

Vegetable beef and pearled spelt soup. It’s my first time using spelt in soup, I prefer barley.
No, I slurp out all the broth first, and leave the "stew" for last.Beef and barley soup. Great for these near freezing temps in Alabama. Do any of y'all eat the veg and grain first and save the tasty beef for last like I do?
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Is that a La Crusset?The Spousal Unit was jonesing for minestrone so she built some for dinner. Had it with BLTs. Very good!
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Cheers!
I thought so. I’m glad you saw the prices. I’m a big fan of America’s Test Kitchen. I watched it all the time. I have 16 seasons on dvd. It was always their #1 rating.Le Creuset - and of course!
That orange round one I bought for The Spousal Unit when we bought our first home almost 47 years ago.
We have a couple of others - a big oval green one and a smaller round blue one - and use them a lot.
Cheers!
[edit] Holy crap! I just checked out the Le Creuset site to see what's up these days and the prices are outtasight now! Our green oval dutch oven lists at $475, the orange round one is $460, and our small round blue one is $420. Yikes!![]()
We bought similar pots from Walmart for ourselves, and both kids for $40 , 20 years ago. We all use them on a very regular basis, ours weekly.Le Creuset - and of course!
That orange round one I bought for The Spousal Unit when we bought our first home almost 47 years ago.
We have a couple of others - a big oval green one and a smaller round blue one - and use them a lot.
Cheers!
[edit] Holy crap! I just checked out the Le Creuset site to see what's up these days and the prices are outtasight now! Our green oval dutch oven lists at $475, the orange round one is $460, and our small round blue one is $420. Yikes!![]()
Similarly here, from Sam's Club @ ~$40 each. Got 2 of them, well over 10 years ago.We bought similar pots from Walmart for ourselves, and both kids for $40 , 20 years ago. We all use them on a very regular basis, ours weekly.
We also have the Lodge. I think it was $79 or something like that. We don’t use it all the time. 4 or 5 times a year probably.I have a Lodge enamel cast iron Dutch oven. It has been my main pot for soup and braising since I got it 15 or 20 years ago. It works great. My mom had Le Cruset. It was tangibly better. It stayed cleaner and just had a nicer feel. The enamel was smoother and I think harder. I couldn’t bring myself to pay the difference in price but I liked using mom’s more.
My daughter has the Le Cruset now and I am sure she will be able to pass it on to her granddaughter. It is a once in a lifetime investment. If you can afford it, buy it while you are still young and you won’t regret it.
Some ferment beer in fancy stainless steel conical fermenters will all the bells and whistles. Others use plastic buckets or old glass Alhambra water bottles. They both work and make good beer.
Looks more like a beautiful cat than a pot. Maybe I should start drinking heavy again, my vision is going bad.We also have the Lodge. I think it was $79 or something like that. We don’t use it all the time. 4 or 5 times a year probably.
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He’s gone now, had complete kidney failure. We had to put him down right before Christmas 2023. He was quite a character. That pot wasn’t out of that box more than 2 minutes.Looks more like a beautiful cat than a pot. Maybe I should start drinking heavy again, my vision is going bad.