Instructions: Please please dont forget to do this. All you do is fill the base of the pan with about 10mm of any old cooking oil (something lurking in the back of the cupboard past its useby date would be ideal). Make sure the sides are well oiled then heat up the oil in the pan and when it is simmering hot turn the heat down to its lowest setting and leave it there for eight hours or even longer. The best frying pan is a wellused one so what this is doing is preempting all that use. Should you make only omelettes in this pan? No you can use the pan for any kind of frying; in fact the more you use it the better it will be. After use wash it in mildly soapy hot water with a dish cloth. Dry it and then rub a little oil round the inside surface.

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