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Mogg's Hqiz, folks...
Sep. 6th, 2009 02:56 pmStarted making a batch of homemade ginger ale today. Discovered I needed a bigger pot. Yas, yas, it's the sabbath but my cup runneth over - literally. So I declare the ox in the mire, and sally forth to find a cheap sauce kettle.
Smith's Marketplace: Buy the whole set, or nothing. Minimum $159.00. No, thank you.
Note to Morons in Portland: I'm in Utah, and you have no idea what the locals want. People sometimes need just a pot to hiss in.
So, I run across the street to:
Williams-Sonoma: Holy Flapping Scrith, people! $475.00 a for hammered Ruffoni stockpot? I don't need something made with the same loving care as a samurai sword, for Mogg's sake. Stainless steel is stainless steel - it doesn't have to be folded and beaten 18,000 times and plated with platinum-iridium alloy. Yeesh!
Desperate and hoping against hope, I stumble into:
Albertson's: Kitchenmate 5½-quart Dutch Oven with lid. Stainless steel, 50% off, on sale for $9.95. God bless the outcasts! Just what I needed, and for the right price. So I feed the Chinese instead of the Italians... it will certainly last me my remaining lifetime, and cook some fine spaghetti sauce in the process. Thank you, Albertson's!
Now, to be fair: If I had more money than God, I would probably equip my kitchen with the finest stuff available. It feels nice, it looks nice, and it will not only last a lifetime, it's something you can will to your heirs. And Williams-Sonoma has fine stuff. But I don't have wealth beyond the dreams of avarice.
Yet.
Smith's Marketplace: Buy the whole set, or nothing. Minimum $159.00. No, thank you.
Note to Morons in Portland: I'm in Utah, and you have no idea what the locals want. People sometimes need just a pot to hiss in.
So, I run across the street to:
Williams-Sonoma: Holy Flapping Scrith, people! $475.00 a for hammered Ruffoni stockpot? I don't need something made with the same loving care as a samurai sword, for Mogg's sake. Stainless steel is stainless steel - it doesn't have to be folded and beaten 18,000 times and plated with platinum-iridium alloy. Yeesh!
Desperate and hoping against hope, I stumble into:
Albertson's: Kitchenmate 5½-quart Dutch Oven with lid. Stainless steel, 50% off, on sale for $9.95. God bless the outcasts! Just what I needed, and for the right price. So I feed the Chinese instead of the Italians... it will certainly last me my remaining lifetime, and cook some fine spaghetti sauce in the process. Thank you, Albertson's!
Now, to be fair: If I had more money than God, I would probably equip my kitchen with the finest stuff available. It feels nice, it looks nice, and it will not only last a lifetime, it's something you can will to your heirs. And Williams-Sonoma has fine stuff. But I don't have wealth beyond the dreams of avarice.
Yet.
