sf <.> wrote:

> Why? I have one Le Creuset and rarely use it. I don't believe in
> buying decorative cookware when functional cookware is less expensive
> and works just as well.

I have one Le Creuset pan and I use it a lot. I bought it for something
like 20 DM about 30 years ago or so. It is an ordinary black cast-iron
pan, just a very-well-made one. No enamel on it and nothing decorative
about it whatever. What gives?

Victor