Stinkypup

No, in the UK but they do sell them here although they may be a teensy bit expensive
They are ridiculously heavy, especially for modern cooktops/hobs but will last forever. Like an Aga JS, they can be a little pretentious.

https://www.agamarvel.com/aga/produc...t-iron-ranges/

Essentially a ton of cast iron in your kitchen with little control ( current owners would of course deny this) which runs 24/7 on electricity, gas or oil. Owners claim that it would be impossible to live without one.

They do look nice and warm you up on a cold night, by putting your feet on it to warm them up. You don't need that, you've got your missus to do that for you!

Oink

You can get all that petite bourgeois tat at https://www.williams-sonoma.ca/

BristolUK

Why don't you use them? Or did you leave the tops on to hide the marks?

Stinkypup

We do, that's just where they sleep

BristolUK

It wasn't because they were put away, it was because they looked so clean...unused even.

Stinkypup

Certainly used, they keep well

I have my everyday pans which are a lot lighter and less likely to damage the induction hob/cooktop

scrubbedexpat091

Probably why I have not seen them before, likely not sold in the stores I generally frequent...lol... I think our pot set was $40 maybe $50, aluminum I think with ceramic coating of some sort to make it non-stick but not sure they are non-stick anymore....

The ranges at the link are quite nice, never seen anything like them before.

We have an el cheapo special oven/stove, electric and I rarely use it, I hate cooking on electric cook tops.

caretaker

I bought all my le Creuset pots at thrift stores, the big one was $4. Same with other dishes, I found a brand new 22" Analon skillet at the Sally Ann for $4 too, and that's a $100 frying pan in some stores.

Atlantic Xpat

I bought my Le Creuset Round casserole in an outlet shop in U.K. And brought it over in my checked luggage! I use it all the time for stews, casseroles and pot roasts.

Apropos to stewing hens, not seen such a thing here but would buy one if I could. Very much a fan of browning and frying up onions etc before the stewing part as well. Yesterday for supper I made turkey soup using a couple of turkey drumsticks. Turned out well and feed the family for not a lot.

BristolUK

Does the meat come off well?

I've bought Turkey legs (drumsticks) before and while good value, they've always been full of tendons and whatnot in a way that drumsticks on an actual turkey don't seem to be.

If the meat came off easy, I can imagine doing them a bit like lamb shanks.

Pulaski

Every turkey drum stick I have ever removed from the bird and eaten (Mrs P won't eat dark meat ) always contains a bunch of very still tendons that the meat has to be scraped off.

BristolUK

Certainly not without them but I had always managed to cut a bit off and just bite off the rest whereas a drumstick bought only as a drumstick, it was as if most of the meat was in a cage and you had to break off all the bars to get to it.

BristolUK

Can anyone smell my coq au vin?

(stop giggling at the back)

Siouxie

You can buy them here (but they're not cheap!)

Where To Buy | Le Creuset Canada

scrubbedexpat091

Looking at the stores in the area who sell them (2 stores, next city over. 0 here) I can see why I have likely never seen them before, I would never be in those stores for anything....