Greetings from the Colonies!
I am hoping that someone in this newsgroup can identify a certain utensil that turns up in second-hand shops here with some regularity.
This utensil closely resembles a tart pan, but the indentations are rounded instead of being frustrums of cones. The underside looks like a series of very shallow domes.
The indentations are about the same size as those in a tart pan, perhaps a little wider, though I have found one example with much wider indentations.
Brand names I've seen include "Tala" and "Ovenex". Every example I've seen was clearly made in the UK; no native Canadian ones ever.
Having neither fluting nor a shell pattern in the bottom of the indentations, they're not madeleine pans, though they are similar.
I have asked everyone I know, including a number of expats; no one has the faintest clue. I have looked through my cookbooks, esp. the British ones, again without success.
I will be watching the newsgroup for replies, but I would appreciate receiving copies via email. Note that my email address must be de-munged to work.
-- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, BC, Canada to send email, change atlantic to pacific and invalid to net
