November 06, 2007 | Pot Head
A few nights ago, Regan and I were discussing cast iron enamel pots (we took a break from sending each other links to shoes we want to buy) and the merits of the different sizes. Would the 7 quart pot be too big? The 5 quart pot too small? It occurred to me that I wasn't exactly sure what size my beloved blue Le Crueset pot is. There's a number on the lid, but 24 didn't have any meaning to me. Twenty four cups? Ounces? Liters?
I turned to Google, natch. And wouldn't you know, I found an article on the Chow website with the exact question I was asking! The mysterious number 24 is the diameter of the inside of the pan in centimeters (Totally! Obvious! NOT.) Twenty four cm is roughly 9 and a half inches which means my pot will hold about 4 and a half quarts.
Woohoo! Mystery solved. Which means now I know that the 7 quart Martha Stewart cast iron pot would be a much better choice than the 5 quart. Not that I had my eye on one or anything...
Oof! I want a Martha pot, but I don't even know what I'd use it for!
I need an enamel pot. Need. Need. Need. In fact I have one on my Christmas list. I want one of the lovely Le Cureset ones, but they're so expensive, so while in Macy's I saw the Martha one which is much cheaper. However I wonder which is better really? But really I just want one, or in fact several, every size! Oh the soups I can make. Yumm home made soup!
I'm dying on the inside to have one of those. And I'm hoping that Santa will bring me my very first Le Crueset.
That flower image is insanity - you never think that colors like that actually occur so to see it is really kind of nice.