On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:36:28 -0700, sf wrote:

> On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:01:18 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>>I don't really need any more enamelled cast iron cookware. My Le Creuset
>>will certainly outlive me, but the prices on the Lodge cookware are
>>astronomically lower than Le Creuset and they look like terrific pieces.
>>If I were to buy more, it would probably be Lodge.
>
> Here's my opinion.... I wouldn't buy Lodge if it was handed to me on a
> silver platter because there are too many sycophants here for me to
> trust that brand. Logde wasn't a name I knew before I stumbled into
> this news group and it's not the only cast iron on the market... at
> least it wasn't when I was buying cast iron. Certain posters sound
> like little kid.... If it's not branded (and expensive), it's not any
> good. Pffft! Treat it right and it will outlast "you".

i understand your instinct, but the application here seems off. people
seem to have had and used these products for a long time, not seduced by
the 'brand name' and then had their purchase languish in the closet.

in any case, your reasoning would seem to apply more to the le crueset
brand than to the lodge.

your pal,
blake