One knife, one pan and one luxury cooking item

[Gandahar]

Ok, so you have washed up on a desert island and the only thing that washed up with you was a pan, a knife and a luxury cooking item...

What do you wish for?

Here's mine

Bourgeat Elite pro non stick frying pan

http://www.nisbets.co.uk/Bourgeat-Elite-Pro-Non-St...

Wusthof classic knife

http://www.wusthof.com/usa/Products/Global-Product...

luxury cooking item ?

iceream maker plus infinite supply of waffle style cones.

[Turn7]

le Creseut 3 ply ally saucepan

Global G48 Santoku knife

Nespresso Pixie and aerocino

[Bonefish Blues]

SKK deep saute pan with lid.

I'll go with the Wusthof too.

Bean to cup machine with endless beans and some electrickery.

[calibrax]

Gandahar said:

luxury cooking item ?

iceream maker plus infinite supply of waffle style cones.

You'd better hope the island already has a load of cows on it for the cream, and a freezer for the ice cream bowl...

[thebraketester]

http://www.wayfair.co.uk/Circulon-30cm-Non-Stick-H...

Something like that... you can use that for almost anything.


I would take my Blok chefs knife. Again, you can use that for cutting anything. Including using it as a machete :-)

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27143826/Food/...



Luxury item. kamado joe BBQ.

[ZedLeg]

An old fashioned Dutch oven with the lipped lid so you can put hot coals on top of it, a decent sized but fairly flexible knife so you can skin animals and a rotating spit.

[Steve H]

I recently got a 9" Saiun Damascus Gyuto, lovely bit of kit - http://www.japanesechefsknife.com/SaiunDamascusSer...

I'm in need of a good pan at the moment, would either of you chaps care to comment on the longevity of the non-stick finish of the ones recommended above? No good being stranded with a pan that sticks after a few months use .

The luxury item from my kitchen would be my induction cooker, may be a bit of an infrastructure issue powering it on an desert island though .

[anonymous-user]

ZedLeg said:

An old fashioned Dutch oven with the lipped lid so you can put hot coals on top of it, a decent sized but fairly flexible knife so you can skin animals and a rotating spit.

I've used a cast iron frying pan on open fires for years, so I'd go with the above. You can clean it with sand and water if needed, and it will never 'lose' it's non-stick. If it does, then it'll re create it with some fat and heat

[Bonefish Blues]

Steve H said:

I'm in need of a good pan at the moment, would either of you chaps care to comment on the longevity of the non-stick finish of the ones recommended above? No good being stranded with a pan that sticks after a few months use .

The SKK's the best I've used, having tried Circulon, Le Creuset & Anolon previously.

[Steve H]

A bit eyewatering for the induction version

[Bonefish Blues]

Steve H said:

A bit eyewatering for the induction version

Best you buy one about 10 years ago

[Steve H]

TBH if I really believed it would say non-stick for ten years I'd be happy with the price but I've been this way before

[Bonefish Blues]

It's not quite as good as it was, but still pretty good, as is its compadre frying pan.

[Cotty]

Gerber Bear Grylls Ultimate Pro Fixed Blade Knife. Comes with sharpener and ferrocerium rod for fire starting
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gerber-Grylls-Ultimate-Fix...

I thought this might be cheating for the pan
http://www.waitrosekitchen.com/cast-iron-cookware/...

luxury cooking item? small herb and spice rack

Edited by Cotty on Wednesday 30th March 21:38

[castex]

No idea what my knives are called. They're good British steel.
Buy right and keep them sharp, that's my advice.
Pans? LeCreuset.
I don't need a luxury cooking item.

[sgrimshaw]

Knife: Big cleaver

Pan: Large Cast Iron pan with lid.

Luxury Item: Nigella Lawson

[TIGA84]

sgrimshaw said:

Knife: Big cleaver

Pan: Large Cast Iron pan with lid.

Luxury Item: Nigella Lawson

I'll have the same but with Florence Knight thanks.

[sgrimshaw]

Good call TIGA84

[PedroB]

Knife: Henckels 30cm Chef's Knife

Pan: 30cm Shallow unenamelled Le Creuset

Luxury item: depends what you class as a luxury really but probably an inexhaustible supply of butter