Stains I wouldn't worry about. I have to admit to letting my le creuset
pans going quite brown before I nuke them. Cracks are a different story and
I suggest you take them back to where you bought them.. I had chips in the
enamel on two pans and took them back to where I bought them. They only
replaced one as a goodwill gesture. They said I had mistreated them. Don't
know how. My grandad in France had his for about 70 years and they weren't
even stained. I guess they don't make them the way they used to.

"scorpie" > wrote in message
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> hi,
> I purchased a white oval french oven le creuset. after a few months I
> saw some fine thin lines in the bottom of the pot and brown stains
> from food. I even washed it using their special cast iron cleaner, it
> get rid of the brown spots, but not the fine thin lines. It says that
> this product is free of stains and non reactive. Seeing this fine thin
> lines all over the bottom scares me that this could be "cracked"
> enamel fromm heating?
> could someone tell me what it is and if it's safe to use it?
>
> thanks in advance