"Goomba38" wrote in message
> limey wrote:
>
>> I really like my Revereware. I have had it for close to 20 years and it
>> still looks like new. I bought open stock, so that I could buy the
>> pieces I wanted, and the prices were right. Weight is the reason why I
>> only have one Le Creuset dutch oven, since I find their pots very heavy
>> to handle and tip.
>
> I have some old Reverware too. I used to hate my mother's Reverware
> because she never polished the copper on the bottom.. ah. Youth. Mine now
> looks just as used and dark as hers did and I don't give a damn. I have
> other saucepans that I prefer for other reasons but those old Revereware
> pots were my first so I'm a bit sentimental about them.
> My large cornflower blue Le Creuset dutch oven is beautiful and sits on my
> stove top (just because I'm short of space for one more large pot). It
> cheers me just looking at it and I love using it.
> Goomba

I bought the Revereware with the aluminum disc on the bottom. Relief - no
copper to worry about, plus the pans are completely flat and work well on my
smoothtop.

I have the blue Cuisinart Dutch oven too (at least, mine's called a "doufeu
or something") and love it, since it keeps a steady low heat for braising.
The weight of it, however, is hard for me to handle when removing the
contents.
"Life ain't fair", is it.

Dora