Even the worst cook can become a top chef.....
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Must be a typo! $2300 I can understand. I wonder too if these items can be purchased somewhere else at a lower price. Someone wanted to sell me a $2000 water vacuum system one year and when I refused the price slowly came down to $1200...I still did not purchase.
More than 35 years ago I purchased a 'waterless' 'stackable' cookware set ...don't have the name in front of me.
I'll never forget someone laughed at me for purchasing such an 'expensive' set of pots and pans.
Said they could have purchased 6 sets for what I paid for the one set (like in the picture).
I mailed in a $10 check every week to pay for it ... and it was interest free! How much you may wonder? A whopping $300. Hahahaha! STILL HAVE EVERY ONE of the items and only had one handle replaced FREE in all that time.
In my opinion, good pots and pans (and other kitchen equipment) are in investment. If you cook (or want to), invest. If not, then buy the cheap stuff at the big stores.
Isn't that the same with other items we use throughout our lives?
As quilters we try to buy the best products we can...maybe we start out with inexpensive scissors and learn they don't last and then purchase a better pair. Maybe we start out with a handmedown sewing machine or a $99 special and learn they don't work quite right...then we invest in a quality machine that lasts for years and years.
Nan
More than 35 years ago I purchased a 'waterless' 'stackable' cookware set ...don't have the name in front of me.
I'll never forget someone laughed at me for purchasing such an 'expensive' set of pots and pans.
![Frown](https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images/smilies/frown.png)
I mailed in a $10 check every week to pay for it ... and it was interest free! How much you may wonder? A whopping $300. Hahahaha! STILL HAVE EVERY ONE of the items and only had one handle replaced FREE in all that time.
In my opinion, good pots and pans (and other kitchen equipment) are in investment. If you cook (or want to), invest. If not, then buy the cheap stuff at the big stores.
Isn't that the same with other items we use throughout our lives?
As quilters we try to buy the best products we can...maybe we start out with inexpensive scissors and learn they don't last and then purchase a better pair. Maybe we start out with a handmedown sewing machine or a $99 special and learn they don't work quite right...then we invest in a quality machine that lasts for years and years.
Nan
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Norfolk, VA
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Must be a typo! $2300 I can understand. I wonder too if these items can be purchased somewhere else at a lower price. Someone wanted to sell me a $2000 water vacuum system one year and when I refused the price slowly came down to $1200...I still did not purchase.
More than 35 years ago I purchased a 'waterless' 'stackable' cookware set ...don't have the name in front of me.
I'll never forget someone laughed at me for purchasing such an 'expensive' set of pots and pans.
Said they could have purchased 6 sets for what I paid for the one set (like in the picture).
I mailed in a $10 check every week to pay for it ... and it was interest free! How much you may wonder? A whopping $300. Hahahaha! STILL HAVE EVERY ONE of the items and only had one handle replaced FREE in all that time.
In my opinion, good pots and pans (and other kitchen equipment) are in investment. If you cook (or want to), invest. If not, then buy the cheap stuff at the big stores.
Isn't that the same with other items we use throughout our lives?
As quilters we try to buy the best products we can...maybe we start out with inexpensive scissors and learn they don't last and then purchase a better pair. Maybe we start out with a handmedown sewing machine or a $99 special and learn they don't work quite right...then we invest in a quality machine that lasts for years and years.
Nan
More than 35 years ago I purchased a 'waterless' 'stackable' cookware set ...don't have the name in front of me.
I'll never forget someone laughed at me for purchasing such an 'expensive' set of pots and pans.
![Frown](https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images/smilies/frown.png)
I mailed in a $10 check every week to pay for it ... and it was interest free! How much you may wonder? A whopping $300. Hahahaha! STILL HAVE EVERY ONE of the items and only had one handle replaced FREE in all that time.
In my opinion, good pots and pans (and other kitchen equipment) are in investment. If you cook (or want to), invest. If not, then buy the cheap stuff at the big stores.
Isn't that the same with other items we use throughout our lives?
As quilters we try to buy the best products we can...maybe we start out with inexpensive scissors and learn they don't last and then purchase a better pair. Maybe we start out with a handmedown sewing machine or a $99 special and learn they don't work quite right...then we invest in a quality machine that lasts for years and years.
Nan
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Snikeys, I could buy a new car for that! I don't care how good the cookware is, I'll still hate cooking. My non-stick Pampered Chef set I've had for over ten years suits me just fine.
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Location: Lebanon Missouri
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And it better come with a really good looking Chef. Hey I'm trying to adapt to an electric cook stove after cooking on gas for 40 yrs--its not going well and I'm getting hungry : )
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Falcon, Colorado
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When I was a teen - back in the 60s, this was sold to young girls for there hope chests (my how things have changed!) I took almost 5 years to pay for it, it's now 2013 and it is doing just fine!! replaced a couple handles, thats all!
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My Mom used to joke with my half sisters and I about hope chests. She said you put things in it for your house. And your Dad and I hope we can get you married off before you become an old spinster lady......LOL
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Heck, your idea is almost better than mine. My thought was, for that price, it had better come with a live chef to cook 3 meals & 2 snacks a day for 5 yrs.
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