Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little

[Mr. Dazzle]

AFAIK Le Creuset make both...enamelled and er, not enamelled (naked?)...cast iron pots.

6 of one really. Cast iron gets freaky hot and is great for searing etc, but it doesn't enjoy having an acidic tomato dish in it for hours on end.

[Count Steer]

Le Creuset is a total rip off IMO. My no name but 1/4 the cost enamlled casserole is just as good. Probably made in the same factory I think it was TK Maxx but mighta been Sainsburys.

Hactually, I have a couple of cheapo Sainsbury Le Creuset lookalike orange pans...the enamel chips at the slightest abuse/hard stare.

I agree that LC are now another High Street occupying, aspirational brand name and priced accordingly, but they didn't used to be and I've been happy with them. (I use a couple for particular things - most of my pans are either heavy-based stainless steel or Mermaid heavy duty alloy + those that St Delia made famous for omelettes*). My defunct one is Cousance, but LC swallowed them up in 1957 and it's not that old .

I just want another 22cm cast iron casserole and will check out the John Lewis offering at around £1/3 of the LC one, but I want to see them before buying so it'll have to wait.

* the company that made them boomed and bust.

[Count Steer]

AFAIK Le Creuset make both...enamelled and er, not enamelled (naked?)...cast iron pots.

6 of one really. Cast iron gets freaky hot and is great for searing etc, but it doesn't enjoy having an acidic tomato dish in it for hours on end.

My Cousance isn't enamelled quite like the orange type, it's grey on the outside but has/had a less glassy looking surface than the typical pans on the inside. However, once that goes it's classic slightly sparkly grey crystalline iron which no sort of seasoning will ever seal. The frying pan was orange on the outside but black on the inside.

[cheb]

Any of you cast iron pan lovers want this:



Found in a skip, unbranded, seems undamaged, has been washed. haven't got round to putting it on Ebay yet.

[Count Steer]

Any of you cast iron pan lovers want this:



Found in a skip, unbranded, seems undamaged, has been washed. haven't got round to putting it on Ebay yet.

Got one that looks identical (Sainsbury's). They're currently £21

Postage may be

[Noggin]

I'm fairly sure they do 5/10kg "paint tubs" of it, someone bought a colleague one as a joke leaving present ISTR.

Probably a job for Costco or similar.

I 100% do NOT have space for a 5gk can!!!

[cheb]

Any of you cast iron pan lovers want this:



Found in a skip, unbranded, seems undamaged, has been washed. haven't got round to putting it on Ebay yet.

Got one that looks identical (Sainsbury's). They're currently £21

Postage may be

Is that all. It'll be off to a charity shop then.

[Count Steer]

Any of you cast iron pan lovers want this:



Found in a skip, unbranded, seems undamaged, has been washed. haven't got round to putting it on Ebay yet.

Got one that looks identical (Sainsbury's). They're currently £21

Postage may be

Is that all. It'll be off to a charity shop then.

That's if it's the same sort.

https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/pro ... re-griddle

[David]

Got one that looks identical (Sainsbury's). They're currently £21

Postage may be

Is that all. It'll be off to a charity shop then.

That's if it's the same sort.

https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/pro ... re-griddle

YEP>>>> we have one as well.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Thats the exact one I have, from Sainsbury's. Goes with my TK Maxx casserole and genuine LC frying pan just fine

[cheb]

It looks very similar. It'd be under a tenner to post it.

I hate seeing things like this go to landfill.

[Count Steer]

They're bonzer for steak or bangers (or even halloumi *).

*What did the cheese say when it looked in the mirror? 'Halloumi!'

[cheb]

There's an endorsement for it. I'd keep it had I not got one already.

[Potter]

The standard of driving/riding on UK roads, there were plenty of moments but a few stood out.
If you were near the M4 yesterday on a BMW GS with the reg G15 then I had to slam my brakes on or I would have taken you out as you flitted across three lanes.
I don't think he even realised he'd come that close because he never even looked back.

[Ant]

Facebook market place, trying to sell MTB parts on it is a royal pain, chancers wanting 50% off the list price, wanting it posted at your cost and last week first I had someone waste an entire morning messaging endless questions me about a set of forks before coming over and once he'd explained what he wanted to do with them realised they'd never fit.

Then I had someone message about a frame, we agreed a price and I warned him it'd be costly to post and insure and he agreed to that as well. He wanted to pay via PayPal (no problem) and said he would have the money at the end of the week, I wasn't in any hurry but then he tries to renegotiate the agreed price today and after a bit of profile checking it turns out he's 16 and Paypal rules state you have to be over 18......

That place is brilliant, chancers wanting 50% off or more, as soon as an item is listed. There are a core of surnames on my black list, as they are always nothing but trouble.

What's your best price? I often double the asking price just so that they go away. Questions which can be answered if you read the advert. Sometimes dealing with people is a special task on its own.

I had really special one a couple of weeks ago who got the arse with me because I had sold the item to someone else.

‘But I’ve been here for 20 mins’
‘Where? And why didn’t you let me know when you arrived?’
‘I’m in the back lane and I was waiting for my wife’
‘You should have told me someone else was coming’
‘I think you’ve been really unfair’

Last three messages came through in quick succession

*Block*

That reminds me of one where someone wanted a significant discount because of the distance he'd have to travel. He didn't appear to understand that's entirely his decision and not as a result of me selling an item.

[Ant]

Le Creuset is a total rip off IMO. My no name but 1/4 the cost enamlled casserole is just as good. Probably made in the same factory I think it was TK Maxx but mighta been Sainsburys.

A lot of my stuff is LeCreuset, true, it is ridiculously expensive for what it is, but I just really like it.

[Count Steer]

Le Creuset is a total rip off IMO. My no name but 1/4 the cost enamlled casserole is just as good. Probably made in the same factory I think it was TK Maxx but mighta been Sainsburys.

A lot of my stuff is LeCreuset, true, it is ridiculously expensive for what it is, but I just really like it.

I'm going to check out a replacement for mine on Wednesday. I'll go to the Le Creuset shop and then have a look at the 4.5l Prestige cast iron version @ £55 in Lakeland. I'll see if they feel much different or if eg the bases are the same sort of thickness. At £55 I might just have a punt and see how different it is from my old one in use. If it feels too heavy to carry back to the car then it'll probably be fine.

[Ant]

I love their stainless steel range also.

[Mussels]

I'm up in the midlands at the moment and need to pop down to London for a meeting this week, £235 for a third class return!!!!
How the hell do they think they will get people out of their cars when I can save nearly £200 by driving to Milton keynes and hopping on the train there.

[Taipan]

FB marketplace. The Lady bid herself up to start with and then, well I never bothered replying...