saucepan

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"It could be a person, it could be an animal, a flower, a film, a photograph in the newspaper, just anything. A saucepan in the kitchen, boiling, you know, the steam coming…"

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

All you have to do is pour the gravy into a saucepan, warm it up and serve it in a gravy boat.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2025

I melted a knob of butter in a small saucepan, then a spoonful of the dried leaves.

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2025

Most recipes for tanghulu call for a medium to large-sized saucepan to cook the sugar in.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2025

Soup was heating in a saucepan on a metal grate over the fire.

From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III