Have you Hurd... Great pot... and I didn't have to drive to Colorado to get it...

Before the law enforcement authorities show up at my front door, I should share a photo of the pot to which I am referring.  It is all washed and ready for action on the stove.  I have it in my possession now thanks to a timely tip from a good friend and fellow cook & baker.  Her recommendation is worth a thousand online product reviews.  I have mentioned her before and her positively mad skills with the red velvet cake.  I will not reveal her true identity here for purely selfish reasons.   I do not want to start a bidding war for her baked goods.  I fear my pockets would not be deep enough to ensure a continued supply for me and mine.  A journalist isn't the only one who needs to protect his (or her) sources.  -sly grin-

This is likely the last time it will look this
pretty, so I had to take a picture.  I am going
to subject all 12 quarts of it to frequent and
sometimes punishing duty.  -sinister laugh-  

Given that prices on the internet fluctuate wildly and I consider the pricing on this item to be highly favorable, once I had secured said pot for myself... I beat a path to the keyboard to share the news with my dedicated readership.  Perhaps many of you have one of these already.  If so, I guess that makes me a slow learner.  If not, you will want to grab some plastic money and go straight to your keyboard (or mobile device).  I have wanted to replace the cobbled together pasta pot I have been using for a long time, but never seemed to find a replacement within a suitable price range.  An 8-quart stock pot with a wire seafood basket worked, but it wasn't pretty.  I needed more capacity somewhat frequently.  It was just not big enough to boil 3 pounds of pasta at the same time.  I got chills down my spine every time the metal feet on the wire basket scratched the non-stick surface on the bottom of the pot.  I winced every time I grabbed the strainer handle and got my oven mitts into the boiling water...  I struggled mightily, waiting for for a Calphalon sale to break my way.

Imagine the completely shocked look on my face when the sale broke my way, but instead of Calphalon... It was Cuisinart...  In my book that is usually just a French-sounding word for vastly overpriced.  I have never had a bead on their quality, as I was never willing to pay the price they asked. A good friend and former co-worker summed it up best.  We were buying a wedding gift for an associate and I told him there was toaster on the registry, but the price was quite obscene.  His response was "well, at that price it MUST be a Cuisinart."  Indeed it was.  -smile-  So the sale on this particular piece of Cuisinart cookware must be monumental.  If you are at all interested, hit the link... If you have Amazon Prime, use it for free shipping.  It will most likely be on your porch in a day or two.  I ordered mine Thursday at lunch time and it arrived Friday afternoon.  I plan to put it in play this weekend.  If it lives up to my expectations, and I have little doubt that it will, I will discard a stockpot, large wire steamer basket, and maybe even a counter-top steamer.  Trying to keep the cupboards as orderly as I can.  Why have three things to do the job when this one pot will do it all?

Just in case you are wondering, this still doesn't even mildly deter my aversion to nearly all things French or French-sounding.  I will still avoid French restaurants, French dressing, French Fries, and French poodles.  In the meantime, my mind will busy itself with semi-ridiculous comparisons to the movie The Godfather.  You see, this friend has been baking cakes for me and giving me hot leads on great cooking equipment.  These are considered pretty big favors in my world.  And just like in The Godfather, I wonder when and how I will be expected to return the favor.  She does happen to come from the part of Ohio known for it's mafioso past.  That is all I will say about it for now.  I think I hear that Beatles song in my head now... "I get by with a little help from my friends..."  -nervous smile-

Details to confirm you have found what you are looking
for...  Happy Hunting...  :-)

http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-77-412-Classic-Stainless-12-Quart/dp/B0000UV01S/ref=sr_1_2?s=kitchen&srs=2587949011&ie=UTF8&qid=1428165489&sr=1-2&keywords=cuisinart+multi-pot

Your Dining Scout and Shade Tree Chef,
Michael Hurd, aka Big Mike