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    Well not actually gold plated of course, made with titanium steel (?), I think the lady said.
    A couple of weeks ago I answered the door, and being in a good mood, did a questionnaire on healthy eating for two ladies who said they were opening a cook school in the area. I was told that they were putting the addresses of people who took part into a raffle for a 3 course meal to be cooked at home by them, focussing on heathy eating principles. I thought it was a novel way to promote a new business, and thought nothing more about it.
    Last week I had a phone call to say I'd won, she asked how many people were in the family, and made arrangements to (I thought) arrive at 5.45, to eat at 6.30. However, just as she rang off, she said something about a presentation.
    During the week, I began to wonder if they would be trying to get me to sign up for a cookery course if I was going to see a presentation. No, they were trying to sell a revolutionary way of cooking (that's been around for 64 years she said). They arrived at 6.30, and we sat through an hour presentation before they got to the kitchen, and finally ate about 8.30. I don't want to be too negative, just to say the result didn't inspire me to buy their starter set of pans for just under £1400.

    I did find her asking us whether we would choose 'health or wealth' a little annoying, as I don't have the wealth to choose that way to health! I couldn't think of anyone I wanted to impress by inviting them to a dinner party catered by them and hosted by me either. Reminded me of the good old days, Kirby vacuum cleaners springing to mind

    Still it was yet another experience our Japanese student can talk about when she returns home
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  • #2
    'Kinell!!!! £1400 for a set of pans?! They'd want to be made of gold for that price, and wash themselves up afterwards.

    Was the meal nice?
    Kirsty b xx

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    • #3
      The cheek of it, thanks for that Barleysugar, I'll be avoiding those 'ladies' if they head my way
      Hayley B

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      • #4
        The starter set is only 4 pans! Now I've got the name of the company, Saladmaster, I googled it, sounds like they always cook the same meal, and I don't feel bad about dissing them . The women were nice enough, and I know they are trying to make a living, but I hated being misled like this.

        Salmon (one small steak between 4) sprinkled with dill, chicken thigh with grated apple cooked on top, frozen corn and peas, cabbage and carrots, with salad containing grated red cabbage, courgette, radish and carrot and potatoes topped with grated cheese. Chocolate cake (containing radish, celery, courgette) for pud.
        Everything gets cooked on the top of the cooker in these 'special' pans.

        I think they need more practice if they are going to sell them. The veg were overcooked, some peas even black. The potatoes on the bottom were mushy and watery, the top ones still crunchy. The chicken and apple was quite nice, as was the salad, but the salmon was overdone. The choc cake was a packet mix, with the grated veg added. I thought it OK, (but I liked the choc courgette cake mentioned on here before) DD and JD did not. JD asked why put veg in cake, veg are eaten seperately .

        OH sneeked the 'leftovers' straight from our plates out into my almost fermented bokashi . I still have a load in the kitchen they didn't serve up, and they say I'd save money on the food bills!

        It sounds as if this company always operates in the same way, getting in to your home, then they have a captive (hungry) audience. Also they do the guilt trip thing, how can you put money above your family's health etc, etc. When she said everyone should use the pans to help save the planet, I asked if there were any government grants going.
        I could not live without a garden, it is my place to unwind and recover, to marvel at the power of all growing things, even weeds!
        Now a little Shrinking Violet.

        http://potagerplot.blogspot.com/

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        • #5
          Can't believe that BarleySugar! What a con! That's another company that Trading Standards need to have a little chat with....

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          • #6
            Sounds like 'time share' saucepans......

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            • #7
              And I thought le creuset were expensive.

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              • #8
                I am sure these did the rounds years ago If I remeber rightly my ex bil tried selling them ( he sold just about anything ) cant remeber the price, didnt think they were still going
                Gardening ..... begins with daybreak
                and ends with backache

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                • #9
                  It's ridiculous if they are suggesting that these things are the ONLY way to provide healthy food (and using that sort of LIE for advertising purposes is illegal isn't it?)
                  Flowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.

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                  • #10
                    I would be SO annoyed if this happened to me, I hate being conned - but it is an ingenious way of selling isn't it. I never answer our door to cold callers, I put my head out of the window and shout 'no thankyou' My dh (being a very good and confident cook) said he wouldn't allow them to come and cook a meal but would ask for the money so we could go to a restaurant instead. Anyway there is no way we would pay that much money for saucepans !!!

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                    • #11
                      Mad! What a way to try to earn a living. I'd want the pans to pour me a glass of wine and be able to pop themselves in the dishwasher for that money.
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