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Nice pan Sandy, you've got it looking good.

I'm thinking about making a pork roast soon, as Kroger has boneless pork loins on sale for $1.99/lb. I have a recipe that has a delicious sauce made with tomato soup, celery, mustard, Worchestershire sauce and hot sauce.
 
Ahh! You Said the "K" Word!

Tom,

Kroger is one of the very few things I miss about Atlanta. Here, the big chain is Hy-Vee. Many people here in other Midwestern cities have nice things to say about that chain, and it may be better in those cities, but here in Waterloo, it's absolutely godawful. Nosebleed-high prices and a customer service attitude straight out of Soviet Russia.

I've often said that if Kroger came into this area, Hy-Vee would be in trouble within 90 days, and closing stores here within six months.

I really miss Kroger, and I really detest Hy-Vee, and it's sad, because I love everything else about Iowa.
 
Not to rub salt in the wounds of those who miss Kroger...

But my primary major grocery store choice is the Kroger-owned Fred Meyer. For me, I find they have the lowest prices of the major chains, a good shopping experience, and product selection that is as good as anyone's.

I sometimes go someplace else for some reason, but usually don't like the experience. The Albertsons I shop is handy for an item or two, but has terrible prices and even worse service, at least as far as getting fast checkout during busier times of the day. You'd think the most expensive major chain could have fast checkout, but you'd be wrong. They are quite speedy, however, getting their money when one pays with plastic. Transactions always post early the next business day. Fred Meyer takes a day or two to fully clear.
 
Pot roasts are just a matter of a covered braise

Thanks, Sandy. I'd figured as much, but didn't know for sure.

As commented earlier, one can fall into a rut doing things the same tried-and-true way...
 
The base was more probably from the 5 quart stove top dutch oven which would not have had the element cast into the base like the electric DO. They kept one of the ears and used a long handle on the other side.

I remember the 12" Brazier pan that was a beautiful piece of Farberware and which was featured in the Cooks' Catalogue in the 70s.
 
Tom:

The 5-quart dutch oven (I own one) has a ten-inch top diameter; the piece at the top of the thread has a 12-inch top diameter. The dutch oven is taller and narrower than this piece.
 
P.S., Tom:

Thanks for the reminder about that brazier pan - I've never actually laid eyes on one, they're that rare. I think it's the only time an American mass manufacturer ever made such a piece.

The buffet server I was referring to is pictured below. It might be that this piece was based on the brazier you mention. Farberware brazed its heating elements onto the aluminum bottoms of its electric skillets, etc. - they were basically the same construction as the stovetop pieces except for that. I've actually seen one Farberware electric skillet with the heating element pried off and the brazing ground off, so that it could be used on the stovetop. Evidently, someone's electric skillet failed and they didn't want to waste such a nice pan.

There were other Farberware buffet servers based on other pieces.

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The brazier pan was deeper than the electric buffet server and had metal handles on the sides. Other than that, it was not dissimilar from your new pan. I did not realize that your pan was 12" in diameter because I saw a similar pan in a hardware store in the late 70s--early 80s that had the traditional Farberware handle on one side and the helper handle on the other and it was recognizable as the 5 qt. DO relabeled as a sauté pan and, like you, I considered the traditional Farberware handle sort of inadequate to the task of flipping the pan to make the food jump.

My original 70s Farberware 12" skillet has the Bakelite helper handle, but the non-stick 12" skillet I bought in the 90s has a metal loop helper handle.

PS. The "Griddle" setting on the SensiTemp unit on the 30" range is perfect for distributing the heat evenly across the base of the 12" Farberware skillet.
 
HyVee vs Kroger - head to head

We have Kroger stores here in Omaha, a local chain (Bakers) that was bought out by Kroger some years ago.

While the Kroger seems to do OK, HyVee blows them away in sales and loyalty. We've been very lucky to have very good HyVee stores in the area and are always my first choice.

Omaha has always been a very tough market for grocery chains, Albertson's (Utah based chain) left after only about a decade of empty parking lots. Other chains have looked at the market when courted by real estate developers, but the numbers and success records just isn't there.

I have never owned a piece of Farberware, it's always been All-Clad and now vintage Seal-O-Matic waterless cookware from Regal/West Bend. I grew up with another Regal/WB set sold under the WonderWare brand (direct sales) so for me it's familiar and easy to work with. I had a coupe of electric Farberware pieces, a domed-lid skillet and a domed-lid saucepot but rarely use them. We tried the large saucepot for chili once, but didn't get great results, chili is better in a real crockery slo-cooker.
 
Greg:

I have long felt that my travails with Hy-Vee were locally based. On those occasions when I've needed to take something up with corporate, a courteous, professional resolution follows like the night unto the day. So, I am not surprised to hear from you and from others that Hy-Vee is different in other cities.

It's sad. The Cedar Valley is home to a lot of very nice people, and they deserve better than they're getting.
 
Kroger

Count me among those who miss living in a Kroger town. Having spent a sizable portion of my adult life in the Cincinnati area, I was pretty used to never being far from a Kroger store. Since moving east, I used to love Shaw's when they were British-owned, but under SuperValu and Albertson's ownership, they went way downhill, and eventually closed all their CT stores. We at least have a pretty decent Stop & Shop around the corner and a Whole Foods in the center of town.

Here's a thing, and maybe it's actually related to my age and not the chains themselves... I could walk into any Kroger and do a shop with no problem, but if I go into any Stop & Shop other than my own, I just feel like everything is out of place and I have no idea what I'm doing. (Go ahead and say it: I'm getting old and cranky. Crankier.)
 
The Kroger near us just moved everything around again, except the refrigeration/ frozen stuff.  I think they do that to get you to wander around and buy more on impulse.  It is very inconvenient and wastes the customer's time.  I did not even comment.  I liked the Ace hardware commercial last spring, " we should not need a GPS to find the fertilizer".
 
Store re-sets

Alr...while there may be some truth to the idea of shaking things up to force/encourage shoppers to get out of their ruts and perhaps see some categories that they may previously have skipped the entire aisle, it's usually part of a greater purpose. Supermarkets are really enormous jigsaw puzzles, and things have to fit together just so. Within individual categories, things get shuffled around comparatively often within a set space as new items are introduced and discontinued or slow-selling items are dropped. But when there are major re-configurations of the store, it's usually more a reflection of bigger changes in the industry (or the neighborhood). (Remember when video rentals took up a major amount of floor space in a lot of stores?) A total store reset is a sizable commitment in labor and other expenses and generally not undertaken on a whim.

BTW, my husband was a category manager in Kroger's corporate office before we came out east.
 
Kroger in the Greater Atlanta Area

I am thankful for Kroger but get really aggravated with them also. I shop at most Kroger stores at almost every point depending what area I am in at the time. What frustrates me is that depending on what Kroger you are shopping at the prices are tailored for that area. Kroger in Buckhead will have higher prices than the Kroger in West End Atlanta. Another practice they have is a week before the Food Stamp Program kicks in, (around the 15th of every month) they raise the prices on their meats. Shockingly so. I have complained and of course they deny it. I am a shopper like most here and I know where to buy certain items at certain stores for the best price and where not to buy. Kroger is included in the loop. The best meats and prices to me in the Atlanta area are at Sam's Club and BJ's Club.

I grew up with Kroger as a child in Louisiana. They were actually like the Super Walmarts we have today. Kroger actually sold large home Appliances such as Washer / Dryers, Refrigerators, Air-Conditioners, etc. It was an awesome store. I don't know why they pulled out during the early 1990's. I think Woolco was their big competition at the time. (for Louisiana) Then Walmart moved in and killed Woolco.
 

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