What's cookware like you doing in a place like this?

[joeekaitis]

If Walmart thinks there's a market for it, maybe there is.

Online only. For now, at least.

http://www.walmart.com/search/searc...ookware&ic=16_0&Find=Find&search_constraint=0

 

[danemodsandy]

I Guess.....

....Wal-Mart's buying staff never visits thrift stores, where this stuff is more common than oxygen molecules.

 

[alr2903]

LOL @ Sandy "more common than oxygen molecules".  I just snagged my fourth corningware teapot, for a $1.99 at Salvation Army. The nice CW casseroles and lids not so much.  alr

 

[hunter]

Pyroceram

I have bought quite a bit of pyroceram here in Denver.

I love the stuff, I even use the ones made for the countertop that cooks on my glass smooth top.

I'd like to see it become commonly sold again - and again US made.

 

[danemodsandy]

Pyroceram:

Corning Ware Pyroceram is plentiful and cheap here in NE Iowa - Iowa housewives must have loved the stuff back in the day.

Working just from thrift stores, I've amassed a collection I don't think I could have found when I lived in Atlanta. I have even scored some of the rarer pieces, like the saucemaker, the 5-liter casserole and the Broil 'n Serve platter.

I've had great luck finding serving cradles for each piece, plus handles and lids for everything.

Now, Farberware - my other cookware love - is an entirely different story. VERY hard to find here. I don't think Black's (the major department store in Waterloo, now defunct) must have carried it; I see a fair amount of Process Patent Revere Ware, so maybe that's what Black's sold.

 

[maytagbear]

Odd.....

around here, there's very little Visions at resales and Goodwill. Even real Corning is drying up....

I was hoping for the 5 quart round in Visions..... A very kind friend sent me a 5 quart Corning for my birthday, which I have been using frequently. Great for stews, and wonderful for cooking triple batches of rice in the Radarange.

I have most of my Farberware, for which I am grateful. However, my "grail" piece is the original Farberware teakettle. It looks like a two quart saucepan with a spout, which it probably was/is. The handle is dramatic and swoopy and curves forward. I have always wanted one, and have yet to find one.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[hunter]

Lawrence

I see Visions Cookware frequently. I'll keep an eye out for one. It has 2 small handles on either side, right? Or does it have 1 long handle?

 

[norgeway]

Visions!

That stuff will burn water!! I have no time for anything but good heavy cookware.

 

[danemodsandy]

Lawrence:

That Farberware teakettle turns up a lot on eBay, though not at cheap prices.

There are two versions of it - an early one with straight sides, and a later one which is much more common. That one has curved or bell-shaped sides.

 

[lordkenmore]

I have no time for anything but good heavy cookware.

Well, Visions gets the "heavy" part right. Not Le Creuset heavy, but certainly heavy compared to cheap non-stick aluminum.

Years back, I had a Visions nonstick pan, and cleaning it was often a hassle. Nonstick Visions worked better, but I've moved past using nonstick.

 

[norgeway]

I will take!

My Aristo Craft or some good old unhealthy aluminum like Club!

 

[maytagbear]

Hunter

Yes, the five quart round Visions does have small(ish) handles on the side. It would be dangerous with one long handle and no "helper" handle.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[joeekaitis]

CorningWare Pyroceram and VISIONS open stock are on sale for 50% off for two or more pieces, i.e.: a VISIONS 5 liter casserole and its lid.

http://www.shopworldkitchen.com/

 

[davey7]

Where and when is Club from? I got some from a neighbor and had never heard of it before.