Question on title cookware

[mumu]

I just talked to someone down south and we were talking and we got talking about my question and the person i was talking to said she calls cake pans down here a cake pot . has anyone else heard this type of term used?


mumu

[Free Rider]

Originally Posted by mumu

I just talked to someone down south and we were talking and we got talking about my question and the person i was talking to said she calls cake pans down here a cake pot . has anyone else heard this type of term used?


mumu

I don't believe you. Now you're just trolling.

[DMT]

Oh no they're not trolling.

I would believe it is more in the order of smoking something...

Like the better part of a nickle bag of pan...

[Mezzaluna]

Just grab the right equipment for the job and don't worry too much about what it's called!

Good luck,
Mezzaluna

[mumu]

I am not SMOKING ANYTHING or TROLLING! I am a newbie in cooking and would like to know things and reason behind questions and if you people have a problem with someone asking questions that u think are silly than i feel very sorry for you. Only way you learn is by asking questions silly or stupid. And by the way i am a christian person and who i was talking to from the south was also a older woman from the same background. She was trying to help ,she also told me down there a pop (soda drink) is called a coke meaning a pepsi , dr.pepper ,mountain dew.
wher here a coke means a coke.

mumu

[Mezzaluna]

No worries, Mumu. Let us know if you have other questions by posting in the best forum for your question.

[mumu]

my qustion still applies, if there is a certain forum to ask these questions than please tell me.

mumu

[mumu]

still no answer on some rec. seen dutch oven pot/pan . does anyone know what or why they would put pot/pan after the vessel to use?

thanks
mumu

[m brown]

I googled pot set and pan set and found pretty much the same things, cookware.
Never heard of a cake pot, but then I don't get out much.
I would chalk it up to regional differnces.

Are you looking for a spacific item?

[mumu]

thanks for the reply. Am i looking for a certain item ,no . Just some answers, like i stated before. Why people call frying pan or skillet a pot when most people call it a pan ,has to be a reason. And why after a dutch oven have pot/pan,meaning what... use a dutch oen( pot/pan.)

mumu.

[Mezzaluna]

Mumu, they could call a pan "pot" (and vice versa) because of their local dialect, a family tradition or just because they don't know the correct term. I guess what you call it matters less than using it well to make tasty food.

[Free Rider]

Originally Posted by Mezzaluna

...............I guess what you call it matters less than using it well to make tasty food.

yes, yes yes!


I lived in the south of the USA for a good long time and never, never heard anyone use the term "cake pot". Just to be sure, I googled the term "cake pot" and came up with nothing. I don't think it is a regional term at all. Soooo, if you're not smoking anything, Mumu, I will humbly and politely suggest that perhaps the person who gave you that term was.

Mezzaluna is right. Who cares what it's called as long as you get something tasty out of it.

[mumu]

Free rider,

This lady is 65years young and only thing she is high on is god. Answers would be nice and PLEASE keep the remarks to your self .THANKS. By the way she is from tenn. and lived their all her life.


MUMU

[mumu]

Hi,
Just in case u people thought i was making up a cake pot ,well here under ronco rotisserie is a chili pot not like u think its a pan .look for yourself ,but its called a chili pot. Like a cake pot?HMMMM!(Ronco Showtime Rotisserie Chili pot)



mumu

[mudbug]

Originally Posted by mumu

Thats why i was wandering how pots and pans differ from the "usual "way we know pots and pans. Still wandering why some people call a skillet or fry pan a pot when i know it as a pan?????? Juat learning to cook and I am the type of person who likes to know why! If can help with any suggestions feel free too, same with any one else.

mumu,

I believe you are getting answers, but you might not be willing to accept the answers you have presented with. The people you were raised with and the area you grew up in will differ from the experiences of other humans around this country and others. The etymology of terms evolves over time. Some terms are colloquial (specific to certain areas/regions) others are just what your elders learned based on how they were raised. These terms may or may not be absolutely accurate, but as SushiGaijin, Mezzaluna, and others said above, these terms are common names.

For instance, if you want a Coca Cola, Dr. Pepper, Sprite, Pepsi, etc. you can say the brand name or you can generalize with a common term such as cola, soda, soda pop, pop, etc. All are common names which are indicative to region. The northern part of the US usually calls it something different than the southern part of the US, etc.

People call an item whatever they call it based on who and where they learned it from. It's that simple. It usually is not an issue of whether they are right or wrong when the use is as a common name.

Regarding the searches you are doing, if you read further, you'll find that "pot sets" are often directly related to use such as "stock pot set", "rice pot set", "pasta pot set", etc. All of which require higher sides in order to hold the volume of the contents.

In summary, the answer to your question is that you are referring to common names.

This is similar to the reason why Latin names when used in reference to plants are much preferred over the common names of plants. Why? Because then we know exactly which plant is being referred to. Common names vary according to regions, countries, continents and sometimes even from one garden to another.

"Sorting out Miscanthus sinensis is very challenging. For instance we have seen it referred to as Eulalia grass, Maiden grass, Silver grass, Japanese plume grass, Japanese silver grass and Chinese silver grass. Chasmanthium latifolium is also known as Northern sea oats, Spangle grass, Inland sea oats and Wild oats. See the problem?

Then there is a single common name that is given to two different grasses, such as Bunchgrass (Schizachyrium scoparium and Sporobolus heterolepis). So common names are not very useful to nurseries! Can you imagine ordering bunchgrass, thinking you were getting a tall plant, but ending up with a short one?"

If you use the Latin name, there is no question of what plant is being referred to no matter where you are in the world.

But then... while cookware terminology can get quite specific, it hasn't been standardized by a scientific community so that the terms are universal worldwide.