In Spanish, a set of pots and pans is called a batería de cocina. Batería also means battery (as in a car battery), but also means drums (as in the whole set of drums that bands play). As my kids sit in the kitchen floor, using whisks and spatulas to beat against the bottom of pots and pans to make something that sounds very much like music, I can’t but smile at the similarity in the words.
I’m also learning from them. I’ve learned that metal spatulas are way too loud, while whisks make a not unpleasing noise – and that small aluminum pans are actually louder than bigger and heavier steel pans. Teflon coated pots have a lower sound.