Stewpot vs Stewpan - What's the difference?
stewpot | stewpan |
A pot used for making stew, usually large and heavy
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 4, author=Melissa Clark, title=Braised Rabbit, Easier on the Fat, work=New York Times
, passage=What my parents served me from that very same stewpot was chicken. }}
(arts, literature) A jumble, especially one that lacks intellectual coherence
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 6, author=Michiko Kakutani, title=Dispatch From Gomorrah, Savaging the Cultural Left, work=New York Times
, passage=It’s a nasty stewpot of intellectually untenable premises and irresponsible speculation that frequently reads like a “Saturday Night Live” parody of the crackpot right. }}
(archaic, cookware) A saucepan used for stewing.
*1867 , Colin MacKenzie - Mackenzie's Ten Thousand Receipts: In All the Useful and Domestic Arts
*:After letting them drain, put them into a stewpan with a quarter of a pound of butter, salt, black and red pepper to taste.
*1743 , Lady (Unknown author) - The lady's companion: or, An infallible guide to the fair sex [page 333]
*:Brown off well that flicks to your Stewpan ; put in as much Flour as you think fit,...
As nouns the difference between stewpot and stewpan
is that stewpot is a pot used for making stew, usually large and heavy while stewpan is a saucepan used for stewing.stewpot
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