa that julian/curry2go store is selling?
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Would anyone have a review on the quality of the pans/chef spoon/tawa that julian/curry2go store is selling?
Those pans are used in restaurants but
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Would anyone have a review on the quality of the pans/chef spoon/tawa that julian/curry2go store is selling?
Those pans are used in restaurants but
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It is extremely hard to get the "cheap" aluminium pans over here in Germany. Can anyone who has one look up the manufacturer of them ? That might help somewhat.
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It is extremely hard to get the "cheap" aluminium pans over here in Germany. Can anyone who has one look up the manufacturer of them ? That might help somewhat.
Surely Lidl or Aldi have suitable pans on a regular basis ? The pans I have bought from them are very competitively priced . . .
** Phil.
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It is extremely hard to get the "cheap" aluminium pans over here in Germany. Can anyone who has one look up the manufacturer of them ? That might help somewhat.
Here you go, StoneCut: http://sonexcookware.com.pk/products.php?cat_id=2 (http://sonexcookware.com.pk/products.php?cat_id=2)
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It is extremely hard to get the "cheap" aluminium pans over here in Germany. Can anyone who has one look up the manufacturer of them ? That might help somewhat.
Surely Lidl or Aldi have suitable pans on a regular basis ? The pans I have bought from them are very competitively priced . . .
** Phil.
Well, they have stainless steel pans at Lidl/Aldi in DE all the time but NEVER any aluminium pans on offer.
Any cheap aluminium pans I see always have a coating, anyway, but I want a blank one. I also can't get a chef spoon, haha, but that's a different story.
We use slightly different utensils here.
BTW: The Lidl brand "Bramwell" gets produced in my home-town here in Germany ;)
Oh, and thanks Salvador !
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Would anyone have a review on the quality of the pans/chef spoon/tawa that julian/curry2go store is selling?
Not seen / used his Tawa
The chef spoon is good heavy quality. Can be found online at
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Would anyone have a review on the quality of the pans/chef spoon/tawa that julian/curry2go store is selling?
Do you have a gas or halogen hob gagomes? I can't remember. The reason I ask is I have managed to bend the bases of 2 good quality (I think) aluminium pans on my halogen. They now wobble about on the hob surface, and are effectively useless (hot spots etc.). A new stainless pan I got recently seems up to the job, so far.
Rob :)
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Would anyone have a review on the quality of the pans/chef spoon/tawa that julian/curry2go store is selling?
Do you have a gas or halogen hob gagomes? I can't remember. The reason I ask is I have managed to bend the bases of 2 good quality (I think) aluminium pans on my halogen. They now wobble about on the hob surface, and are effectively useless (hot spots etc.). A new stainless pan I got recently seems up to the job, so far.
Rob :)
Rob get a rubber hammer and give the pan base a smack - it will go back level again and will cook just fine. Ours have bowed at the bottom as well due to high heat and lots of use -it will sort it just fine
best, Rich
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Would anyone have a review on the quality of the pans/chef spoon/tawa that julian/curry2go store is selling?
Do you have a gas or halogen hob gagomes? I can't remember. The reason I ask is I have managed to bend the bases of 2 good quality (I think) aluminium pans on my halogen. They now wobble about on the hob surface, and are effectively useless (hot spots etc.). A new stainless pan I got recently seems up to the job, so far.
Rob :)
Rob get a rubber hammer and give the pan base a smack - it will go back level again and will cook just fine. Ours have bowed at the bottom as well due to high heat and lots of use -it will sort it just fine
best, Rich
Great tip! Thanks Rich. I nearly chucked them out. Glad I didn't.
Rob :)
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So your thoughts is that Julian's utensils are a little overpriced and no better than the alternatives. For people like me who moved out of UK to Ireland and has not so many shops around where to look this stuff up, would dadibhais ship them abroad and can a mere mortal buy directly from them?
Rob, I have a normal hob cooker and I think I know what you mean as I saw that in my moms kitchen ware. I think there is already a workaround for it though. :)
Thanks all :)
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So your thoughts is that Julian's utensils are a little overpriced and no better than the alternatives. For people like me who moved out of UK to Ireland and has not so many shops around where to look this stuff up, would dadibhais ship them abroad and can a mere mortal buy directly from them?
Rob, I have a normal hob cooker and I think I know what you mean as I saw that in my moms kitchen ware. I think there is already a workaround for it though. :)
Thanks all :)
yes and No. ;) I think his sonex pan is overpriced. It is certainly better than many alternatives that I have seen but others will likely be on par..
re Dadi.....s a simple look at the website should answer all your questions. ;) delivery charges, export enquiries etc etc all VERY easily laid out.
if it helps though the spoon you want will be found putting in a search for 'heavy duty spoon' I use the 16". or you can search serving spoon to bring up the cheaper ones at
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Thanks,
Is pressure cooker the correct name for that pot that whistles when the pressure hits a certain threshold?
A search on dadhibais shows a few double burner stoves rather than pots, as I was expecting.
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Is pressure cooker the correct name for that pot that whistles when the pressure hits a certain threshold?
They don't all whistle. What they do is to vent steam under controlled conditions to maintain a constant pressure all the while that (a) sufficient energy (in the form of heat) is supplied, and (b) liquid remains in the container. If the first fails, it will lose pressure; if the second fails, all bets are off.
** Phil.
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Thanks,
Is pressure cooker the correct name for that pot that whistles when the pressure hits a certain threshold?
A search on dadhibais shows a few double burner stoves rather than pots, as I was expecting.
Only had a quick look and didn't see any pressure cookers on there. Some of the gear is pretty high end industrial stuff remember. What size are you after? 7l or similar?
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Would anyone have a review on the quality of the pans/chef spoon/tawa that julian/curry2go store is selling?
Those pans are used in restaurants but
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Would anyone have a review on the quality of the pans/chef spoon/tawa that julian/curry2go store is selling?
Do you have a gas or halogen hob gagomes? I can't remember. The reason I ask is I have managed to bend the bases of 2 good quality (I think) aluminium pans on my halogen. They now wobble about on the hob surface, and are effectively useless (hot spots etc.). A new stainless pan I got recently seems up to the job, so far.
Rob :)
Rob get a rubber hammer and give the pan base a smack - it will go back level again and will cook just fine. Ours have bowed at the bottom as well due to high heat and lots of use -it will sort it just fine
best, Rich
the c2go one i bought was slightly bowed when i bought it, never thought of beating it back into shape, thanks for the tip :)
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Is pressure cooker the correct name for that pot that whistles when the pressure hits a certain threshold?
They don't all whistle. What they do is to vent steam under controlled conditions to maintain a constant pressure all the while that (a) sufficient energy (in the form of heat) is supplied, and (b) liquid remains in the container. If the first fails, it will lose pressure; if the second fails, all bets are off.
** Phil.
Thanks for explaining it in great detail Phil. What are the main differences between each?
Thanks,
Goncalo
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Thanks for explaining it in great detail Phil. What are the main differences between each?
Confused, Goncalo : not sure what you mean by "each". The only two types of pressure cooker with which I am familiar are (a) the old-fashioned type with two or three stackable weights and a tapered rod, and (b) the modern type with a rotary dial (unpressured, low pressure, high pressure) and two or more fail-safe vents. I would avoid the old type like the plague (because I am risk-averse) but I have no compunction using the new type so long as I remember to turn the pot so that the major over-pressure vent (which is in the lid, and which allows the gasket to blow out if necessary) is always turned to the wall. If you were to have the latter pointing forwards from the stove and it blew, and you were standing in front of it, you could be horribly scalded.
** Phil.
P.S. See my earlier post today (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php/topic,11379.msg86547/topicseen.html#msg86547) for one of the type I recommend.
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Thanks for explaining it in great detail Phil. What are the main differences between each?
Confused, Goncalo : not sure what you mean by "each". The only two types of pressure cooker with which I am familiar are (a) the old-fashioned type with two or three stackable weights and a tapered rod, and (b) the modern type with a rotary dial (unpressured, low pressure, high pressure) and two or more fail-safe vents. I would avoid the old type like the plague (because I am risk-averse) but I have no compunction using the new type so long as I remember to turn the pot so that the major over-pressure vent (which is in the lid, and which allows the gasket to blow out if necessary) is always turned to the wall. If you were to have the latter pointing forwards from the stove and it blew, and you were standing in front of it, you could be horribly scalded.
** Phil.
P.S. See my earlier post today (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php/topic,11379.msg86547/topicseen.html#msg86547) for one of the type I recommend.
Thanks Phil, I was confusing myself. I assumed there was more than the 2 types of cookers (old style and new style) and that's why my question. Thanks for the safety hints. I have really never used a pressure cooker, though I remember seeing my granny use one as a kid :)
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so today I found a big cash-and-carry type asian market near my new house and guess what I found? The sonnex frying pans on sale. The price was identical to the best seller on ebay which RubyDoo pointed out, the no.4 came down to 15 euros and no.3 to 13 euros. I also managed to find ibco frozen shatkora lemon (a bengali lemon used in chicken shatkora) so my next step is to try the c2g bengali base, which I believe our friend Rob used in his chicken shatkora!
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Hi ganomes. Quality cookware, nice! I used the c2go indian base for the shatkora. Reckon all three bases are really good though. They all seem inherently sweet; but the indian version even more so due to the addition of jaggery. For me this base also came out very yellow (bright yellow in fact) compared to the more typical mustard colour. I liked this as it makes for a rather vibrant appearance in the finished dishes. One other thing I noticed is that Julian
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Hi ganomes. Quality cookware, nice! I used the c2go indian base for the shatkora. Reckon all three bases are really good though. They all seem inherently sweet; but the indian version even more so due to the addition of jaggery. For me this base also came out very yellow (bright yellow in fact) compared to the more typical mustard colour. I liked this as it makes for a rather vibrant appearance in the finished dishes. One other thing I noticed is that Julian
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Hi ganomes. Quality cookware, nice! I used the c2go indian base for the shatkora. Reckon all three bases are really good though. They all seem inherently sweet; but the indian version even more so due to the addition of jaggery. For me this base also came out very yellow (bright yellow in fact) compared to the more typical mustard colour. I liked this as it makes for a rather vibrant appearance in the finished dishes. One other thing I noticed is that Julian