To answer your question...

[polksaladallie]

31.....  yes.   So I have every right plus some to have an opinion.

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@*crikey*mate* wrote:

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@just*duff wrote:

I dont even know what this threads about but it would have to be more interesting than butter.

or crusts.  lol

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It is the continuation of an interpersonal dispute concerning the death of children and abused spouses and dependants

Hope you're proud of yourself.

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No, it wasn't.

Nor did it involve duff. 

[freakiness]

Fabricate, is such a good word.

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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@the*scarlet*pimpernel wrote:

Is this a Get your Questions Answered Here thread? because there a question or two I'd like answered

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Me too.  I'll go first.

I bug gered up a saucepan yesterday, so have decided to buy a new set of three.  The old ones are 45 years old and still excellent.

Are there any suggestions as to the brand?  I have a ceramic cooktop, not gas.  I have looked at reviews, and they all seem to contradict each other.  I would appreciate some opinions.  

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I have a favourite one at home but can't remember the brand name. will check when I get home. It might be bistro.

It's about 25 years old and like new.

[azureline**]

So, pimpy, why not bacarat?

and polks, do you like the ceramic cook top?

[freakiness]

I do recall the first or second week (or both) Pimpy was away a poster said they had been asked by Pimpy and beaten off the mark by another.

[debra9275]

I still like my old Esteele saucepans but they're about 30 years old . I've bought more of them since, and they're still good. I also bought Circulon, but I still prefer the Esteele.

[the*scarlet*pimpernel]

the food seems to stick to the bottom of the Baccarat pans and burns.

The ceramic cooktop could be partly to blame perhaps. Plus I suck at cooking, but I never had the problem with the old aluminium saucepans with the differnt coloured lids.

[debra9275]

Sorry, No idea freakie, I can't remember that far back and I haven' t posted in it every week.

[polksaladallie]

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@azureline** wrote:

So, pimpy, why not bacarat?

and polks, do you like the ceramic cook top?

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I've heard that about baccarat, maybe here?

I would love gas, but not possible here.  Ceramic seems to be taking over now.  I like it. I will be getting heavy based saucepans, they are more efficient, and don't warp.

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@the*scarlet*pimpernel wrote:

the food seems to stick to the bottom of the Baccarat pans and burns.

The ceramic cooktop could be partly to blame perhaps. Plus I suck at cooking, but I never had the problem with the old aluminium saucepans with the differnt coloured lids.

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My favourite one is very good. I have a terrible habit of burning things that make the bottom of the pots black and this one always cleans off so easily after a soak whereas some of them go all grey and stay that way.

Mind you it's not that shiny at the moment because we've been using it to deep fry chips.