On Thu, 25 Jul 2013 16:15:41 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>I just ordered a metal, deep lasagna pan. Thank you Sheldon for the link!
>I did not get the one you posted at Amazon but the deeper one at OSP/Brylane
>Home. The link for it showed below but when I tried to order it, the link
>was no longer valid. I did however track it down and I also ordered this:
>
>http://www.brylanehome.com/decor/4Ot...3&StyleNo=0385
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>So I should be set for a while at least with pots and pans. But... It
>occurred to me just now that I rarely use any of my smaller pans any more.
>I guess my microwave has replaced those things! Used to be if I needed to
>reheat a leftover, I would use the oven or the top of the stove. Now I
>rarely reheat leftovers this way. Perhaps soup because if done in the
>microwave, the container I use gets too hot.
>
>I do have a large Revereware Dutch Oven but they do not make Revereware like
>they used to. Hopefully this will work better. Mostly I use my two
>Circulon pans, one being like a deep skillet and the other more of a rounded
>shape but still like a skillet, my Rachael Ray pasta pot or my old
>Revereware pan that I pop popcorn in. I tend to use that for other things
>too. Rice, heating a can of soup, etc. I think I have only pulled out my
>smaller pans maybe a few times since I moved here.
>
>Do you find that you use your pans less now, if you have a microwave? I
>realize that not all people here do have them. My mom doesn't cook a lot
>but when she does, she seems to use a lot of pans. Perhaps more than I
>would if I were to make the same meal.

I have a microwave, and it is used mainly for the following:

- making oatmeal for breakfast
- re-heating leftovers
- defrosting meat

My set of pots has a steamer, and I use that just about every day.
It's quite big, so I can put in 3-4 different types of vegetables to
steam at the same time.

I use my smallest pans for boiled eggs. I boil eggs at least three
times a week. Also, my husband will warm up soup in the small pan.

Doris
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