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trof

(54,255 posts)
Sat Jul 30, 2022, 07:24 PM Jul 2022

Cooking videos

I watch a lot of cooking videos.
Almost all of them apparently are using brand new pots and pans straight out of the box.
Not a scratch or a mar.
Not one little brown spot.

I'd like to see them using something like what we have.

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rsdsharp

(9,042 posts)
1. Watch the original Julia Child shows. The stuff she used in that show
Sat Jul 30, 2022, 07:37 PM
Jul 2022

looked like my mom’s pots and pans. When I got out of school one of the first things I did was buy good quality cookware.

Warpy

(110,913 posts)
3. There are a few out there that use real stuff
Sat Jul 30, 2022, 08:15 PM
Jul 2022

Asian cooks are good about it because food tends to weld to brand new woks. They take a bit of seasoning before they stop making the cook look silly as s/he tries to chip protein foods off the surface.

The most beat up pots and pans are used by someone whose down home recipes are good, but you need to skip 2/3 of the video because she's into heavy religious proselytizing, can't recommend.

This is a rather idealized series from China but everything is refreshingly blackened, dinged, and dented: https://www.youtube.com/c/cnliziqi

The Bitchin Kitchen uses well cleaned cookware but it's not all new. Presentation is not what you're used to but the recipes I've tried are great. Look fast, a lot of the videos have disappeared.

I get a little annoyed at the brand new cookware, too. Every good cook I know uses castoffs from family or thrift shop finds, bake ware from the supermarket.

dem in texas

(2,672 posts)
6. Amen, Love my old mismatched cookware
Sun Jul 31, 2022, 02:57 AM
Jul 2022

Don't remember where it all came from. I love to go to estate sales and always make ae bee-line to the kitchen to see what treasures are there.

Warpy

(110,913 posts)
7. I just moved into a combination independent living/assisted living place
Sun Jul 31, 2022, 12:30 PM
Jul 2022

with a tiny urban style kitchen. Everything is there, but it's cramped. I gave a lot of my kitchen stuff to the neighbors who'd helped me when I broke my hip but I still prefer my own cooking so I kept enough. Things like the stockpots, the big sauciere, the Le Creuset I could barely lift, the large wok, the stand mixer and other space gobbling appliances are gone.

My favorite kitchen of all time was an 8x8 urban kitchen, so I know I'll adapt easily to this one. To tell the truth, I honestly don't miss any of the stuff I gave away and my helpful neighbors were absolutely thrilled.

What I have left is still mismatched and funky and I like it that way.

Kali

(54,990 posts)
4. reminds me of people reviewing good cookware
Sat Jul 30, 2022, 09:03 PM
Jul 2022

whining about how the bottom doesn't come clean and shine like a showroom chrome bumper. who cares?

 

cstamm53

(58 posts)
5. Julia Was No "Barefoot Contessa"
Sat Jul 30, 2022, 09:10 PM
Jul 2022

I watched a clip of an amateur cook who brought up Ina Garten's BC.
"Jeffrey and I are buying a boat".

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