Nice cookware is expensive and worth it though. I mean that's really fucking expensive for ONE pot but I got a $500 stainless steel set for real cheap when i was working retail (it went clearance and I stacked discounts to llike 230 dollars) and they're so nice. I think unless I take a hammer to them they're going to be basically perfect forever

[–] Diuretic_Materialism@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

Enameled cast iron is pretty pricey, but it's good shit. It's got the durability of cast iron with the convenience of non-stick.

[–] GlueBear@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

~~She went ahead and bought the Stanley cup of Dutch ovens. The one that's more of a status marker than a cooking pot.~~

Edit: L for me, I am wrong and uninformed

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not even. She bought a regular Le Creuset 14 oz cocotte which is just a nice normal sub-$50 Dutch oven, not even one of the $300 ones. Currently on sale for $36 on the manufacturer website with free shipping. Not exactly extravagantly overpriced.

If you want to criticise something, go after the kind of overpriced $160 pan

Or better yet, the extremely overpriced matching serving bowl that costed $367

She basically just went on an average Wiilliams-Sonoma shopping trip, which is for upper middle-class suckers sure but like ultimately who gives a shit if someone pays double for some cookware?

[–] GlueBear@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the info; Big L for me.

As for double price for cookware; I'm ngl if I'm experiencing unprecedented CoL, have no job or housing security, and have no prospects for the future (all of which are entirely out my control) I would be kinda mad if my VP decided to buy some bougie shit. After all, my money is paying for that lifestyle and not my or other's survival.