Re:Most people don't care about quality
by geodel on Thursday January 02, 2025 @10:47AM
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For long time I used to think about crappy ladles and why steel ones in decent shapes not available in US stores. The kind that I had in India would last lifetime. Finally I found these kind of things in webstaurant store. Seems this kind of stuff is readily available in catering/ restaurant supply stores. Things mainstream stores sell is all inspired from Tv, media celebrity cooking etc. This stuff is more fragile but supposedly fancy looking. I now have stuff more practical, reliable and all steel (or at least part that touch food) from catering stores.
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Re:Most people don't care about quality
by quickthrowman on Thursday January 02, 2025 @10:52AM
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You can buy a good ladle in a US retail store, you just have to pay $30+ for it: https://www.crateandbarrel.com/crate-and-barrel-stainless-st...
For something that should last forever, $30 isn’t too bad.
It’s basically impossible to get a quality product at a Target or Walmart type store.
Re:Most people don't care about quality
by datadrivenangel on Thursday January 02, 2025 @11:38AM
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Crate and Barrel is decidedly for the market segment of "more money than ability to discern quality and wants social status". The last time I went into one, they had $70 ice bucket tongs that looked amazing but had no teeth, which totally defeat the point of ice tongs.