clay pots?

[porkwah]

where can i buy small clay pots in NYC? (i don't need anything fancy - just cooking some things from fucia dunlop's book.)

[Suzanne F]

You can get Chinese sand pots in just about any Chinatown. Is that what you mean? Also: Despana may have Spanish ones, and the North African place in Chelsea Market (almost at the Tenth Ave. end), they used to have tagines. (I forget if they're still there.)

[Anthony Bonner]

Despana has plenty of clay pots - but most of them are low height.

[joethefoodie]

Despana has plenty of clay pots - but most of them are low height.

Yeah, Despana's clay are cazuelas - I don't think what the OP is looking for.

 

All along E. Broadway, Canal, Grand etc. - stop into any restaurant supply/kitchenware shop. The small clay pots are like $6.

 

One of the places I order in from basically gives you the clay pot if you order one of their rice dishes.

[AaronS]

if you want a japanese one the meat hook/brooklyn kitchen has them.

[mongo_jones]

please don't hate me because my new pots are beautiful.

[Sneakeater]

Wow those are beautiful pots.

[Sneakeater]

Will they crack in the cold weather?

[Sneakeater]

If my wife saw those, she'd immediately need them.  Those are like EXACTLY what she liked.

[mongo_jones]

there's a video at the end of the twitter thread that shows how they're made.

[joethefoodie]

Lovely. 

Do you have to be super careful with thermal shock, or are they in some way "cured" of that?

[mongo_jones]

they say to cook only gravy/liquid-based dishes for the first four or five times but that's as much seasoning as is required. and of course you heat them up slowly (they return the favour by holding the heat for much longer). i'm not going to be setting them down on cold or wet surfaces after taking them off the stove to find out though.

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[Sneakeater]

I thought all you had out there were cold wet surfaces. 

[voyager]

My clay experience = French, Italian. Spanish. Latin American, most of which is much more rustic than these pieces.   But my rule is thump it on the side/rim.   It should kind of "ring'.   It if goes "thunk", it may/probably has a crack.   Even hairline cracks can cause a seemingly good pot to implode with dry heat.

This is from my totally unverified "notebook", aka, my closely held lore.

[mongo_jones]

1 hour ago, Sneakeater said:

I thought all you had out there were cold wet surfaces. 

 

our new house has a few indoor rooms.