@@ToniT800 A lot of youtubers will on purpose make an obvious mistake that incites mild ire so as to drive engagement from people correcting the video. I ignore it as it is obvious they do it for that purpose, and do not wish to contribute to scummy tactics. Mr Shrimp is probably one of the most honest and genuine people on youtube though.
I had an idea about that using quail eggs, button mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, miniature toast etc (I'm a vegetarian so didn't consider the meat side of things)
Possible suggestion for using the pan would be to get some quails eggs and do a mini fry up. Years ago, my husband surprised me with a breakfast of tiny eggs, tiny rashers of bacon and tiny toast to go with it. It was delightful, but we did need a second breakfast.
This channel is so... Good? There's usually nothing extraordinary, but I enjoy so much how there's always a casual piece of advice, or just simply... Life? I learned how to cook better through your videos, how to appreciate the nature and how to be... nice? It's a peculiar feeling, but it's extremely pleasant nonetheless
For some reason, little bitty frying pans are popular here in the "Silicon Valley" region of California. I don't know, maybe they're a big thing now all over the US. I have no idea why they're popular. Frying 1 egg? Toasting spices? Some other weird thing?
I got one of those pans a few years ago, and I tend to make fried eggs on it, because it feels fancy to serve them in their own tiny skillet next to everything else.
I've been watching and enjoying your videos for years, I often sit down with my dinner and watch them. I just wanted to say thank you for being so entertaining, educational, interesting and calming. They take me away from the real world for 20 minutes and sometimes people need that. :)
I'm thinking a good use for a skillet like this is to keep something warm for as long as it takes to eat it. This winter we're setting our thermostat to a cool temperature and warm food gets unpleasantly chilly by the time the portion is finished. If the oven is already on it would be good to warm up and serve on a mini skillet which would hold its heat for a good while.
Need to unpack my two of these mini skillets. Have the toaster oven already unpacked. The top of the toaster oven I like to place a mini skillet on with my morning beverage should I be baking in it, to keep my morning beverage warm. But am leery as my two skillets had an odd touch to them. I suspect they are not true cast iron but spray paint over steel.
@@abbeyl6115 I bought two even tinier skillets thinking they were cast iron. They're not. I never tried to cook anything in them so that's good. When they got wet, they rusted and black paint came off.
I like that idea so much, I'm surprised, there aren't cast iron 'underplates' available for that purpose. Although you probably gotta be somewhat careful with the temperature differences in the materials. Prewarmed metal can get a lot hotter then even boiling hot food. I once cracked a fairly sturdy plate, by placing it on the turned off, but still hot cooktop. I just wanted to prewarm it a bit for a steak, but it just broke in two 🫤
You could use the pan for toasting nuts. I love adding toasted pine nuts or sesame seeds to things sometimes and it always seems overkill to get the full sized frying pan out just to toast a nuts. So a little pan like this would seem just the thing. Love the channel by the way. Don’t ever stop. Your videos are a little oasis of calm, comfort and sanity, in a very mad crazy mixed up world. Keep on keepin’ on!
I found a couple of these sets in a thrift store for a dollar. I picked them up and we took them on a camping trip. It was a nice little sweet that we cooked (quite badly) over the campfire. But thought the little pans might work well for single egg frying on future camping trips for a pretty small outlay. It was a fun novelty 😊
Yep… I’d vote for the tiny fry up next, too 😁 I can’t begin to explain how much I enjoy your videos. Your channel is one of my favourite little corners of YT. Thanks for all the reviews, weird things in cans, scam baits, arts and crafts, limited budgets and everything else - all delivered in the most genuine, considered and friendly way. Cheers 😁👍
I got a similar brownie kit a few years back, and mine was unfortunately so terribly dry I could only eat it after drowning it in ice cream. But the pan itself has been a fun little thing to have around for small fried snacks, without having to wash the full skillet.
I got such a kit as well, and the included chickadee bars were so fat bloomed they crumbled when I took them out of the wrapper. It was okay for baking, and I actually bought it for myself, but I'd have been so upset if I gave that to someone and it was in that sorry state. I thought my pan was deeper at least, but looking at it now... no, I think it's the same pan actually, heh. I do have a different mini frying pan that's deeper, but it's very def not from a gift pack, it's a little nonstick thing.
I have a few little skillets and use it a lot if im cooking for one -- a single fried egg, toasting seeds or spices, melting a small bit of butter etc. Also useful to make American style pancakes if you want them perfectly round. It seems useless at first but it does come in handy much more often than you think
The skillet might be quite useful to take with you on your walks. A couple of eggs, some foraged herbs and mushrooms and your little camping stove. Lovely omelettes!
The skillet is great for any single serving of meat (like pork roll or black puddings), or a lot of side dishes, but I use it most often to fry up sausages. I have one and use it way more then I thought I would.
Looks to me like a perfect tiny camping pan. Small, durable and whilst probably not lightweight, effective at doing exactly what it says on the box. Even has a convenient hole in the handle to hang it.
We've got the doughnut one of these that has been sitting in our cupboard for a while, so I'm glad you've now reviewed it so we can get round to finally using ours!
I have a small collection of equally small cooking utensils etc including 2 small frying pans, a tiny colander a miniature grater and a tiny bucket. I just think they are cute. I also have had the urge to relieve restaurants of their little implements but have resisted it. Though it was touch and go with a dinky milk churn. When my daughter was also small we called them “things for Barbies Industrial Kitchen” because though they were small they were too big for Barbie to use in a domestic setting I use the pans for frying eggs. It works very well when the other pan is full of bacon mushrooms tomatoes etc. I think £5.99 was somewhat over priced tbh but as you say it’s a gift mainly. Thanks for the video. Have a good 2023 and yes IT’S 8GMS.
In the USA, there is a small town called Kalispell, Montana. In that little town is a small bistro that serves individual lasagna portions cooked in tiny iron skillets similar to yours. I plan on retiring there one day, and your video made me flashback to eating my lasagna there a few years ago. The town has a legendary bar called "Moose's Saloon" and they serve a Montana ale called "Moose Drool" and while I'm not generally a fan of ale (whiskey is my poison of choice) , I have to say it wasn't bad at all, lol. Your brownie video brought back so many memories of my favorite town, thanks Mike!
Assume millions of suggestions on the use of the pan now. I doubt YOU will have any issues coming up with ideas as well....😉 Mini cinnamon rolls would be cute. Also, quite the sweet message at the end there. Gave me an "awww ❤️❤️❤️" feeling. Thank you for the gift of this video. ☺️
Been using mine for making grilled cheese sandwiches with regular (non-square) bread. Pan this small heats up way faster than normal pans on my induction stove, and fits one sandwich perfectly.
I'm a recent subscriber and love your variety of interests. I poke around your videos until I find one that piques my interest -- your series, weird stuff in a can, contains my favourites -- and settle in to be entertained.
I’ve seen those here in the US as well. I never considered purchasing one, but I do think the pan is cute. I love cooking in cast iron pans, and I would probably cook eggs or a sausage or something in it. I cook for myself only, so I probably would use it often. I enjoyed watching you make the brownie. Thank you!
I was just having my tea and considering making a brownie for dessert as I have bought very similar kit (Baileys brownie, no Baileys included, Morissons, down to £4 from £7), when I saw your video. So I actually made it with you 😁 (nearly broke my leg on the way to the kitchen, that's how excited I was 😂). Different recipe, skillet without plastic on the handle but seems to be the same size. Still in the oven, so I am yet to see if will be as successful as yours
@@howellheather6969 it turned out really good, but more like a cake than brownie x the mini skillet is awesome for one perfectly round fried egg, so that's a win 🙂
I work in retail, and every year we get a shelf full of pressies like these kits. I keep meaning to look at them properly (in the after Christmas sales, of course!) for myself, but I kept putting that off because I wasn't sure I'd enjoy it. But now that I've seen you give your thumbs up, I think I'll get one of those for myself (in the next after Christmas sales!)
Seeing you holding the pan and the mini Toblerone reminded me of those old comedy sketches, where a character looks to be holding something really small, but the next scene they're actually normal sized things and the character is just a giant!
Thank you for sharing this video… I recently received this brownie package as a gift.. and as usual I was so confident i just read the instructions and threw the outer package away 😂😂 now i am left the chocolate, mix & the skillet..and wondering how much water and butter I need to add 😂 thankfully I found your video… now i can bake this thanks!!
You only get the miniature toblerone in the big toblerone assortment box. They have quite a few different types of toblerone. Would potentially make a interesting tasting video actually.
Individual pan pizza?! That looked so fun and brought back memories for me… when we were little the sister closest to me in age got an easy bake oven, and she loved using it! Things would one in small packages and she would bake me these little cakes and desserts that tasted so good!!! Wonderful memories… ❤
Tiniest English breakfast sounds like a wonderful challenge! I suppose the intended use would be to cook one egg, or perhaps fry a small amount of vegetables but the depth really does harm it there. I'd love to see the tiny skillet again 😊
I have one of those tiny skillets. Its great for making a single hamburger patty or single egg, etc. Very useful if you don't need/want to make big servings.
You might use the miniature skillet for first getting it very hot and blackening some of the outsides of a few tomatoes or tomatillos, chili peppers, onions, and maybe garlic, to run them through a blender (very quickly if you like it chunky) with some chopped cilantro and salt and perhaps powdered cumin if you like to make quick, fresh salsa. This way you don't have to burn off all of the seasoning from your larger cast iron skillets as my husband always does to mine, making salsa. I don't complain though! Otherwise, maybe you could use it for reheating something small like a half sandwich, or something that might seem wasteful heating a whole skillet for, but you'd like it to have like a crispy bottom. Or maybe it could come in handy in the shop sometime. Oh well, anyway, it won't take up much space while you figure out what it might be good for, while you see if you ever use it again.
I made it almost 40 years not even knowing there was some declared risk around eating raw flour...didn't find out because I got sick, but just because I actually read the flour bag. I got a similar one of these as a gift years back, found the little pan is good for cooking an egg or two in while something else is cooking in the big skillet at a different temp.
Shrimp, I've got a great idea. I don't have a regular full-sized stove, so for years I got by with things like an "electric wok", an electric frying pan, various hot plates, and so on. I finally discovered butane stoves, Iwatani being the top brand but there are a million others. The little canisters of butane last a long time and are dead cheap if bought in an Asian market. This type of stove is wonderful for cooking and safe enough that they're used in places like sushi bars. So you could do an episode on "batchelor" cooking methods like hot plates, Sterno, and so on, and showing the real winner, the butane stove.
They sell tiny skillet kits here that are warm dips - nice to transfer queso or spinach dip or warmed hummus from stovetop to serving alongside charcuterie or veggie tray.
I actually have one of those pans! After cooking my browny, I use it now for making eggs, sunny-side-up. Does a wonderful job using two small or medium eggs.
I got one of those a couple years ago and I've used it alot since, crisp up some bacon or salami for sandwiches as it heats up wicked heat fast, easy to clean and prep and store highly recommend
You could use the mini skillet for making grilled raclette. Ingredients like new potatoes and pickles are put in little individual pans with a slice of cheese of top, and then it is put under the grill to melt.
I got one of those for Xmas this year too! I received the choc chip cookie version and the cookie was great; crunchy on the edges, nice and chewy in the middle. Tiny pan will come in handy for eggs or falafel burgers.....👨🍳
It looks useful for quickly frying something for an individual portion, like one burger patty or one egg, as it would heat up faster than a normal-sized cast iron, but I agree that it would have been better for both the brownie and future possibilities if it was deeper.
Oh wow, I bought two of these - one for each of my granddaughters aged, 5 and 7, around Christmas 2022. I'm in Australia so I am interested to know we have very similar Christmas fare in the shops! The pans are incredibly rough. I have kept them but haven't thought of any way of using them then I saw your tiny tarte tatin! Will have to try that.
“Very nearly a Toblerone.” 🧐 I have I lovely vintage Wagner Ware, same size with 1.5 inch sides. Egg or 2, egg and a sausage, small grilled cheese sandwich . . . Sauté the garlic or onions forgotten. Love your “unpacking”. Happy New Year. Keep our brains questioning!
That skillet looks like one I used to have that was meant for a single egg! If you have one of those molds to keep an egg perfectly round as it fries, put it in and crack the egg in and cook.
Woo! Immunocompromised represent! Thanks, Mr. Shrimp, for mentioning it. A lot of people don't understand the issues faced simply by not having a full immune system, and it's great to hear such talked about. With all the recent things going on (I am not getting into that mess here) a lot of people seemed dismissive of immunocompromised folk as "already sick/dying anyway", when that's far from the case.
I bought a similar sized pan that came with a miniature bittle of tobasco and the suggested usage was to make pan pizza which I did and it worked well. Also useful for small quiches and frying a single egg
I've a very good mate who has always said " destrucions" and it has always made me smile. As to the warning of it being hot...you'd be surprised, or perhaps not. Thanks for the content.
I've seen similar pans sold for cooking small things such as single eggs. I can see it as great for heating things like vege-burgers when you don't want cross contamination from meat products or other allergens.
That pan looks better than a similar variety I got here in the States. I purchased a 4-pack at Costco of a cookie kit with cast iron skillets. It cost me $20 at the time, so $5/skillet + cookie dough. It's hard to tell over video, but yours appears thicker and deeper than the set I got (if you can believe that given how thin and shallow yours is). The kits baked up well enough. I imagine the recipe was purpose built for those pans. I later tried a cookie recipe I got somewhere on the internet and I had trouble with overflowing dough during the baking process. These pans gave me the impression of being disposable, which is quite a shame. More recently, I got a set of four small ceramic pie skillets with ingredients to make a small pie in each (2 apple, 1 berry, 1 pumpkin). The baker would have to add typical wet ingredients as well as filling. I've only made the apple pies and they were good enough (although apple pie is not my favorite). I've not made the others and their ingredients have probably gone bad by now (not unsafe, mind you, just not at peak performance and flavor). Again, I bought these mostly for the pie skillets. I've not had much of a chance to try using them for other things, mostly because I've moved and don't have much room where I'm at to make use of them.
I was going to suggest "you can fry an egg! You can fry a burger!" But honestly it's landfill fodder. I'm pleased you tried it out so we don't have to.
Yes, mini full English! Tiny sausages, quail eggs, a single foraged mushroom, mini red potatoes, grape tomatoes? I think it's do-able, and it'd be a blast to see!
My husband got me the cookie one for Christmas and I've only used the pan twice since-once I fried an egg and a different day fried a sausage patty. I hung it up on the wall as kitchen decor and will probably not use it moving forward as we've got almost a dozen cast iron pans in several sizes.
My first thought was “one fried egg”, but I live alone. I liked someone else’s idea of melting butter. You should DEFINITELY make a miniature full English breakfast 😂😂.
I would absolutely love to see you make a tiny English breakfast! I personally would likely use the pan for cornbread. Wishing you and your family happiness and health in 2023! ❤
I got this for the christmas and during the cleaning the box with instructions got thrown away, so now I'm stuck with this white bag of brownie powder. This video saved me searching the instructions online.
i got one of these in my stocking! i got the chocolate chip cookie one, it was pretty good. i overcooked it a tiny bit on accident, but was pretty good served with some vanilla icecream
I think this pan is quite useful for one-person breakfast etc. Scrambled eggs+bacon, a grilled cheese sandwich, a tiny frittata, make a pan-sized chocolate chip cookie, a one-person shakshuka, fried rice with some nice toppings, tiny deep dish pizza. Could even go and get more of these pans and use these to prepare these dishes for several people and serve everybody their own pan.
i did get one of these sets for my birthday, and while i never made the cookie that comes with it, i have found the tiny cast iron pan to be great for cooking 2 eggs for breakfast in
My kids got these one year, they use them for a breakfast egg. Teaches the young ones about cast iron cooking and care without them messing up my pans.
I'd think around £6 is very good value, it's fun to use, you get the brownie and you can keep the little pan for melting butter, maybe individual fried eggs, serving Yorkshire puds, hot starters etc.
I was given a non stick frying pan of similar size which I didn't think would be much use but it is perfect for frying a single egg to go on a sandwich (when I'm in a hurry) or for making sandwich sized minimal omelettes.
Oh!!! I have a tiny skillet like that! It makes a perfect fried egg for a breakfast sandwich because it limits the circumference size. I also use it for hamburger patties since I'm usually only cooking for myself a small pan is just easier to clean.
I received a similar kit a couple years ago, and also kept the pan. I have used it only once, to fry a single egg. It went very poorly, as it stuck fast to the pan. It wasn’t even salvageable. I think a full breakfast (micro-sized) would be a fun experiment. Or perhaps a very small fish or a single pancake.
I almost bought one of those for myself awhile back but couldn't think of any practical use (don't need more clutter) until I watched this and thought fried bologna! Yup, I think this would do well browning bologna, ham and other luncheon meats. With how shallow and thin it is, it would heat up and cool off fast so wait times would be reduced.
Yippee!! There's a new Atomic Shrimp video, you've become one of my favorite content creators. I need to fix a cup of tea and prepare to be educated and entertained.
Delightful sentiment Mr. Atomic Shrimp. You are such a gentleman. You can fry a couple of eggs, make mini pancakes and a grilled cheese sandwich (welsh rarebit for those who aren’t North American).
This must be a global phenomenon, I saw these (discounted) in a local drug store in BC, Canada just after Christmas. I will direct you to the many 30 second chocolate cake videos on YT.
I have a somewhat different style but even smaller cast iron pan I use for skillet cookies. It's great to keep a bunch of frozen cookie dough in the freezer and just toss one serving into it and cook in the toaster oven whenever I want a cookie haha
How many people are going to be screaming '8 grams!!' as they watch this, I wonder 😆
Some youtubers are apparently making deliberate mistakes in order to make people comment. Me, I just don't have great eyesight
I dont get it. Can you explain?
@@ToniT800 It says "8g Swiss milk chocolate" in the bottom right corner of the packaging.
I said it didn't have the weight of the chocolate on the pack, apparently it did
@@ToniT800 A lot of youtubers will on purpose make an obvious mistake that incites mild ire so as to drive engagement from people correcting the video. I ignore it as it is obvious they do it for that purpose, and do not wish to contribute to scummy tactics. Mr Shrimp is probably one of the most honest and genuine people on youtube though.
I’d love to see you take up the challenge of creating the tiniest English breakfast ever in that skillet 😊
I can already tell you that Ann Reardon would beat him when it comes to miniature cooking. ;)
I had an idea about that using quail eggs, button mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, miniature toast etc (I'm a vegetarian so didn't consider the meat side of things)
@@Wimpleman great minds, i just finished making a similar comment
Please do this
Shoe string fries, with a small specimen of egg, and a single slice of onion.
Possible suggestion for using the pan would be to get some quails eggs and do a mini fry up. Years ago, my husband surprised me with a breakfast of tiny eggs, tiny rashers of bacon and tiny toast to go with it. It was delightful, but we did need a second breakfast.
Second breakfast is always welcome!
How very cute!
tiny portions are just the best thing if you want to eat lots of different things
I think this is all euphemism for various sexual escapades
I've got one of these a egg fills them, a quail's egg and a pig in blanket could kinda get you close though
I think "The smallest full English breakfast" sounds like a good idea for the skillet!
Probably not gonna be filling tho :D
find a cake ring that fits inside and you can extend its capabilities quite a bit
Miniature English breakfast with quale eggs?
Well said @@klontjespap
This channel is so... Good?
There's usually nothing extraordinary, but I enjoy so much how there's always a casual piece of advice, or just simply... Life? I learned how to cook better through your videos, how to appreciate the nature and how to be... nice?
It's a peculiar feeling, but it's extremely pleasant nonetheless
I couldn't agree with You more on that
Those little pans are great for toasting spices, etc. 😊👍
That is a GREAT point! Excellent use for such a silly kitchen tool
Single fried egg.
I'd try it for thicker pancakes, then shallowness would make flipping them easier
For some reason, little bitty frying pans are popular here in the "Silicon Valley" region of California. I don't know, maybe they're a big thing now all over the US. I have no idea why they're popular. Frying 1 egg? Toasting spices? Some other weird thing?
I got one of those pans a few years ago, and I tend to make fried eggs on it, because it feels fancy to serve them in their own tiny skillet next to everything else.
I wonder if they're for frying eggs or anything really, that can come out just the right size to fit in a sliced bagel?
i got one from a pancake set, but idk what to use it for, i don't like eggs so thats out the question and irdk what else
I've been watching and enjoying your videos for years, I often sit down with my dinner and watch them. I just wanted to say thank you for being so entertaining, educational, interesting and calming. They take me away from the real world for 20 minutes and sometimes people need that. :)
I'm thinking a good use for a skillet like this is to keep something warm for as long as it takes to eat it. This winter we're setting our thermostat to a cool temperature and warm food gets unpleasantly chilly by the time the portion is finished. If the oven is already on it would be good to warm up and serve on a mini skillet which would hold its heat for a good while.
Need to unpack my two of these mini skillets. Have the toaster oven already unpacked. The top of the toaster oven I like to place a mini skillet on with my morning beverage should I be baking in it, to keep my morning beverage warm. But am leery as my two skillets had an odd touch to them. I suspect they are not true cast iron but spray paint over steel.
@@abbeyl6115 I bought two even tinier skillets thinking they were cast iron. They're not. I never tried to cook anything in them so that's good. When they got wet, they rusted and black paint came off.
I like that idea so much, I'm surprised, there aren't cast iron 'underplates' available for that purpose.
Although you probably gotta be somewhat careful with the temperature differences in the materials. Prewarmed metal can get a lot hotter then even boiling hot food.
I once cracked a fairly sturdy plate, by placing it on the turned off, but still hot cooktop.
I just wanted to prewarm it a bit for a steak, but it just broke in two 🫤
You could use the pan for toasting nuts. I love adding toasted pine nuts or sesame seeds to things sometimes and it always seems overkill to get the full sized frying pan out just to toast a nuts. So a little pan like this would seem just the thing.
Love the channel by the way. Don’t ever stop. Your videos are a little oasis of calm, comfort and sanity, in a very mad crazy mixed up world.
Keep on keepin’ on!
I found a couple of these sets in a thrift store for a dollar. I picked them up and we took them on a camping trip. It was a nice little sweet that we cooked (quite badly) over the campfire. But thought the little pans might work well for single egg frying on future camping trips for a pretty small outlay. It was a fun novelty 😊
Yep… I’d vote for the tiny fry up next, too 😁
I can’t begin to explain how much I enjoy your videos. Your channel is one of my favourite little corners of YT. Thanks for all the reviews, weird things in cans, scam baits, arts and crafts, limited budgets and everything else - all delivered in the most genuine, considered and friendly way. Cheers 😁👍
I got a similar brownie kit a few years back, and mine was unfortunately so terribly dry I could only eat it after drowning it in ice cream. But the pan itself has been a fun little thing to have around for small fried snacks, without having to wash the full skillet.
oo00oo this would be great when you just want 3 or 4 gyozas or those mini samosas etc
Would be good for one or two fried eggs
I got such a kit as well, and the included chickadee bars were so fat bloomed they crumbled when I took them out of the wrapper. It was okay for baking, and I actually bought it for myself, but I'd have been so upset if I gave that to someone and it was in that sorry state.
I thought my pan was deeper at least, but looking at it now... no, I think it's the same pan actually, heh. I do have a different mini frying pan that's deeper, but it's very def not from a gift pack, it's a little nonstick thing.
I used it to toast my buns while I grill burgers
I have a few little skillets and use it a lot if im cooking for one -- a single fried egg, toasting seeds or spices, melting a small bit of butter etc. Also useful to make American style pancakes if you want them perfectly round. It seems useless at first but it does come in handy much more often than you think
Yes, please make a full English breakfast in the pan! That would be so entertaining.
The skillet might be quite useful to take with you on your walks. A couple of eggs, some foraged herbs and mushrooms and your little camping stove. Lovely omelettes!
The skillet is great for any single serving of meat (like pork roll or black puddings), or a lot of side dishes, but I use it most often to fry up sausages. I have one and use it way more then I thought I would.
Meanwhile I like using a small sauce pan for frying things like sausages in. It catches more of the grease splatter, and still fries "dry".
Looks to me like a perfect tiny camping pan. Small, durable and whilst probably not lightweight, effective at doing exactly what it says on the box. Even has a convenient hole in the handle to hang it.
We've got the doughnut one of these that has been sitting in our cupboard for a while, so I'm glad you've now reviewed it so we can get round to finally using ours!
Was him not reviewing it stopping you from using yours?
@@ProTroll_UK In a sense, because him reviewing it reminded me that it was in the cupboard in the first place!
I have a small collection of equally small cooking utensils etc including 2 small frying pans, a tiny colander a miniature grater and a tiny bucket. I just think they are cute.
I also have had the urge to relieve restaurants of their little implements but have resisted it. Though it was touch and go with a dinky milk churn. When my daughter was also small we called them “things for Barbies Industrial Kitchen” because though they were small they were too big for Barbie to use in a domestic setting
I use the pans for frying eggs. It works very well when the other pan is full of bacon mushrooms tomatoes etc.
I think £5.99 was somewhat over priced tbh but as you say it’s a gift mainly.
Thanks for the video. Have a good 2023 and yes IT’S 8GMS.
Person sized garlic bread, yaaaay! Hahaha, I can live for that 😂 thank you for not cutting it out, it really made me laugh
In the USA, there is a small town called Kalispell, Montana. In that little town is a small bistro that serves individual lasagna portions cooked in tiny iron skillets similar to yours. I plan on retiring there one day, and your video made me flashback to eating my lasagna there a few years ago. The town has a legendary bar called "Moose's Saloon" and they serve a Montana ale called "Moose Drool" and while I'm not generally a fan of ale (whiskey is my poison of choice) , I have to say it wasn't bad at all, lol. Your brownie video brought back so many memories of my favorite town, thanks Mike!
Assume millions of suggestions on the use of the pan now. I doubt YOU will have any issues coming up with ideas as well....😉
Mini cinnamon rolls would be cute.
Also, quite the sweet message at the end there. Gave me an "awww ❤️❤️❤️" feeling. Thank you for the gift of this video. ☺️
I got one of these as a stocking stuffer a couple years ago and I use the pan as an interesting drink coaster for my desk
Been using mine for making grilled cheese sandwiches with regular (non-square) bread. Pan this small heats up way faster than normal pans on my induction stove, and fits one sandwich perfectly.
I use a little skillet like that for frying eggs for sandwiches. They usually fill it up just perfectly and always come out consistently round.
Surely square eggs would be better for sandwiches?
I'm a recent subscriber and love your variety of interests. I poke around your videos until I find one that piques my interest -- your series, weird stuff in a can, contains my favourites -- and settle in to be entertained.
I’ve seen those here in the US as well. I never considered purchasing one, but I do think the pan is cute. I love cooking in cast iron pans, and I would probably cook eggs or a sausage or something in it. I cook for myself only, so I probably would use it often. I enjoyed watching you make the brownie. Thank you!
I was just having my tea and considering making a brownie for dessert as I have bought very similar kit (Baileys brownie, no Baileys included, Morissons, down to £4 from £7), when I saw your video. So I actually made it with you 😁 (nearly broke my leg on the way to the kitchen, that's how excited I was 😂). Different recipe, skillet without plastic on the handle but seems to be the same size. Still in the oven, so I am yet to see if will be as successful as yours
Much success?
@@howellheather6969 it turned out really good, but more like a cake than brownie x the mini skillet is awesome for one perfectly round fried egg, so that's a win 🙂
I work in retail, and every year we get a shelf full of pressies like these kits. I keep meaning to look at them properly (in the after Christmas sales, of course!) for myself, but I kept putting that off because I wasn't sure I'd enjoy it. But now that I've seen you give your thumbs up, I think I'll get one of those for myself (in the next after Christmas sales!)
I bought my dad one of these some years ago. It was like baking in an Easy Bake Oven pan. He still has the tiny skillet. ❤
Seeing you holding the pan and the mini Toblerone reminded me of those old comedy sketches, where a character looks to be holding something really small, but the next scene they're actually normal sized things and the character is just a giant!
I love the tiny skillet even if it is not as useful as originally planned
Thank you for sharing this video… I recently received this brownie package as a gift.. and as usual I was so confident i just read the instructions and threw the outer package away 😂😂 now i am left the chocolate, mix & the skillet..and wondering how much water and butter I need to add 😂 thankfully I found your video… now i can bake this thanks!!
I remember the Deep Pan Pizza restaurants (now defunct) used to serve pizzas in big skillets with a very hot handle! Fun video, I loved it.
I had one of those, didn’t think much of the brownie but i now use the skillet to cook an egg every now and again lol.
I got those skillets as a gift for Christmas and we use them to cook eggs so they are a lovely circle shape
You only get the miniature toblerone in the big toblerone assortment box. They have quite a few different types of toblerone. Would potentially make a interesting tasting video actually.
Yum.
Individual pan pizza?!
That looked so fun and brought back memories for me… when we were little the sister closest to me in age got an easy bake oven, and she loved using it! Things would one in small packages and she would bake me these little cakes and desserts that tasted so good!!! Wonderful memories… ❤
Tiniest English breakfast sounds like a wonderful challenge! I suppose the intended use would be to cook one egg, or perhaps fry a small amount of vegetables but the depth really does harm it there. I'd love to see the tiny skillet again 😊
"gifts are about remembering to be kind to people you know" very well said
I have one of those tiny skillets. Its great for making a single hamburger patty or single egg, etc. Very useful if you don't need/want to make big servings.
You might use the miniature skillet for first getting it very hot and blackening some of the outsides of a few tomatoes or tomatillos, chili peppers, onions, and maybe garlic, to run them through a blender (very quickly if you like it chunky) with some chopped cilantro and salt and perhaps powdered cumin if you like to make quick, fresh salsa. This way you don't have to burn off all of the seasoning from your larger cast iron skillets as my husband always does to mine, making salsa. I don't complain though! Otherwise, maybe you could use it for reheating something small like a half sandwich, or something that might seem wasteful heating a whole skillet for, but you'd like it to have like a crispy bottom. Or maybe it could come in handy in the shop sometime. Oh well, anyway, it won't take up much space while you figure out what it might be good for, while you see if you ever use it again.
I made it almost 40 years not even knowing there was some declared risk around eating raw flour...didn't find out because I got sick, but just because I actually read the flour bag. I got a similar one of these as a gift years back, found the little pan is good for cooking an egg or two in while something else is cooking in the big skillet at a different temp.
Shrimp, I've got a great idea. I don't have a regular full-sized stove, so for years I got by with things like an "electric wok", an electric frying pan, various hot plates, and so on. I finally discovered butane stoves, Iwatani being the top brand but there are a million others. The little canisters of butane last a long time and are dead cheap if bought in an Asian market. This type of stove is wonderful for cooking and safe enough that they're used in places like sushi bars. So you could do an episode on "batchelor" cooking methods like hot plates, Sterno, and so on, and showing the real winner, the butane stove.
They sell tiny skillet kits here that are warm dips - nice to transfer queso or spinach dip or warmed hummus from stovetop to serving alongside charcuterie or veggie tray.
I actually have one of those pans! After cooking my browny, I use it now for making eggs, sunny-side-up. Does a wonderful job using two small or medium eggs.
I got one of those a couple years ago and I've used it alot since, crisp up some bacon or salami for sandwiches as it heats up wicked heat fast, easy to clean and prep and store highly recommend
You could use the mini skillet for making grilled raclette. Ingredients like new potatoes and pickles are put in little individual pans with a slice of cheese of top, and then it is put under the grill to melt.
I got one of those for Xmas this year too!
I received the choc chip cookie version and the cookie was great; crunchy on the edges, nice and chewy in the middle.
Tiny pan will come in handy for eggs or falafel burgers.....👨🍳
I love to see what else you would cook in that little skillet!
It looks useful for quickly frying something for an individual portion, like one burger patty or one egg, as it would heat up faster than a normal-sized cast iron, but I agree that it would have been better for both the brownie and future possibilities if it was deeper.
You could use it to cook mushrooms in the forest where you picked them over a camping stove.
I got one of these at kohl's a few years ago. Was quite fun to make and a pretty good brownie.
I really don’t know why but I actually really would love to see you try and make the smallest possible full English! Great vid👏
Oh wow, I bought two of these - one for each of my granddaughters aged, 5 and 7, around Christmas 2022. I'm in Australia so I am interested to know we have very similar Christmas fare in the shops! The pans are incredibly rough. I have kept them but haven't thought of any way of using them then I saw your tiny tarte tatin! Will have to try that.
“Very nearly a Toblerone.” 🧐 I have I lovely vintage Wagner Ware, same size with 1.5 inch sides. Egg or 2, egg and a sausage, small grilled cheese sandwich . . . Sauté the garlic or onions forgotten. Love your “unpacking”. Happy New Year. Keep our brains questioning!
That skillet looks like one I used to have that was meant for a single egg! If you have one of those molds to keep an egg perfectly round as it fries, put it in and crack the egg in and cook.
Woo! Immunocompromised represent! Thanks, Mr. Shrimp, for mentioning it.
A lot of people don't understand the issues faced simply by not having a full immune system, and it's great to hear such talked about. With all the recent things going on (I am not getting into that mess here) a lot of people seemed dismissive of immunocompromised folk as "already sick/dying anyway", when that's far from the case.
I bought a similar sized pan that came with a miniature bittle of tobasco and the suggested usage was to make pan pizza which I did and it worked well. Also useful for small quiches and frying a single egg
I've a very good mate who has always said " destrucions" and it has always made me smile. As to the warning of it being hot...you'd be surprised, or perhaps not. Thanks for the content.
I've seen similar pans sold for cooking small things such as single eggs.
I can see it as great for heating things like vege-burgers when you don't want cross contamination from meat products or other allergens.
oh yeah, I have a small pan which is great for fried eggs, or american style pancakes. Mine is a bit deeper though
That pan looks better than a similar variety I got here in the States.
I purchased a 4-pack at Costco of a cookie kit with cast iron skillets. It cost me $20 at the time, so $5/skillet + cookie dough. It's hard to tell over video, but yours appears thicker and deeper than the set I got (if you can believe that given how thin and shallow yours is).
The kits baked up well enough. I imagine the recipe was purpose built for those pans. I later tried a cookie recipe I got somewhere on the internet and I had trouble with overflowing dough during the baking process.
These pans gave me the impression of being disposable, which is quite a shame.
More recently, I got a set of four small ceramic pie skillets with ingredients to make a small pie in each (2 apple, 1 berry, 1 pumpkin). The baker would have to add typical wet ingredients as well as filling. I've only made the apple pies and they were good enough (although apple pie is not my favorite). I've not made the others and their ingredients have probably gone bad by now (not unsafe, mind you, just not at peak performance and flavor). Again, I bought these mostly for the pie skillets. I've not had much of a chance to try using them for other things, mostly because I've moved and don't have much room where I'm at to make use of them.
I've just been out and bought myself one after watching this. I plan to use the skillet as my breakfast egg pan. Perfect!
I was going to suggest "you can fry an egg! You can fry a burger!" But honestly it's landfill fodder. I'm pleased you tried it out so we don't have to.
I got this kit for Christmas 2 years ago from my mum, and it's now my go to egg pan.
I have one of those tiny cast iron skillets I got from one of these kits. I sometimes use the skillet to make a fried egg.
"I remember thinking *I really want to steal that*" I love how casual you said that
Yes, mini full English! Tiny sausages, quail eggs, a single foraged mushroom, mini red potatoes, grape tomatoes? I think it's do-able, and it'd be a blast to see!
I have two of those skillets and I use them when camping (with a real tent and open fire) for frying eggs or other small, individual servings.
My husband got me the cookie one for Christmas and I've only used the pan twice since-once I fried an egg and a different day fried a sausage patty. I hung it up on the wall as kitchen decor and will probably not use it moving forward as we've got almost a dozen cast iron pans in several sizes.
My first thought was “one fried egg”, but I live alone. I liked someone else’s idea of melting butter. You should DEFINITELY make a miniature full English breakfast 😂😂.
I would absolutely love to see you make a tiny English breakfast! I personally would likely use the pan for cornbread. Wishing you and your family happiness and health in 2023! ❤
I got this for the christmas and during the cleaning the box with instructions got thrown away, so now I'm stuck with this white bag of brownie powder. This video saved me searching the instructions online.
i got one of these in my stocking! i got the chocolate chip cookie one, it was pretty good. i overcooked it a tiny bit on accident, but was pretty good served with some vanilla icecream
I think this pan is quite useful for one-person breakfast etc. Scrambled eggs+bacon, a grilled cheese sandwich, a tiny frittata, make a pan-sized chocolate chip cookie, a one-person shakshuka, fried rice with some nice toppings, tiny deep dish pizza. Could even go and get more of these pans and use these to prepare these dishes for several people and serve everybody their own pan.
i did get one of these sets for my birthday, and while i never made the cookie that comes with it, i have found the tiny cast iron pan to be great for cooking 2 eggs for breakfast in
I hope the pan will be reused. English breakfast seems like a great idea!
Here in my part of Canada, those kits sell for $9.99 before Christmas and 1/2 price after. Dollarama a dollar store sells those pans alone for $4.00.
My kids got these one year, they use them for a breakfast egg. Teaches the young ones about cast iron cooking and care without them messing up my pans.
I'd think around £6 is very good value, it's fun to use, you get the brownie and you can keep the little pan for melting butter, maybe individual fried eggs, serving Yorkshire puds, hot starters etc.
I was given a non stick frying pan of similar size which I didn't think would be much use but it is perfect for frying a single egg to go on a sandwich (when I'm in a hurry) or for making sandwich sized minimal omelettes.
I have one of those skillets! They're amazing for making single eggs for breakfast sandwiches for a quick hot breakfast on the go
Those teeny tiny Toblerone are what you get with your festive edition Costa Coffee.
I have one of these pans. Great for frying a single egg for toast, and for melting butter or coconut oil.
Perfect pan for queso fundido!
Oh!!! I have a tiny skillet like that! It makes a perfect fried egg for a breakfast sandwich because it limits the circumference size.
I also use it for hamburger patties since I'm usually only cooking for myself a small pan is just easier to clean.
Adorably miniature, I've never seen such a tiny toblerone!
You can buy whole boxes of small ones, I usually request some for Christmas.
I received a similar kit a couple years ago, and also kept the pan. I have used it only once, to fry a single egg. It went very poorly, as it stuck fast to the pan. It wasn’t even salvageable.
I think a full breakfast (micro-sized) would be a fun experiment. Or perhaps a very small fish or a single pancake.
I almost bought one of those for myself awhile back but couldn't think of any practical use (don't need more clutter) until I watched this and thought fried bologna! Yup, I think this would do well browning bologna, ham and other luncheon meats. With how shallow and thin it is, it would heat up and cool off fast so wait times would be reduced.
Yippee!! There's a new Atomic Shrimp video, you've become one of my favorite content creators. I need to fix a cup of tea and prepare to be educated and entertained.
Delightful sentiment Mr. Atomic Shrimp. You are such a gentleman. You can fry a couple of eggs, make mini pancakes and a grilled cheese sandwich (welsh rarebit for those who aren’t North American).
This must be a global phenomenon, I saw these (discounted) in a local drug store in BC, Canada just after Christmas. I will direct you to the many 30 second chocolate cake videos on YT.
That size skillet is perfect for a single egg!
Or whacking home invaders with if a frying pan isn't available.
@@blunderingfool seems like u need to move to a different neighborhood 😜
@@NyanyiC Amazingly despite living in an infamous place called Church I've only ever seen others hit with crime, drug dealers mostly.
My folks had a little pan similar to that. The diameter is prolly smaller, but it was definitely deeper. My dad uses it to cook eggs.
I have a somewhat different style but even smaller cast iron pan I use for skillet cookies. It's great to keep a bunch of frozen cookie dough in the freezer and just toss one serving into it and cook in the toaster oven whenever I want a cookie haha
I have an even smaller (about 3" across) skillet. I think it was sold as a novelty, or possibly as a toy. I keep it because it's cute.
I got one of these as a Christmas present, and I also struggled getting the tape off the inside chocolate!
I want you to do a food challenge just using the mini cast iron. That would be interesting
You could toast spices, I usually just do small amounts of spices in a much larger pan so a tiny one might be useful.