[Sca-cooks] Rant: And speaking of cooking equipment...

[Vitaliano Vincenzi]

Hmm, no, you are right, $400 for a stock pot would be too much. The last 
all Stainless Steel (no non-stick crap) stock put I purchased was less 
then $40. It's a 20 quart one made by Tramontina - which may not be the 
best brand but certainly works wonders for me. In fact, my entire set of 
pans, again, all stainless steel with no non-stick stuff and made by 
Tramontina, cost me less than $200, and I am more than happy with them. 
So does that make me a poser or a hobbyist?

Never mind, I don't care, I just like to cook. :)

Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius wrote:

> Well, obviously I'm employing a negative connotation to "hobby" _as  
> it was used_, which is not to say all hobbyists are posers or  
> dilettantes, but many of the people who have done the most to make it  
> an expensive hobby (essentially indicating some really screwed-up  
> priorities) are hobbyists who often do tend to be posers and  
> dilettantes. Most pros don't buy a $400 stock pot, and 99.9% of the  
> time I'd question the need for the existence of such an item, much  
> less have any imperative for me to buy one, hobbyist or not.
> 
> Thinking back, I also realize it's been a while since I've bought a  
> big stockpot; maybe the prices have gone up a lot. But for a 30- 
> quart, it seemed like an awful lot...
> 
> Adamantius

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