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

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Apr 3, 2007, at 1:41 PM, Vitaliano Vincenzi wrote:

> 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?

Whatever else it may make you, it doesn't seem to have made  
salespeople say it's an expensive hobby, which was the basis for my  
complaint.

A.





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