We used to have a closeout store here that had an awesome collection of kitchen equipment. It was mostly display merchandise and "last season's model" stock. I've collected All-Clad, Calphalon & Circulon cookware for 1/4 (or less) the retail price. I bought a new-in-box 11 qt Cuisinart processor for $75.00. The list goes on. There was also a lot of scratch & dent stuff, so half the fun was digging through the shelves looking for bargains.
DivaEroticus
Posts: 12,543
Fayetteville, Arkansas, US
Damon Banner wrote:
Is it the Paula Deen? That was pretty expensive, even at Walmart.
It also looked shitty, no way my Paula cooks with that stuff!
Nooo...it's the Calphalon Tri-ply 13 piece set. After looking at reviews of numerous sets, this one was the best deal. At Bed Bath & Beyond, the set is $400, and I always have their 20% coupons lying around, which never expire, even with the expiration date on them.
Damon Banner
Posts: 83,588
Hayward, California, US
DivaEroticus wrote:
Nooo...it's the Calphalon Tri-ply 13 piece set. After looking at reviews of numerous sets, this one was the best deal. At Bed Bath & Beyond, the set is $400, and I always have their 20% coupons lying around, which never expire, even with the expiration date on them.
The piece I got was calphalon. I was drawn too it the minute I hit the cooking section. 5qt dutch oven. It was on sale. Oven safe to 400. I had to buy it!
Damon Banner
Posts: 83,588
Hayward, California, US
Jim Ball wrote: We used to have a closeout store here that had an awesome collection of kitchen equipment. It was mostly display merchandise and "last season's model" stock. I've collected All-Clad, Calphalon & Circulon cookware for 1/4 (or less) the retail price. I bought a new-in-box 11 qt Cuisinart processor for $75.00. The list goes on. There was also a lot of scratch & dent stuff, so half the fun was digging through the shelves looking for bargains.
I'm sure we have a place like that and I need to find it.
I recently picked up two pieces of very nice quality, very inexpensive porcelain enameled cast iron cookwear (imitation Le Crueset) from Aldie's, of all places! I've used them several times and am very satisfied. The 5 qt "dutch oven" is great.
Koryn Locke
Posts: 31,838
Boston, Massachusetts, US
DivaEroticus wrote:
Nooo...it's the Calphalon Tri-ply 13 piece set. After looking at reviews of numerous sets, this one was the best deal. At Bed Bath & Beyond, the set is $400, and I always have their 20% coupons lying around, which never expire, even with the expiration date on them.
I scored an almost new set of Calphalon pans from a box, sitting out beside the road on trash day, in a rich neighborhood. I took them home, and got two more years worth of use out of one, and am still using the other three.
DivaEroticus
Posts: 12,543
Fayetteville, Arkansas, US
ShivaKitty wrote:
I scored an almost new set of Calphalon pans from a box, sitting out beside the road on trash day, in a rich neighborhood. I took them home, and got two more years worth of use out of one, and am still using the other three.
Damon Banner
Posts: 83,588
Hayward, California, US
ShivaKitty wrote: I'm a little bit grossed out by the fact I've heard you're not supposed to wash those pans, fully submerged.
Don't the lingering food odors/tastes sort of mingle and get muddled, making weird flavors?
I just wipe mine.
my normal pan holds flavors, which is kinda annoying when I cook eggs or something. I haven't noticed that with my cast iron. Plus, you can always reseason it in the oven.
ShivaKitty wrote: I'm a little bit grossed out by the fact I've heard you're not supposed to wash those pans, fully submerged.
Don't the lingering food odors/tastes sort of mingle and get muddled, making weird flavors?
Nooooooo. I love my cast iron pans. When you season them it seals them from absorbing odors and flavors and creates a non stick surface. I just wipe mine down when I am done and have cooked up everything from fried fish to burgers to veggies and have yet to notice any odd flavors or smells coming from my cast iron skillets after wiping it down.
Damon Banner wrote: I also need more cast iron in my life.
I'm a little bit grossed out by the fact I've heard you're not supposed to wash those pans, fully submerged.
Don't the lingering food odors/tastes sort of mingle and get muddled, making weird flavors?
Wash seasoned cast iron cookware under hot, running water and scrub off stuck bits with a loofa. Avoid soap as it will remove the seasoned surface. If a cast iron pan is properly seasoned, there will not be many stuck bits and no lingering flavors.
I am a gourmet and have been a chef and sous chef in past life. Big time foodie.
My favorite and most used piece is a Lincoln wear 4014 15 inch fry pan. I use it for at least 40% of the meals I prepare. Tonight it will be used to fry the shrimp and then taoss the angel hair for Shrimp Portofino, my wife's favorite Macaroni grill dish.
Koryn Locke
Posts: 31,838
Boston, Massachusetts, US
Jim Ball wrote: Wash seasoned cast iron cookware under hot, running water and scrub off stuck bits with a loofa. Avoid soap as it will remove the seasoned surface. If a cast iron pan is properly seasoned, there will not be many stuck bits and no lingering flavors.
Isabel Allende wrote: Nooooooo. I love my cast iron pans. When you season them it seals them from absorbing odors and flavors and creates a non stick surface. I just wipe mine down when I am done and have cooked up everything from fried fish to burgers to veggies and have yet to notice any odd flavors or smells coming from my cast iron skillets after wiping it down.
Wash seasoned cast iron cookware under hot, running water and scrub off stuck bits with a loofa. Avoid soap as it will remove the seasoned surface. If a cast iron pan is properly seasoned, there will not be many stuck bits and no lingering flavors.
No No No. Never ever season a cast iron skillet. Just wipe it out. I know it seems weird or gross but trust us that use the cast iron (especially those of us from the south). Never any weird smells or tastes. Ever.
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