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known as TJ Maxx in the US for some reason, but also great for cheap name-brand kitchen stuff.

― Jaq, Thursday, 26 April 2007 15:05 (sixteen years ago) link

I was at a Le Creuset store in an outlet mall in Florida last month, but was afeared of the increased heaviness in my return luggage if I bought all I wanted to :-/

― ailsa, Thursday, 26 April 2007 21:01 (sixteen years ago) link

oooh, there's a le creuset outlet shop in France near my parents caravan, must make the journey when we're out there in June.....

― Vicky, Friday, 27 April 2007 11:25 (sixteen years ago) link

Oh yeah, all my Le Creuset has come from TJ Maxx, and some of my knives as well, I suspect (they were gifts). TJ's and Marshall's are the BEST for discounted brand-name kitchenware, they get Emille Henry too, and Calphalon, and others.

― Laurel, Friday, 27 April 2007 23:14 (sixteen years ago) link

And Laguiole knives.

― Madchen, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 11:57 (sixteen years ago) link

I got some of those knives! Both steak knives and cheese knives - I got them for their beautiful pearly handles (and v. cheap price), but the blades are surprisingly good.

― Jaq, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 15:23 (sixteen years ago) link

fourteen years pass...

Can anyone tell me about carbon steel pans, and specifically Misen? I've been loving our cast irons, but my wife finds them too heavy (and they are admittedly unwieldy for certain functions). Supposedly a carbon steel is "the best of both worlds" but I've also heard the seasoning can be challenging.

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 28 November 2021 02:23 (two years ago) link

it's kind of weird that the two materials are compared so frequently since the weight disparity means they respond very very differently. to me they're much closer to stainless with the theoretical benefit of a natural nonstick coating. nothing wrong with that.

idk why misen specifically would be important, these pans are pretty generic. i got the bk black steel from sur la table which is preseasoned and it's been just fine.

― call all destroyer, Sunday, 28 November 2021 02:32 (two years ago) link

just bc they did a good job targeting me with ads I guess. It seems like the prices atm are pretty similar to the BK - they are doing a bundle of a 12" and a 10" for about $100.

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 28 November 2021 02:37 (two years ago) link

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