Strange cooking utensils- Fry pan and aluminium boxes
While poking around in a flea market the other day I noticed two
unusual items. One was a rectangular cast iron (frying?) pan, divided lenthwise down the middle with raised ridge and then with one side divided again cross-wise. Overall size would be aaboaut 4 inches X 5 inches. My best guess was that it was some type of frying pan to cook individual servings of bacon and eggs. Has anyone seen anything like this? The other item was, as best I can describe it, two rectangular aluminum pans, about 3 inches X 4 inches and 1.5 inches deep, hinged on one side and with handles on each pan (both handles at the same end). The two pans folded over onto each other but there was no tight seal. This item left me and the flea market owner totally at a loss. Any suggestions as to what this could possible be would be appreciated. BTW, it may not even be a cooking implement, but the guage of alumiium and the handles looked like typical alluminium cooking ware Thanks John Perth Canada |
Strange cooking utensils- Fry pan and aluminium boxes
"JRKRideau" > wrote in message om... > While poking around in a flea market the other day I noticed two > unusual items. One was a rectangular cast iron (frying?) pan, divided > lenthwise down the middle with raised ridge and then with one side > divided again cross-wise. Overall size would be aaboaut 4 inches X 5 > inches. My best guess was that it was some type of frying pan to cook > individual servings of bacon and eggs. Has anyone seen anything like > this? I've seen round skillets like this. They may be useful for camping and for cooking the whole meal at once over a campfire. Ben |
Strange cooking utensils- Fry pan and aluminium boxes
"JRKRideau" > wrote in message om... > While poking around in a flea market the other day I noticed two > unusual items. One was a rectangular cast iron (frying?) pan, divided > lenthwise down the middle with raised ridge and then with one side > divided again cross-wise. Overall size would be aaboaut 4 inches X 5 > inches. My best guess was that it was some type of frying pan to cook > individual servings of bacon and eggs. Has anyone seen anything like > this? I've seen round skillets like this. They may be useful for camping and for cooking the whole meal at once over a campfire. Ben |
Strange cooking utensils- Fry pan and aluminium boxes
On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 08:37:20 -0400, "Ben" > wrote:
> >"JRKRideau" > wrote in message . com... >> While poking around in a flea market the other day I noticed two >> unusual items. One was a rectangular cast iron (frying?) pan, divided >> lenthwise down the middle with raised ridge and then with one side >> divided again cross-wise. Overall size would be aaboaut 4 inches X 5 >> inches. My best guess was that it was some type of frying pan to cook >> individual servings of bacon and eggs. Has anyone seen anything like >> this? > > >I've seen round skillets like this. They may be useful for camping and for >cooking the whole meal at once over a campfire. > >Ben > > We had those when I was younger, only ours were in a light-weight aluminum. Our family used them for camping; which is not to say that that is necessarily what they were made for, but I've mostly seen them at campsites. You could use one of the compartments to heat tinned beans in. Occassionally for fun Mum would let us use them at home on the stove, but the lightweight aluminum wasn't great to cook in. The cast iron ones sound better to cook in, and you could well speculate that those ones weren't necessarily for camping, as would be heavier to carry. |
Strange cooking utensils- Fry pan and aluminium boxes
On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 08:37:20 -0400, "Ben" > wrote:
> >"JRKRideau" > wrote in message . com... >> While poking around in a flea market the other day I noticed two >> unusual items. One was a rectangular cast iron (frying?) pan, divided >> lenthwise down the middle with raised ridge and then with one side >> divided again cross-wise. Overall size would be aaboaut 4 inches X 5 >> inches. My best guess was that it was some type of frying pan to cook >> individual servings of bacon and eggs. Has anyone seen anything like >> this? > > >I've seen round skillets like this. They may be useful for camping and for >cooking the whole meal at once over a campfire. > >Ben > > We had those when I was younger, only ours were in a light-weight aluminum. Our family used them for camping; which is not to say that that is necessarily what they were made for, but I've mostly seen them at campsites. You could use one of the compartments to heat tinned beans in. Occassionally for fun Mum would let us use them at home on the stove, but the lightweight aluminum wasn't great to cook in. The cast iron ones sound better to cook in, and you could well speculate that those ones weren't necessarily for camping, as would be heavier to carry. |
Strange cooking utensils- Fry pan and aluminium boxes
On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 08:37:20 -0400, "Ben" > wrote:
> >"JRKRideau" > wrote in message . com... >> While poking around in a flea market the other day I noticed two >> unusual items. One was a rectangular cast iron (frying?) pan, divided >> lenthwise down the middle with raised ridge and then with one side >> divided again cross-wise. Overall size would be aaboaut 4 inches X 5 >> inches. My best guess was that it was some type of frying pan to cook >> individual servings of bacon and eggs. Has anyone seen anything like >> this? > > >I've seen round skillets like this. They may be useful for camping and for >cooking the whole meal at once over a campfire. > >Ben > > We had those when I was younger, only ours were in a light-weight aluminum. Our family used them for camping; which is not to say that that is necessarily what they were made for, but I've mostly seen them at campsites. You could use one of the compartments to heat tinned beans in. Occassionally for fun Mum would let us use them at home on the stove, but the lightweight aluminum wasn't great to cook in. The cast iron ones sound better to cook in, and you could well speculate that those ones weren't necessarily for camping, as would be heavier to carry. |
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