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| Islay |
Come talk to me about bakeware. Please!I'm about to replace our tragic and worn out Sainsbury's value loaf tins and baking trays, and I want to get some decent bakeware that will last a lifetime (or as close to it as possible). I bake a lot, all our own bread, bread products, cakes, etc etc etc, so I'd rather spend a bit of extra money for something long lasting and nice to use.My immediate need is for a couple of loaf tins, but I also need some smallish baking trays of varying depth (bread rolls, tray bakes and so on). I'm vaguely contemplating some silicone stuff, but a bit scared of it. Any ideas? Recommendations? Avoidance tips? |
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| gil |
I don't know about new, good bakeware, but you can sometimes find old-style loaf tins with double bottoms etc in charity / junk shops.
There was a thread about baking tins somewhere on here before. Let me see if I can find it. *potters off into Search* |
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| gil |
here's one thread about stockpots / bread tins
baking trays |
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| Gawber |
Re: Come talk to me about bakeware. Please!
Silicone.....NNNOOOOOOooooooooooo - it's sort of freakily too good to be true. Stick with good quality enamel baking trays - easy to keep clean and are just as non-stick as non-stick if used properly. Bread Tins are also personal choice but I prefer old fashioned steel ones rather than non-stick. |
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| Gervase |
Mermaid hard anodised baking trays from the splendid Samuel Groves Ltd of Birmingham. Absolutely brilliant; the dog's danglers in fact, and almost indestructible. You can get them through Amazon or from the mothership. Sorry, I meant John Lewis.. | ||
| Islay |
gil - thanks for finding those other threads, I'll check them out, along with the charity shops!
Ian - I kind of feel the same about silicone, but i'm wondering whether I'm just being silly and rejecting something purely because it's new Gervase - they look lovely. Bit worried about non-stick though, as even the very expensive non-stick things I have seem to lose their non-stickiness after four or five years. Have you used the mermaid ones for a long time? |
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| wellington womble |
I'm just starting out with silicone. It has definite advantages (like being rolled up and shoved in a cupboard) I've only got a couple of tart 'tins' I got in a sale, and I'm actually very pleased with them.
But they're still a bit weird, I agree. Like seeing tennis played with people wearing coloured clothes. |
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| Gervase |
The oldest pan I use is about 10 years old and is still absolutely fine. The non-stick quality is not a PTFE coating; it's in the nature of the anodising. I clean these suckers with stainless steel scourers, and nothing seems to worry them. | ||
| alice |
Regarding bread tins in particular, I've had all sorts over the years, from cheap and tinny to mouth-puckeringly expensive, and they've all performed perfectly well - BUT... I never wash them, I oil them occassionally, and I NEVER USE THEM FOR ANYTHING ELSE. | ||
| gil |
Yes, very good point, Alice. |
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| Islay |
10 years is the kind of use I'm looking for! They're sounding like front runners so far.
I don't think I use my bread tins for anything <<frantic brain racking>> but I will make sure I don't! |
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| judith |
I'm also reluctantly coming to the conclusion that it's actually quite good. Particularly for things like muffin tins as it means that you don't have to faff about with paper cases. The wibbly-wobbliness is sometimes a bit disconcerting, but overall they are dashed effective. But for bread, it has to be a nice solid, traditional loaf tin and nothing else will do. |
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| wellington womble |
The muffin cases are brilliant. You can get silicone cake cases, which are the equivalent of paper cake cases and tins in one, but not stuck together like a muffin tin is. Much easier to store, or mix and match with, as you just put them on a baking tin. | ||
| shopgirlsue |
 is there any other shop.
My brother-in-law admitted a few years ago that he knew he was getting old when he found himself saying he could get everything he needed in life from John Lewis 
Sorry - sod all to do with baking tins but made me laugh |
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| Nick |
You can take the boy out of London.... |
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| Gervase |
I could have said Peter Jones instead, just to be really parochial! | ||
| Islay |
Ah, John Lewis. I spent many a happy hour there pretending I had money to spend when I was a student.
Incidentally, I think I'm going to get one of the Samuel Groves loaf tins, and some silicone muffin trays or cases, then I can use both and see which one I like the most over the next few months before investing in a second loaf tin. Gosh, I am so prematurely middle aged. |
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| colour it green |
im kinda against the silicone too.. its just not right....
but I did succumb and buy some silcone muffin cases.. they are ace. go in the dishwasher etc. buying papercases was difficult here in the sticks.. but now i have my reusable ones |
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| Bugs |
I knew I read about the silicone muffin cases somewhere, I sceptically bought some from Lidl today, and actually they are really good. Plus you could fit a lot more in the oven in one go  . I still maintain 'tes witchcraft and flying in the face of nature, but all the same I'm going to buy a few more 
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| Cathryn |
I have some heart shaped ones (pink as well ). I cannot get on with them. They stick, nothing comes out of them cleanly. Am I doing something wrong I wonder?
I need to get some bun trays, the type Gervase has recommended. I put a tray of jam tarts in the top of rayburn on Saturday night and remembered them at lunchtime on Sunday.
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