Dee Randall wrote:
>
> Thanks Kate for your long passionate answer. I appreciate it. I know I'm
> not the only person out there that has had this happen, and it's good to
> hear that I'm not the only person this has happened to that hasn't abused
> their pans.

You aren't by a long chalk... A VEEERRRYYY long chalk!
>
> I, too have had cheap enameled pans, expensive enameled tea pots, Chantal
> enameled pans, which I have three and use 2 of them, and of courese, they
> have all outperformed the cream-colored glazed Le Creuset pans. I had a
> nice Chantal enameled large stock pot which was left on a burner that
> mal-functioned and the enamel melted down. But Chantal is also expensive
> and I think perhaps needs more care than the Le Creuset regarding
> temperature.
>
> I really am envious of the people on TV that use the Le Creuset pans when I
> have none anymore. They look so lovely and the cooking in them looks so
> inviting.
>
> What is BTDT - I can't figure it.
> <snip>Ha! BTDT!
>

Been There, Done That!

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