Ok, cooks - advice please!
Sep. 2nd, 2009 12:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prosodicOk, cooks and chef-type people, I need your help.
I need a new pot. Something for cooking pasta, making homemade soups, etc. Around 4-5 quarts ought to suffice.
The problem is, of course, I don't have the money to splash out on something really fabulous, like a Le Creuset (which I have been coveting for years). I don't think I want to spend over $30, and I need a good quality pot.
Lance pretty much destroyed the one we have now. Total accident. He left it sitting empty on a hot burner, and now it doesn't conduct heat properly. That pot came as part of a set anyway, and it wasn't a really great set either (I still have 2 saucepans from that set that serve adequately).
So...suggestions? Is IKEA's cookware any good? Because I was looking at something like this -
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40129459 - only the lid has drainage, which is great for pasta...not so great when simmering soups that require to be covered. Target is the closest store to me, but I looked at their website and don't see anything I like in the right price range. But I suppose their in-store stock is different.
I'm just rambling now. Suggestions are greatly appreciated.
I need a new pot. Something for cooking pasta, making homemade soups, etc. Around 4-5 quarts ought to suffice.
The problem is, of course, I don't have the money to splash out on something really fabulous, like a Le Creuset (which I have been coveting for years). I don't think I want to spend over $30, and I need a good quality pot.
Lance pretty much destroyed the one we have now. Total accident. He left it sitting empty on a hot burner, and now it doesn't conduct heat properly. That pot came as part of a set anyway, and it wasn't a really great set either (I still have 2 saucepans from that set that serve adequately).
So...suggestions? Is IKEA's cookware any good? Because I was looking at something like this -
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40129459 - only the lid has drainage, which is great for pasta...not so great when simmering soups that require to be covered. Target is the closest store to me, but I looked at their website and don't see anything I like in the right price range. But I suppose their in-store stock is different.
I'm just rambling now. Suggestions are greatly appreciated.