On Thursday, February 6, 2014 12:32:02 AM UTC-5, wrote:
> Your answer is much more complete than mine.
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> Agree that the Le Creuset is so heavy. I gave mine away.
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> Julie P

Years ago I had three large dutch oven of different sizes and used them every week. One was large enough for two roast. One beef and one pork roast. I used them like a slow cooker. Cooked the roast for awhile then the veggies added later.
I also bought a Le Creuset large dutch oven in the seventies and just gave it away last summer. I stopped using them after my husband died in the eighties.
I still have a few fry pans and a wok of cast iron and also of the new thinner cast iron that I like. Being old now is much easier to use.

Lucille