Frying pans for pancakes

Saucepans, frying pans, French pancake pans and teeny pans
No frying pan? In theory you can use a high-sided saucepan for anything. It's just inconvenient and makes a small base for whatever you are cooking. I learned this when a French au air girl cooked me scrambled eggs in a saucepan.

French Frying Pans
If you really want a low-sided, or virtually flat pan for pancakes, ask in a French supermarket. I used to do this on day trips across the Channel from England to France.

Smaller and Cheaper

In some cheap sections of shops with budget cookware, you can buy a tiny frying pan. Small pans are ideal for one person or small amounts. Small pans are economical on cooking oil, quick to clean or wipe out, and small to store.

I first bought a small pan because it was cheaper. Then I found I liked it at times when I was too tired or weak, physically or mentally, to handle a big pan. If you are recovering from flu, have a broken arm or collar bone or wrist, with one arm in a sling, are over sixty and feeling frail, learning to cook and afraid of making a mistake and wasting the mixture or burning it, the teensy kiddie pan might be just right for you to gain confidence and enjoy the satisfaction of home cooked, fresh food.