In article >,
Graham > wrote:

> "Jane Gillett" > wrote in message
> ...
I am old enough to remember the time before non-stick pans
> > were widely available - cleaning frying pans was not an issue. "Wash a
> > frying pan?" It never happened; not in our house anyway; my mother just
> > added more fat when the existing fat dropped too low. Breakfast was
> > fried,
> > often including fried bread which soaked up the fat, and as for health
> > issues, a much larger proportion of the population did active manual work;
> > and, I expect, they had heart attacks.
> >
> Mum used to wash the FP from time to time, I suspect after frying fish. She
> then seasoned it by boiling potato peelings in it leaving a "skin" of
> starch, I suppose.

We had a separate frying pan for fish. That was probably wiped out and the
oil replaced sometimes.

Cheers
jane
> Graham

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Jane Gillett : : Totnes, Devon.