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Originally Posted by hamsup
i bought a set from lagostina when it was on sale at canadian tire.. it's pretty basic and so far so good. I do need to buy some stainless steel cleaner as some of the pots (the ones we use daily) is starting to look dull..
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Baking soda is a great cleaning agent and it's okay to use on pots since they're probably scratched up anyway. However, some stains just won't come off.
IMHO, most of the kitchen stuff at Canadian Tire is junk. I bought a Kitchen-Aid set from Canadian Tire when I first moved out three years ago and I imagine that the Lagostina set is about the same in quality. The stuff they sell at Canadian Tire may have the brand name, but it's inferior in quality to the stuff you would buy at a boutique kitchen store, like Ming Wo.
When I was last down in the States, I saw some All-Clad pans and pots at Ross for about half the price of retail. If you're not willing to spend that much, I've heard good things about the products from Paderno (another Canadian company based out of PEI.)
If I could, I would use cast iron pans, but I can't because I have an electric range with a glass cooktop. Glass cooktops look great, but they're tough to keep clean and if they're dirty, they will stain the bottoms of your pans.