New Skillets

I went shopping today to help keep the economy afloat. Not the best day to do it; it's tax-free weekend and the crowds were big and the lines long. But I picked up a Martha Stewart nonstick 9-1/2 inch omelet pan for $13 (half-price) and a KitchenAid 12-inch nonstick skillet for $17 (regularly $50).

I know they're probably not "gourmet" enough, but I'm happy with the deals I got. I just hope my guests won't complain that their omelet tastes like it was cooked in a Martha Stewart pan or their entree tastes kind of KitchenAidy.

Heck, at that price you can hardly go wrong! If the skillets last you a year and no more, you have your money's worth.

[Jenise]

I went shopping today to help keep the economy afloat. Not the best day to do it; it's tax-free weekend and the crowds were big and the lines long. But I picked up a Martha Stewart nonstick 9-1/2 inch omelet pan for $13 (half-price) and a KitchenAid 12-inch nonstick skillet for $17 (regularly $50).

I know they're probably not "gourmet" enough, but I'm happy with the deals I got. I just hope my guests won't complain that their omelet tastes like it was cooked in a Martha Stewart pan or their entree tastes kind of KitchenAidy.

Hey, I've got about ten skillets. Only one's an All-Clad. Bob thought once he got me the All Clad I'd throw all the other no-names out. WRONG!

Good scores.

I went shopping today to help keep the economy afloat. Not the best day to do it; it's tax-free weekend and the crowds were big and the lines long.

So when we reduce (or in this case eliminate) taxes it drives increased consumer spending? Who would have known that reducing taxes would stimulate the economy!

Nice deal on the pans. I found a KitchenAid knife on clearance and have found it to be a nice knife. Hopefully your pan is of the same quality.

It was tax-free on school supplies and related stuff. One year I bought a laptop and saved over $60.

See what I mean? If taxes were not so high, more people would be likely to purchase a laptop that they could then save $60 on to spend elsewhere.

Ironically, the schools are starting to complain because the loss of taxes underfunds their schools.

When I first moved to NM, the sales tax was on everything--and I mean everything--doctor's bills, groceries. The taxes were removed from those, but the rate had to go up. Unfortunately, the money has to come from somewhere.

Ironically, the schools are starting to complain because the loss of taxes underfunds their schools.

Touché and you make a very good point.

A few years ago, my village significantly raised my taxes because school enrolment increased. Even though I do not have children, I happily paid the increased tax. Who would not want well funded and good schools in their village? The next year my village taxes were also significantly increased because they claimed school enrolment actually decreased. When I asked the village Mayor why taxes would go up, when school enrolment went down he said that when enrolment goes down the village receives less funding from the State. When I told him my State taxes went up as well, he could not come up with an explanation.

It's so simple: just make a boatload of money and most of your tax worries will disappear.

Still haven't used my skillets--just looking at them.

I recently bought a skillet a size larger than I intended. It's an 11" skillet, which is appreciably wider and shallower than the 10" it was meant to replace. And the lid from the 10" does NOT fit.

But I am starting to like it a lot! Food isn't so crowded and I have more room to get the spatula in and amongst for flipping. From the pile of not-so-useful cooking gear I've retrieved a wide mesh spatter-stopper to use as a lid. It is also working much better than I recall it... sort of a semi-permeable top, which is a good thing because I am often frustrated by condensation on solid lids.

Live and learn, even if by accident.