Is Demeyere or All-Clad really worth it???
On Mar 20, 3:20 pm, "wff_ng_7" > wrote:
> "Dee Dee" > wrote:
> > Thanks for the infomation. Looks like good prices. I notice that they
> > are in Pennsylvania. Didn't one poster say that they used to be made
> > in Pennsylvania, or initially. Times change.
>
> I spread that rumor! ;-) All Clad is in Canonsburg, out west near
> Pittsburgh. Cookware & More is in Trooper, near Philadelphia. Just a
> coincidence that both are in Pennsylvania. Cookware & More sells other
> brands beside All Clad.
>
> All Clad got it's big start not making cookware, but by making composite
> metal ("clad") sheets, and selling them to the US Mint to make coins. That's
> where the copper cored quarters and dimes in the 1960s originated. (Seehttp://www.all-clad.com/about-all-clad/Our-History/)
>
> I'm a great one for wanting to know a company's history and where things are
> made. One thing I think is kind of funny is I've got a Cannondale bag for my
> bike that I've had for many, many years. So old in fact (1980) that it
> predates Cannondale making bicycles. They were a bicycle accessory company
> first, a fact that many Cannondale bike owners are totally unaware of.
>
> --
> wff_ng_7 (at) verizon (dot) net
Yes, I remembered you had written that, but am glad you reiterated
that you had.
I can tell you are curious, which is a great quality.
Dee Dee
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