frypan/frying pan

[Alice Faber]

Laurence Horn said:
>At 11:00 AM -0500 2/12/04, Beverly Flanigan wrote:
>>One last follow-up (I hope):
>
>Sorry to dash your hope!
>
>>Just last night I saw two ads in a chain
>>store flyer for _skillets_, both flat, colored, and probably
>>teflon-coated.  In fact, one was called a "French skillet," whatever that
>>means.  As I wrote earlier, I suspect this is the current sales term, maybe
>>to make the items sound fancier or more modern than the frying pans our
>>mothers used.  Avoiding the implications of frying is part of this too, I
>>think.
>
>In support of the last speculation, there are increasingly many
>(offered) sales of "sauté pans" (with various spellings).

Not to mention the various omelet(te) pans.
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