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IKEA Pots and Pans: SKÄNKA

The SKÄNKA set for $39.99 comes with 2 pots with lids (2qt and 5qt), a saucepan (1qt) and frying pan (11″ diameter).
Both lids have holes in them so that you can drain the water if you need to after boiling something. However, the lid for the larger one is the only one that has a locking lip so that the lid doesn’t come off when you tip the pot – a nice feature. All of them are treated with Teflon® Select, which is a hardwearing non-stick coating that allows cooking with little fat and makes the cleaning process a lot more easy. However, I have been told by some that Teflon coating causes cancer. I dunno if that is just a myth or if it’s true.

All in all, it’s a good set. You get the basic cookware so that you can do most cook.

IKEA 365+IHÄRDIG – Spice Grinder

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I use to eat and cook dishes with regular powdered pepper, until one day, I was introduced to the pepper grinder. Of course I had them when you go to fancy restaurants where the server will come up and ask if you’d like some pepper, and they’d twist their huge pepper grinder for fresh spicier pepper. But I never thought of getting it myself.

Now I am hooked, and is the only kind of pepper I use. I like the IKEA 365+IHÄRDIG of it small compact size and being able to see how much is left inside. Easy to clean too. I find it a bit pricey for $7.99 = tax, but it’s well worth it!

IKEA LÖNSAM – Glass Carafe/Pitcher