It's interesting how enamelled cast iron came up here because I was going to post about some that I bought in the last couple of weeks. Anyways, the local mall has a Homesense across from the grocery store so on a whim, I stopped in before doing the grocery shopping. I picked up a small Le Creuset dutch oven a few years ago that I've never used - I really need to dig it out and start using it - and decided to look at the cookware and saw this nice little 2.2 L braiser among a couple of dutch ovens. I think it might be a factory second but that doesn't matter, I think the reason for second tier status was the colour enamel on the handles where they meet the body of the braiser and the inside surface have some pin spots where the black layer beneath the colours surface shows through. the price was heavily discounted so I bought it because I've enjoyed my Lodge enamelled cast iron quite a bit. Interestingly, it was at the Sears in the same mall that I picked up the Lodge enamelled cast iron at when it was being blown out in 2017 when Sears Canada went under.
I made a potato spiral in it for its first cook and a couple of other dishes since then and really enjoyed it so I started looking around, and came across a sale plus an additional 10% off so I was able to buy a few more pieces at steeply discounted prices that brought it into affordability for me.
One of the other pieces I picked up was a 4.7 L braiser. It's getting it's first cook right now with some braised short ribs:
As much as I love cooking outdoors over charcoal, there is definitely something to be said for a warm stove on a cold, crappy day. Actually, there is a lot to be said for a warm stove con a cold, crappy wet, raw day like today.
Topic: Cast iron appreciation thread (Read 157701 times)