On Monday, August 7, 2000 12:00:00 AM UTC-7, Joan Ellis wrote:
> In rec.food.cooking, on Mon, 7 Aug 2000 16:28:00 -0700 , Doug
> Freyburger > wrote about Le Creuset
> Knock-off?:
>
> >Michael Acord wrote:
> >>
> >> Most people also forget the great old 'Descoware,' the
> >> enameled cast iron so popular forty years ago.
> >
> >Two pieces hang in my kitchen* and they are like new. If
> >you find any at a yard sale, either buy it or tell a chef.
> >
> I have a 12" frying pan with lid and removable wooden handle,but I
> never thought it was worth much in particular. My father loved it, and
> my mother gave it to me after he died because she didn't like the
> weight.
>
> Joan

There's tons of Descoware on eBay.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=...scoware&crdt=0

On 1/25/2014 11:03 AM, ImStillMags wrote:
> On Monday, August 7, 2000 12:00:00 AM UTC-7, Joan Ellis wrote:
>> In rec.food.cooking, on Mon, 7 Aug 2000 16:28:00 -0700 , Doug
>> Freyburger > wrote about Le Creuset
>> Knock-off?:
>>
>>> Michael Acord wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Most people also forget the great old 'Descoware,' the
>>>> enameled cast iron so popular forty years ago.
>>>
>>> Two pieces hang in my kitchen* and they are like new. If
>>> you find any at a yard sale, either buy it or tell a chef.
>>>
>> I have a 12" frying pan with lid and removable wooden handle,but I
>> never thought it was worth much in particular. My father loved it, and
>> my mother gave it to me after he died because she didn't like the
>> weight.
>>
>> Joan
>
> There's tons of Descoware on eBay.
> http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=...scoware&crdt=0
>
I own a lot of pieces of 'orange flame' Descoware. All vintage, of
course. I posted a link about the relationship between Le Creuset and
Descoware a month or so ago:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descoware

"Desco Corporation was bought out by Le Creuset in the 1960s. Le Creuset
stopped manufacturing and marketing Descoware while promoting their
French-manufactured Le Creuset brand of porcelain-coated cast iron
cookware in its place."

Mine are all stamped made in Belgium. They get a lot of use!

Jill

On Sat, 25 Jan 2014 11:01:27 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:

> This is a thread from 14 YEARS AGO.

Like yer stalking Omelet?

On 1/25/14, 11:03 AM, ImStillMags wrote:
> On Monday, August 7, 2000 12:00:00 AM UTC-7, Joan Ellis wrote:
>> In rec.food.cooking, on Mon, 7 Aug 2000 16:28:00 -0700 , Doug
>> Freyburger > wrote about Le Creuset
>> Knock-off?:
>>
>>> Michael Acord wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Most people also forget the great old 'Descoware,' the
>>>> enameled cast iron so popular forty years ago.
>>>
>>> Two pieces hang in my kitchen* and they are like new. If
>>> you find any at a yard sale, either buy it or tell a chef.
>>>
>> I have a 12" frying pan with lid and removable wooden handle,but I
>> never thought it was worth much in particular. My father loved it, and
>> my mother gave it to me after he died because she didn't like the
>> weight.
>>
>> Joan
>
> There's tons of Descoware on eBay.

There is, indeed. But Descoware does not have a flat bottom, so we can't
use it on glass cooktops or induction.

-- Larry

On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 02:31:53 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:

> <making ape sounds>

'Bout your speed, dwarf...