All-Clad here too. I love the stuff, best I've ever owned. I just got an enormous All-Clad stock pot with steamer basket and pasta insert, works beautifully. That pot is large enough to bathe in, but sure works well for lots of pasta!
Cookware
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Mainly Calphalon here!
I have the professional hard anodized Calphalon, we bought a large set of it about four years ago and love it. The majority of it is not non-stick but I have a small and medium non-stick frying pan. I was able to get some extra pieces at a Calphalon Outlet in Western NY with no tax as I had them shipped back to AZ. We have a good size pot rack above the sink so I wanted a set that would be easy to clean since they are always on display.
I do have a few stainless pieces with the glass dome lids. My first piece was a gift and is an asparagus steamer which is great as well as a super large stack pot (I do some canning - Vidalia onion relish) and one Williams Sonoma stainless stock pot with steamer and pasta insert which was also a gift.
I am thinking of getting a four or six egg poacher as well in the stanless. I have bought the majority of my collection from the Chefs Catalog.
http://www.chefscatalog.com/
I have the professional hard anodized Calphalon, we bought a large set of it about four years ago and love it. The majority of it is not non-stick but I have a small and medium non-stick frying pan. I was able to get some extra pieces at a Calphalon Outlet in Western NY with no tax as I had them shipped back to AZ. We have a good size pot rack above the sink so I wanted a set that would be easy to clean since they are always on display.
I do have a few stainless pieces with the glass dome lids. My first piece was a gift and is an asparagus steamer which is great as well as a super large stack pot (I do some canning - Vidalia onion relish) and one Williams Sonoma stainless stock pot with steamer and pasta insert which was also a gift.
I am thinking of getting a four or six egg poacher as well in the stanless. I have bought the majority of my collection from the Chefs Catalog.
http://www.chefscatalog.com/
geoffdelp
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I still have my Mom's Revere Ware that she received as a wedding gift from her mother in 1954. It just passed the 50-year mark and is still going strong!! I bought a complete set (like hers) about 25 years ago and am using both sets now. Wonderful stuff! The Dutch Oven from my Mom's set is the absolute best ... goes right into the oven.
All these pieces are stainless steel with the copper-clad bottom. The copper still comes clean, even after my attempts many years ago learning to cook!!
All these pieces are stainless steel with the copper-clad bottom. The copper still comes clean, even after my attempts many years ago learning to cook!!
Saladmaster
Anybody ever check out the vintage saladmaster cookware on E? A couple of family members have these pots. All the lids have a valve like a baby bottle sterilizer, that vents a small amt of steam. They are a "tri-ply" and they last forever. Because of the little valve if one of em ever gets a little hotter than you planned on the valve vents the steam, so the lid does not bounce around and sputter and splatter the whole stove. its really pretty nice. I have the revere ware with the little sliding vent in the lid handle, they also work Very well.
Anybody ever check out the vintage saladmaster cookware on E? A couple of family members have these pots. All the lids have a valve like a baby bottle sterilizer, that vents a small amt of steam. They are a "tri-ply" and they last forever. Because of the little valve if one of em ever gets a little hotter than you planned on the valve vents the steam, so the lid does not bounce around and sputter and splatter the whole stove. its really pretty nice. I have the revere ware with the little sliding vent in the lid handle, they also work Very well.
Copper bottom Revereware, made in my hometown of Rome, NY...
My dad worked for a brass & copper metal company when I was a teenager. They used to sell ALOT of copper to Revere Brass & Copper Co.. He drove an 18 wheeler and made 2 trips a week to Rome, New York. Sorry this is off topic.
Mainly SIGG pots from Switzerland, an Emalco (also Swiss) casserole and a small casserole that looks like a Le Creuset. One thing I would really like is a Tarte Tatin form from Le Creuset.
Copper Bottom Revereware. Have almost every size pot, pan, & skillet they produced. Even have 3 pieces my uncle bought my aunt in the 1930s. I will hold onto my 21 y/o coil slide in Hotpoint as long as I can cuz not all my bottoms are flat. I also have a number of pieces of original Visions Cookware--I use for microwave cooking, all the way up to the 3.5 qt. for simmering spaghetti sauce without burning on the bottom.
My mother has a set of Saladmaster cookware, including two electric skillets.
I have a few pieces of Visions, and several non-stick skillets of whatever brand was at Wal-Mart at the time I needed them.
I have a few pieces of Visions, and several non-stick skillets of whatever brand was at Wal-Mart at the time I needed them.
Vintage Revere-Ware and Vintage Wagner-Ware "Magalite" made in Sidney Ohio.
Love my Wagner-Ware Magalite for making rice. Pot is so deep and heavy, holds heat well so can turn the fire down low to gently cook rice.
Old Revere-Ware is also a treasure, and am constantly scouting thrifts and Fleabay for pieces (when prices aren't too dear).
Really is a sad shame so many think they need to pay the high-way robbery prices for fancy cookware with some super star's name on it, when lots of vintage cookware will do just as well.
Only problem with vintage cookware is making sure one gets it back after taking something over for pot-luck, Thanksgiving or another holiday/occasion. Have been known to scrape out whatever is left into a large foil pan and take my pots home! Despite getting "looks" and "oh you can leave that, I'll wash it and return......). Yeah right! I've lost too many pieces of Tupperware that way!
Real kicker comes in when someone brings a dish to your house in YOUR pot!
Launderess
Love my Wagner-Ware Magalite for making rice. Pot is so deep and heavy, holds heat well so can turn the fire down low to gently cook rice.
Old Revere-Ware is also a treasure, and am constantly scouting thrifts and Fleabay for pieces (when prices aren't too dear).
Really is a sad shame so many think they need to pay the high-way robbery prices for fancy cookware with some super star's name on it, when lots of vintage cookware will do just as well.
Only problem with vintage cookware is making sure one gets it back after taking something over for pot-luck, Thanksgiving or another holiday/occasion. Have been known to scrape out whatever is left into a large foil pan and take my pots home! Despite getting "looks" and "oh you can leave that, I'll wash it and return......). Yeah right! I've lost too many pieces of Tupperware that way!
Real kicker comes in when someone brings a dish to your house in YOUR pot!
Launderess
Dadoes Moms stuff
Dadoes those electric skillets have a permanently sealed oil core in them that minimizes "cool off" when you add foods. I am sure you know they weigh a good bit with your mom having them. On E even the older ones bid out at $high. She made a very good investment. Is that her favorite cookware? alr2903.
Dadoes those electric skillets have a permanently sealed oil core in them that minimizes "cool off" when you add foods. I am sure you know they weigh a good bit with your mom having them. On E even the older ones bid out at $high. She made a very good investment. Is that her favorite cookware? alr2903.
kenmore1978
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Tupperware
"Yeah right! I've lost too many pieces of Tupperware that way!"
That's why the new Gladware and Ziploc plastic containers were such a good idea, sturdy enough to be microwaveable and last a while, but no expensive that you care if you get them back or not.
"Yeah right! I've lost too many pieces of Tupperware that way!"
That's why the new Gladware and Ziploc plastic containers were such a good idea, sturdy enough to be microwaveable and last a while, but no expensive that you care if you get them back or not.
I cook with something that I can't destroy...
I use Chantal cookware. They have a warehouse in Houston and that is where I picked up the pieces. They are also sold at upscale department stores and "kitchen stores".
I had a 1970's set of Revereware, but gave it up for the Chantal about 10 years ago. The stuff is heavy, teflon (or similar) coated, has glass lids, and is oven safe. What more could I ask for? Perhaps a few more pieces......;-)
I use Chantal cookware. They have a warehouse in Houston and that is where I picked up the pieces. They are also sold at upscale department stores and "kitchen stores".
I had a 1970's set of Revereware, but gave it up for the Chantal about 10 years ago. The stuff is heavy, teflon (or similar) coated, has glass lids, and is oven safe. What more could I ask for? Perhaps a few more pieces......;-)
Reverware
Hey Folks-sounds like we all have a great collection of cookware--You all who have the old revere sets, hold on to them with all your might. They have allways been one of my favorites-I didn't start collecting them til the 70's and I have a couple of 50's 1 quarts. I was always in awe of those who chose to hang them on a revereware rack. Wished my Mom would have spent a little more on her pots-the descoware was nice, but we had a cabinet full of dimestore wearevers-not the good wearevers. I guess we just all have different priorities in life.
Hey Folks-sounds like we all have a great collection of cookware--You all who have the old revere sets, hold on to them with all your might. They have allways been one of my favorites-I didn't start collecting them til the 70's and I have a couple of 50's 1 quarts. I was always in awe of those who chose to hang them on a revereware rack. Wished my Mom would have spent a little more on her pots-the descoware was nice, but we had a cabinet full of dimestore wearevers-not the good wearevers. I guess we just all have different priorities in life.
My mom still has and uses her Revereware. Been around since I was little. That Revereware she has has got to be at least 40 years old!
