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  Posted by ken-71 (U2340356) on Friday, 18th November 2005

  Looking to buy a large cooking pot to do fruits, jams, and for wine making...not having bought one ever, is it good value...
  
  

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  Posted by Obelixx (U2157162) on Friday, 18th November 2005

  Hi Ken. I have a whole set of this kind of pan in assorted models and sizes. They're very good. If you do get a sticky mess in th ebottom, just soak it overnight in a solution of Ariel or other bionic powder. The enzyme action that cleans clothes also cleans the pan without the need for scratching with a scourer.

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  Posted by Toadspawn (U2334298) on Friday, 18th November 2005

  Ken - I have had a traditional jam-pan for many years. It is made of aluminium or something similar but you can get them made of stainless steel. There is no lid and the top is wider than the bottom which makes skimming and stirring easy. You can still get them from many cook-ware outlets and I think they are good value but more expensive than the one you show. However, you might be able to pick one up cheaply at a car-boot sale or a junk shop rather than an antique shop.
  The one in the picture is a cook-pot and can be used for anything. I have a set which also double up as saucepans and the largest one is used for stews in the winter and for cooking bulky things.
  It may not be particularly useful for wine making, possibly too small. I found a large (5 gal) polythene bucket with a tight fitting lid was good for the initial fermentation until it was transferred to a glass fermentation jar.

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  Posted by ken-71 (U2340356) on Friday, 18th November 2005

  Muchas Grassious..will go for it...Always good quality stuff at Lidl..do they have them in Belgium, Ob., and my neighbour has just given me a stainless steel brewery barrel,firkin size, think if I drill off the top that might make something.
  Do most of beer fermenting in that sort of plastic vessel, toadspawn, using heat of the summer in the greenhouse.
  Have a seperate slow cooker too, brilliant invention, just done mince with whole small onions,taters, carrots, pinch of salt/pepper and an oxo.
  We ought to have a cookery section, with posts coming to the top of the board each time, lends itself.

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  Posted by Plocket (U684859) on Friday, 18th November 2005

  Hi Ken! That pan looks like excellent value. You might find that it is't big enough though, and if you want it for making jam the heat disperses better with a pan that has a bigger base. Personally I'd go for it - at that price it's much cheaper than a jam-pan/preserving pan and surely worth a go.

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  Posted by Lord Steve (U2064703) on Friday, 18th November 2005

  Muchas Grassious 
  
  Sounds like a good name for a prairie nursery!

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  Posted by William (U2169036) on Friday, 18th November 2005

  Muchas Grassious 
  
  Sounds like a good name for a prairie nursery! 
  
  Or for a shop selling pot(s)

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  Posted by princessanabana (U2421659) on Friday, 18th November 2005

  Recently been to Amsterdam (or Crete?)

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  Posted by William (U2169036) on Friday, 18th November 2005

  Recently been to Amsterdam (or Crete?) 
  
  Hi PrincessAnabana,
  
  I live some 20 km south of Amsterdam and sometimes go there to make a living .... Not garden related though ...
  
  

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  Posted by princessanabana (U2421659) on Friday, 18th November 2005

  OK - didn't realise you were a plumber / builder / electrician. Any ideas re non-toxic berries - husband is annoyed that gargen is toxic but didnn't expect kids to move in and I won't be here during day to watch out - will try to child proof existing plants but need ideas going forward,

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  Posted by William (U2169036) on Friday, 18th November 2005

  I think it's better to garden proof children than childproof gardens. Depending on their age I suppose they should learn not to eat plants they don't know to be safe.
  
  I suppose you don't exclusively let them wander about in your own garden but that they are allowed out into 'the wild world' of parks woodlands and near the gardens of others... where you can't control the planting

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  Posted by princessanabana (U2421659) on Friday, 18th November 2005

  Never out of my sight - but have Skimia, Virburnum, Wintersweet, Pyracantha to contend with. Have a herb pot which I encourage them with but they are only 2.5 and 1.5 -bright berries attract them. Don't want to give up my plants ( hubby wants me to off load them - plants not kids) he thinks I'm stupid to grow them- oh well - back to teaching them what they can touch & whay they can't.

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  Posted by ken-71 (U2340356) on Saturday, 19th November 2005

  Talking of pans and toxic, I regularly clean my aluminium pressure cooker with rhubarb.
  Sounds dangerous, Anna, or at least have an antidote ready.
  

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  Posted by William (U2169036) on Saturday, 19th November 2005

  You could try netting bits of the garden, in the same way fruit is protected against birds,

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  Posted by ken-71 (U2340356) on Tuesday, 22nd November 2005

  This is the cookpot 8 litres...and a slow cooker, priced at £18....fantastic value.
  
  
  
  
  Might just put flowers in the pot...too nice for cooking.

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  Posted by ken-71 (U2340356) on Tuesday, 22nd November 2005

  ....and this....is in a private garden
  
  
  

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  Posted by Obelixx (U2157162) on Tuesday, 22nd November 2005

  Anna - I feel it is safest in the long run to teach children to avoid bad things in life. I have a garden with a large pond and all sorts of potentially lethal plants - aconitum, foxgloves, assorted berries - but have taught my daughter not to touch and not to stray off the grass either. It's easy enough, especially if there are distractions like garden toys and swings and stuff. We also have a strawberry patch and told her she could eat those whenever she saw a red one looking ripe. It's worked a treat.

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  Posted by princessanabana (U2421659) on Wednesday, 23rd November 2005

  Thanks for that - thinking of growing some veggies in pots for them in spring - will add strawberries to list. Sadly garden is too tiny - no grass and no room for swings - our best game is moving pots to hunt for bugs! Wish I'd discovered gardening when my children were young.......... PA

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