This business about needing new pans for an induction hob can be misleading.
When we had our new kitchen I thought we’d have to get all new pans, but much to my delight I found that as long as they pass the magnet test they’re fine.
So I didn’t actually ever buy new pans as we’ve got half induction and half gas, and I’ve a dear little mouse magnet which I use to test the pan if I forget which ones are suitable!
Interestingly enough a few really old saucepans pass the test but a brand new frying pan from Marks did not.
When I got my induction hob, I knew I’d need to get new pans.
When I had tested my set of stellar stainless steel saucepans, the only one that passed the magnet test was the smallest one.
I thought it was odd that 1 pan had a magnetic bottom while the rest of the set didn’t because I bought them as one whole set many years ago.
…I’m thinking about getting a gardener in to clear my garden of leaves, I’ve had them before, when I felt so overwhelmed by it all…won’t be cheap though…maybe I’ll have a word with my son, he can pay for it,
I had mine serviced for me last week,…this guy who is my mechanic, has a oil filled fire in his garage…massive great big thing it is, he uses all the old oil out of the cars to keep it running, I couldn’t believe how warm it was in his garage…warmer than my house…he sorted my oil and my antifreeze,
It’s the tyre pressure I don’t like doing, guy in the petrol station will help me, he did before when I had a car.
Why clean your oven when no germ can survive those high temperatures? Luckily, my oven is self clean. If needs be, I clean the oven door with a crumpled piece of foil with Jif/Cif on it.
I do all the jobs l can, myself. I even unblock the sewage pipe when necessary with long brushes. I did have to resort to paying Dynarod once as the blockage was in the third chamber where I have a non return valve and l lost a brush!
Otherwise l am lucky that l have male friends who will help me at any time.
I do my own tyre pressures, check the oil, fill up window squirters, and wash my own car.
I do as much as I can for myself, because labour is so expensive.
When my parents were alive they had a house in Cornwall as well as one in Surrey This was originally my grans house left to them then on to me. At the time the next door neighbour a builder did a lot of work for Truro council, One of the jobs he did was house drain blockages. He had one partcular woman who constantly complained about her drain being blocked. Apparently so I was told She said to him " I can’t understand why my drain keeps geeting blocked".
Now Eric the builder had the same type of humour as me,and I still after all these years still have to smile to myself
He said to her " Lady ,there is one very good reason why your house drain keeps getting blocked. The size of the drain is only 3 inches and you must have a 6 inch arse"
When Sue my wife got her first car she had great difficulity in topping up the car engine oil. Her dad put her right and told her you don’t top it up via the dip stick hole
I have a problem with items (like oven) that say self cleaning. I wind up cleaning them myself, because I don’t trust they’re clean. The only thing I have truly seen that is self cleaning is a bar of soap.
Plus the racks need cleaning, well, mine do, can’t stand greasy ovens or racks, mine is self cleaning, supposedly, I keep some of the oven pride ,then use it on the sides, back and bottom of the oven,…I’ve seen a few friends self cleaning ovens and there filthy covered in grease,…
I had mine, electric hob & both ovens professional cleaned a few weeks ago. The man did an amazing job, can now see where the rings are, the oven door is clean & I can see what’s cooking & it all works better too. I had rather let it go.
The funny thing was he spotted a large sized new metal Robin on the window sill & asked me if it was for sale, well, yes, it had been, it was one we had left over from a fair we’d done, back in 2019, daughter & I, I’d put it there because we’d wanted the box, along with two metal Blue Tits & a Lizard also in the said box. So I explained & he said I’ll buy it from you & take £5 off my bill. I agreed rapidly. Sadly he didn’t want the other items.
I now have to keep all the appliances of science in very clean condition, so, I went & bought new pots too.
How do you know that no matter what the product is if it says “self cleaning” it’s a lie. How do I know? If the blasted thing was self cleaning I wouldn’t have to dust it off.
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