Calling all Spaniards

[ATAG_Highseas]

This is important and I'm getting mixed feedback from my Spanish friends. Most of whom don't cook... (which is actually nonsence... they all claim that and are all brilliant at it none the less) so... teh question:

its a simple question based around the materaisl used in the humble paella dish


Plain steel or enameled?

What does your grandma use? Grandmas know everything !

[ATAG_Freya]

Can't you just throw it in a plastic bowl and nuke it?

[ATAG_Lewis]

Yummy...

[ATAG_Highseas]

Can't you just throw it in a plastic bowl and nuke it?

no... no


just NO !!

[Maru]

You can use any wide pan, the most important thing are the ingredients

My mother cooks it on this 91Sq7HHcvkL._SL1500_.jpg and its sooo delicious , or this one if we are outside CDAC5758_1.jpg

[ATAG_Highseas]

You can use any wide pan, the most important thing are the ingredients

My mother cooks it on this 91Sq7HHcvkL._SL1500_.jpg and its sooo delicious , or this one if we are outside CDAC5758_1.jpg

cast iron frying pan has previosusly been my go to "Valencia Approximation Equivelent #1".

but.... today I got a propper Spanish made pan. An enameled one.

Will be test driving it tomorrow evening


YUMMMM !!!!!

[ATAG_Lewis]

Don't listen Maru...Hes not Espana...Hes a sloth from Mars...Check his avatar locale

[ATAG_Highseas]

Don't listen Maru...Hes not Espana...Hes a sloth from Mars...Check his avatar locale

I put those guys in my Cataplana as it goes.

But NEVER in my Paella !

[Maru]

Im a super secret specimen on mars, if I keep telling you, I will have to kill you..

I might be cute but.. IM VERY DANGEROUS!

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[DerDa]

Maru, the last of the Megatheriums.

(Wiki: Megatherium (/mɛɡəˈθɪəriəm/ meg-ə-THEER-ee-əm from the Greek mega [μέγας], meaning "great", and therion [θηρίον], "beast") was a genus of elephant-sized ground sloths endemic to South America, sometimes called the giant ground sloth)
Certainly dangerous, but cute?



Highseas, if you mean to ask real grandmas, not those charming young ladies of my age who happen to have grandchildren, I think the answer can only be cast iron.

I do have a pot, inherited from my mum, that weighs about a ton. It is indestructible and perfect not only for spanish stuff, but for anything like goulash, gumbo, chili con carne, bigosh, stew etc.
And another big advantage: my wife can't throw it at me (at least not very far ...)

[ATAG_Highseas]

Maru, the last of the Megatheriums.

(Wiki: Megatherium (/mɛɡəˈθɪəriəm/ meg-ə-THEER-ee-əm from the Greek mega [μέγας], meaning "great", and therion [θηρίον], "beast") was a genus of elephant-sized ground sloths endemic to South America, sometimes called the giant ground sloth)
Certainly dangerous, but cute?



Highseas, if you mean to ask real grandmas, not those charming young ladies of my age who happen to have grandchildren, I think the answer can only be cast iron.

I do have a pot, inherited from my mum, that weighs about a ton. It is indestructible and perfect not only for spanish stuff, but for anything like goulash, gumbo, chili con carne, bigosh, stew etc.
And another big advantage: my wife can't throw it at me (at least not very far ...)

I have a load of cast iron cookware. its non stick. not stick, and... well both of those things... so...

what i want to know is about the best paella pan.

and next week we move to Portugal an talk Cataplana... but i've have that one covered for about 18 years now !!


come on on Spaniards....

now is your time !!!!


it's a paella dish-off




(tumble weed floats across a gastronomic tundra)

[Pienoir]

The material of the paella with which it is made - we were very close to buying a stainless steel paella pan. We were already walking to the cashier to pay and at the last moment we changed our decision. The stainless steel paella pan is super good and will serve for many years. But you have to know how to keep it. After cooking the paella, you have to clean the paella pan, put some olive oil in the paella pan and put it in a plastic bag. You have to do it so that next time when we use it, the food / paella does not come out with a metallic taste. And also this paella pan only serves to prepare paella.

http://www.olequerecetas.com/que-paellera-elegir


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[Artist]

After cooking the paella, you have to clean the paella pan, put some olive oil in the paella pan and put it in a plastic bag. You have to do it so that next time when we use it, the food / paella does not come out with a metallic taste. And also this paella pan only serves to prepare paella.

Good advice - here are mine after about 20 years of usage: The small 2-person, and the big 10-person. For the latter a special gas-ring with a bottle is needed.
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[PreyStalker]

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Here's one I made earlier


Last Sunday in fact !

I'm not a Spaniard, but I live in Spain if that counts. I use this multipurpose nonstick pan and it's great.

I like the bottom of my paella to be well done but that's a pain in the arse to clean in metal pans. All it needs is a bit of a soak and it washes off nicely in a nonstick

[ATAG_Highseas]

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Here's one I made earlier


Last Sunday in fact !

I'm not a Spaniard, but I live in Spain if that counts. I use this multipurpose nonstick pan and it's great.

I like the bottom of my paella to be well done but that's a pain in the arse to clean in metal pans. All it needs is a bit of a soak and it washes off nicely in a nonstick

Me too. A bit of cripsy base is a good thing i think.

Im test driving mine tonight....

[DerDa]

I'm hungry!
https://www.galileo.tv/app/uploads/2016/04/kueken-1.jpg

[Kayo]

Stop this!!!!!

I get hungry.

Need paella NOW! Haven't had it for years.

[ATAG_Highseas]

It's good that we share other interests. !

I might take some of my pans and maybe even some crockery to Duxford to show the guys.

[Kayo]

It's good that we share other interests. !

I might take some of my pans and maybe even some crockery to Duxford to show the guys.

Oh, in that case I’ll come to Duxford this year and bring my swabian Spätzlespresse with me!

[Erpr.Gr.210_Mölders]

This thread should be closed around lunch and supper time, damn! ( Now I need to order to my attendant " Fritz " to cook it immediately...I'm hungry!!!! )

[ATAG_Colander]

Just FYI, paella translates to "for her"

[ATAG_Highseas]

Just FYI, paella translates to "for her"

and she loved it... so

[ATAG_Highseas]

Oh, in that case I’ll come to Duxford this year and bring my swabian Spätzlespresse with me!

yum !!

with pfeffelinge and boar ! perfect !!

[xoriguer]

Oooh! a thread with photos of ugly paellas, I would like to contribute.

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As a side note, paella is the name of the recipient, it means pan in valencian.