Aw YAY thank you.
I think part of the reason I was grumpy was our new pots and pans have to go back. My mom bought us pots and pans for our wedding gift. Wayne and I spent a lot of time thinking over want we wanted in pans and went to Sears and the Bay. We eventually settled on Jamie Olivers stainless steel set by t-fal. We got them after our wedding and I was so excited. I loved them. We I am not happy anymore. After two uses of the one pot there is pitting and staining. I listened to the store associate at the time when she told me not to put salt in the cold water, put it in after the water has started to boil so it doesn't sit at the bottom. Our big pot and smallest pot have been used once and look terrible, the small pot Wayne used and never put the heat above 4 on the stove. It's totally discoloured. So we are going to take them back. I was so mad because it took us so long to pick a set so now we have to pick another one out after we have already looked at them and are not happy with anything else.
The only set we did like was the Gordon Ramsey (please do not think I am buying these for the name, if you knew Wayne you would know that's the last thing on his mind). But that set was just silly, two small pots, one big one and two frying pans. Then we noticed it's open stock through the Royal Doulton store. So now that's what we are going to go with.
We were reading reviews of the Jamie Oliver and one man had the same problem we are having and when he took it back the associate asked if he put salt in the cold water or cooked on high. He said to her 'is this stainless steel or fine bone china'.
ARG