http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=236x71852Oh my.
tigereye (1000+ posts) Sat Dec-05-09 03:25 PM
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Went to my first All-Clad sale today! Wow, great bargains.
When I think about how much I could have spent - I think I did pretty damn well. But alas, no copper-covered pots - as beautiful as they were, too damn dear for the budget, even at 40-60% off!
I got 2 2 quart saucepans, one for a Christmas gift, and two frying pans. Went with the " no coating" option.
Also got some new baking sheets and jelly roll pans.
The sparkling husband primitive, boasting about all the expensive stuff he owns:
Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Sat Dec-05-09 10:16 PM
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1. I have a few pieces of Spring copper clad multi-ply cookware ......
Spring and All Clad are essentially the same stuff. Spring is the commercial brand and All Clad the consumer brand.
As seems to be common knowledge in these parts, I also have more than a few pieces of actual copper cookware.
I think you did well to pass up the copper clad stuff. In my view, it is just cosmetic as the copper cladding is so thin as to border on the "why bother" end of things. The core of my stuff is aluminum and the inner layer is stainless. I can't imagine the pans' performance is any better than the stainless stuff with the same aluminum core.
All my solid copper stuff has tin inside. They make solid copper with stainless inside. That's nice stuff if only for the cosmetic advantage that the stainless is easy to clean whereas the tin naturally turns gray and looks perpetually dingy - even though its quite clean.
I have copper and I have stainless multi-ply. Not All Clad, but similar. The copper is noticeably more responsive.
tigereye (1000+ posts) Sun Dec-06-09 02:22 PM
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2. it's just that the copper stuff is so beautiful - I think that's part of the attraction. I have Revereware pots with the copper bottom and those just last and last.
The copper All-Clad stuff was out of my price range anyway, but it's good to know that I made both an economical and good cooking decision!
