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"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>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it, the link was no longer valid.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
>
> 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.
>