How precious are you about your milk saucepan?

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GregP Dec 2017 2:29pm, 27 Dec 2017 98,415 posts	0 GregP Would you heat frozen peas in it, for example?
GregP Dec 2017 2:29pm, 27 Dec 2017 98,416 posts	0 GregP fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=6240
Velociraptor Dec 2017 2:31pm, 27 Dec 2017 37,373 posts	0 Velociraptor Is a milk saucepan still A Thing?
GregP Dec 2017 2:35pm, 27 Dec 2017 98,417 posts	0 GregP According to Mrs P, her parents and her brother, yes. I was trying to rally support for my 'it's just a saucepan with a lip' stance but they all banded together. The milk saucepan is for heating milk exclusively. Even using it to heat water is Wrong.
.B. Dec 2017 2:54pm, 27 Dec 2017 34,667 posts	0 .B. It's just a small pan that gets used for cooking small things.
GregP Dec 2017 3:01pm, 27 Dec 2017 98,418 posts	0 GregP That's my view, but emphatically not the view of MrsP.
WA Dec 2017 3:04pm, 27 Dec 2017 4,816 posts	0 WA I'm with .B. You can use a small pan for small things. In fact, just this morning I used mine to heat half a tin of baked beans.
George Smiley Dec 2017 3:09pm, 27 Dec 2017 93 posts	0 George Smiley I think it's something to do with salt causing milk to curdle if pan been used for boiling water. I have no idea if this is a real problem or just something I was told years ago.
Derby Tup Dec 2017 3:09pm, 27 Dec 2017 24,183 posts	0 Derby Tup Micro-wave mug of milk. Small pan for soup, beans or veg
Wobbling in a winter wonderland Dec 2017 3:11pm, 27 Dec 2017 5,932 posts	0 Wobbling in a winter wonderland Mine tends to be used for making gravy than boiling milk. Although it was used for milk yesterday when I made custard