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Janet Baraclough wrote:
> The message >
> from Tracy > contains these words:
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>> What has really been worth the cost?? For me it is the le crueset dutch
>> oven.

>
> I've had mine 15 years and am not impressed with the amount of wear
> and tear on the inside base.


Well, I would expect a bit of "wear and tear" after 15 years....
However, you could try and get LC to replace it, I've heard it's possible...
>
> One of my better kitchen investments was a "Grande Famille" Magimix
> food processor which I paid £100 UK pounds for at an Ideal Homes
> Exhibition in 1982. After 25 years of hard service it's still going
> strong.


They don't make them like they used to that's for sure. I don't have a
FP but the Moulinex blender that my MIL gave me must be as old if not
older, and yes, it's still going strong.
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