The Bialetti cookware company sent me two 12” nanoceramic nonstick frying pans. One was for me to futz around with at home, and the other was to be given away to readers. This sexy pan is a $40 value, and yours for the taking if you meet my Frugal Reader Cooking Challenge, as outlined below.
- Chris Onstad
- The Bialetti Aeternum Could Be Yours.
CONTEST: You can’t swing a dead cat in this town without doing so relatively near a Plaid Pantry (try it sometime). “The Plaid” is inexpensive, ubiquitous, always open, and stocked with a fairly consistent set of goods. Think up a complete sweet or savory dish using only edibles from this store, mail your idea (and perhaps photos of your experiments, if you actually test it?) to chris@portlandmercury.com, and we’ll test out the best-sounding ones. The winner will be announced here in one week, and then told to come pick up their fancy new pan.
The pan will just be in an area; there will be no ceremony.
UH HUH, YOU MIGHT WANT TO KEEP THIS ON THE DOWNLOW… MY CAST IRON WILL BEAT THIS FRYING PAN TO DEATH AND THEN GO ON TO KILL YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY IF YOU KEEP THIS UP. NOT A THREAT. JUST MY CAST IRON COOKWEAR IS REALLY JEALOUS OF THESE NEW UPSTARTS.
This looks way easier to clean than my cast iron.
This looks way easier to clean than my cast iron.
This looks easier to clean than my cast iron.
BROWSER FART
Strip club cuisine, the Plaid…what’s next, best dish made from road kill and cooked with sterno?
STFU TODD.
This looks easier to clean than CC’s cast iron.
Not oven safe. Not worth the bother.
Squirrel tails, fried unshaven?
@ atomic, you can say that again.
@CC: IF YOUR CAST IRON IS HARD TO CLEAN, THEN YOU’RE USING IT WRONG.
@Tommy, most frying pans are oven safe. You just need to wrap the handle in alum. foil. I finish my frittata under the broiler this way and it puffs up beautifully.
@Graham, I’ll have to talk to you about cast iron care. I’ve given up on mine. I kind of want to goodwill it and start over.
Is there a reason I should give half a shit about cast iron if I’m not cooking meat on it?