Can Santa bring me the E30 Silit Vision System?

Remember those Villeroy & Boch dinner plates I bought just last Thursday? Well... I decided I wasn't really crazy about them after all.  I know, I know... I'm crazy.  But I wasn't in love with them. And if I kept them,eventually I would secretly wish they'd all break so I could buy new plates.. ones that  I really love. lol!

I wasn't even sure if it was possible to exchange or return them since the receipt was in German. So on Thursday night I e-mailed the company about their return policy but when I didn't receive a response by Friday afternoon I got desperate and called them. The sweet woman I spoke with told me there would be no problem in exchanging or returning the plates but I would have to do it within 14 days. She also told me that the store would be closed for the following two weekends for inventory. So that meant I'd have to go this weekend. I knew S wouldn't mind driving to Germany. He loves it there and if it the day involved good German food I knew he'd be more than happy to go. I immediately called him at work and said, "How would you like to have some delicious schnitzel?" He saw right through me and asked, "Do you want to go back to Germany to return those plates?"  I explained that the plates were just too big and a bit flat almost as if there was no distinction between the center of the plate & outer rim. He started to laugh and said, "And you didn't notice these things when you were at the store?" Ok, maybe I did notice they were a bit flat but as far as the size goes I was a bit confused. I mean when you're in a store with thousands of dinner dishes of all different sizes I couldn't remember for the life of me what size my dinner plates were. Were they 11.5", 12", 12.5" or 13"?

So Saturday morning we got in the car and drove to Mettlach, Germany. I'm just thankful that S drives a heck of a lot faster than the bus driver did. The return went smoothly and I bought a different set of dinner plates which I am happy to say I love along with some bowls & mugs.

Next stop was a kitchen shop with cookware, kitchen gadgets, and bakeware by a German company called Silit. And this my friends is where I fell in love with German cookware. I've never seen such beautifully made pots & pans. I immediately fell for the E30 series. Silit's Silargan cookware is made from several layers of very sturdy and heat-resistant high-tech ceramic and is fused with the ferromagnetic steel core at temperatures of 860 °C. It's ultra-hard, cut and scratch-proof, non-abrasive and extremely durable. After learning all this I'm ready to trash my All-Clad & Calphalon pots & pans and make room for E30 Silit cookware. lol! The store carried a garlic press that was the Mercedes Benz of all Garlic Press. At a steep 26 Euros ($33) it should be amazing. Silit also made a funky teapot and these adorable little pots that could easily go from the oven/stove top to the dinner table and make your dinner look fabulous. And there was this beautiful fondue set that really wanted to come home with me. But with such a big wish list I knew I'd need to return with a tax relief form (allowing me to buy products tax free in Germany) which would save me about 20%. 

We ended our shopping trip with a delicious German dinner... Kartoffelsuppe, Schnitzel with mushrooms, Spätzle, and 2 glasses of German wine. I also picked up a few slices of Apfelstrudel, German cheese cake and some Brötchen at the local bakery. Yum.

When we got home I researched Silit's products to see if I could purchase them from a US company but the number of businesses carrying their cookware was pretty small. The other disadvantage was that they didn't carry the entire Silit line. So it looks like I'll need to buy them before we leave Europe. You can bet I won't be exchanging any of these pretty pots & pans.