Stephen Mulraney wrote:
> John Cowan wrote:
>>
>> I think the other posting about handles has merit as well: pots have
>> two handles by default, whereas pans have one or none at all.
>
>
> I think two-handledness provides a useful prototype for thinking of pots,
> but I've certainly seen, and use, pots with one handle (of the kind found
> on a pan - a long "stem"). These tend to be smaller pots, though, since
> a single stem handle become increasingly unmanageable as the size of the
> - and the weight of its contents when full - increases. I have a fairly
> large, heavy pot that has one handle, and it's not something that could
> be mistaken for a (say, frying) pan.
Those are called saucepans.
> Incidently, a "pan" means a "frying pan" to me. I don't know of any other
> kind of "pan", so the addition of "frying" is redundant. I suppose I call
> a "cake pan" something else (a "cake tray", possibly!)