cynic posted:

My dad had a loving giant set of le creuset and when he passed away my mother threw it all out because it was from the 70s and a weird shade of orange and she wanted some nice new stuff. She also emptied a bunch of priceless scotch down the sink because she thought it was too old and too strong for anyone (cask strength bottled in a distillery that was destroyed in WWII, so the rarity value was off the scale). I have a bunch of cheap but weighty cast iron skillets and grill pans for searing stuff; it's the only type of pan that will get properly hot on my halogen hobs.