Question on title cookware

[mumu]

Hi,
I was wandering why catalog places sell cookware called either pan set or pot set,when i thought only pans were shallow and not deep with a long handle and a pot deep with handles on both sides. I would think pan sets only had pans no pots and pot all pots no pans. ALSO was wandering why after in a cookbook seen use dutch oven pot/pan, what does that mean po/pan?

THANKS A NEWBIE
mumu

[SushiGaijin]

hey,

Common names for cooking equipment are just that - common. Some are more common than others, I have never had anyone not know what a fork was.

What i call a chinois might just be a sieve for someone else, or a strainer for someone else. Once i asked for a collander and was given a pen and a notebook because the calender was downstairs.

My point is that a person cannot assume much about an item based upon it's name. It is what it is, and that may not be what it is called. What is that shakespeare quote about "a rose by any other name?" (just occured to me that might not be the actual quote, but you get the idea.)

Dutch ovens *traditionally* are large pots of heavy material, cast iron comes to mind, with a recessed lid so that hot coals can be shoveled on top. These days it is difficult to find that old style, and most dutch ovens are merely heavy roasters with lids.

good luck.

Erik.

[mumu]

thanks for reply.But i still would like more feed back from others. There has to be a answer. I asked someone who told me they refer to a frying pan and a skillet as the same type of pot. I asked why they refer to these as a pot, because i would refer to them as a pan. Thier answer was dont know just do. There has to be an explaination. Also why in a recipe says dutch oven[ pot/pan] meaning what?


Thanks mumu

[mumu]

Hi,
do people refer to pans as pots? So am i right to think these two terms are interchanageable. Thats why before someone called a skillet a pot? So in some cases pan and pot mean the same.

mumu

[mumu]

anyone reading this thread pleaase comment on the question. I am new in cooking and would like peoples come back.
mumu

[Mezzaluna]

(oops- duplicate post)

[Mezzaluna]

Hello Mumu.

To me, a pot has steep sides. It may have one long handle, two short ones, or one long one with a short "helper" handle.
http://images.google.com/images?q=tb...1.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
http://images.google.com/images?q=tb.../11438_med.jpg (Note smaller "helper" handle)
http://images.google.com/images?q=tb...pot_59_387.jpg (cast iron Dutch oven)

To me, a pan is wider with shallow sides. (I won't get into baking pans here!)

[mumu]

the main qustion is, do people call pans pots? LIKE A SKILLET REFERED TO A POT. also can someone tell me what it means when have dutch oven pot/pan after it what does pot/pan mean?

thanks

[Free Rider]

I have never seen "pot set" or "pan set" used in a catalog when referring to a set of pots and pans. I've seen plenty of "cookware sets". I think usage may be regional as you have seen something different. This is a language question and not a cookware question, in other words. My usage of the terms "pot" and "pan" is the same as Mezzaluna's.

[mumu]

Freerider,
on the internet if u type in pot set and pan set and cookware set you will see the different names.


mumu

[Free Rider]

Originally Posted by mumu

Freerider,
on the internet if u type in pot set and pan set and cookware set you will see the different names.


mumu

Did so and, no, it didn't come up with pans in a pot set or pots in a pan set. Lots of tea pot sets though. I have a feeling you're looking at the advertisements that repeat what you have put in your search terms.

[mumu]

Free rider,
I just went there to google and typed in pot sets and another time type in pans set and each set comes up with the same equipment in both.

thanks, mumu

[mumu]

Free rider,
One is called revere pot set 14 pc. its in a company called overstock.
mumu

[Free Rider]

Originally Posted by mumu

Free rider,
One is called revere pot set 14 pc. its in a company called overstock.
mumu

If you look at the description below, it does not refer to the set as a "pot set". Overstock has slipped the word "pot" in because everything else just says "set", which would throw off their search function. Even on the Revere website, they just say "set". If it really gets to you that someone at Overstock used the word "pot set" for this particular product instead of "cookware set", send them an e-mail about it. They describe the contents of the set clearly. I copied it below for your review:

Get every pot and pan you need for your kitchen with the high quality Revere 14-piece stainless steel set.

This all-inclusive Revere set features extra heavy-duty 18/10 stainless steel and a tri-ply aluminum core for quick and even heat distribution. Get the entire set for a fraction of the retail price.

Get everything for your kitchen at one low price with Overstock.com.

Set includes:

• 1-qt. saucepan and cover
• 1.5-qt. saucepan and cover
• 2-qt. saucepan and cover
• 3-qt. saucepan and cover
• 6-qt. stock pot and cover
• 9-in. open skillet
• 3-pc. bowl set

[mumu]

Free rider,

Its funny u mention on e mail them ,because when i first seen their catalog i did just that. Their reply was the manufacture tells them what to call them, and they say right on the box it says pot set and they even said they have by the same cop. a set called pan set and another printed on the box called a cookware set. They also said i could email rival but would be told the same thing ,this is whats printed on the box. 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.

THANKS,
MUMU