"Space Cowboy" > wrote in message
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Is Le Creuset the French
> kitchen chain I see around here? I thought their kitchenware was
> glazed cast iron or something like that.
>
> Jim
>

Yeah, I'm not sure if they have a chain of stores but they have a line of
kitchenware. Most of their stuff is enameled cast iron (and I am happy with,
for instance, their soup pot and baked bean pot and...)- though I don't
think the kettle is iron underneath, it is enameled. It just sputters too
much...when I called them they claimed it was because I was filling it too
full, so I tried filling it less and it still did it...my best guess is it
was because the water would hit the hot metal wall on the inside when I'd go
to pour and it did something with the steam, somehow it didn't have anywhere
to go. It didn't seem to be worth it if I had to wait for the water to cool
down substantially just so I could pour it...makes it not very good for
black teas.

Melinda