> more specific than a casserole in French. It's rather that they are false-friends: a french « casserole » is an english ‶sauce pan″ (the most vanilla cookwar

> more specific than a casserole in French. It's rather that they are false-friends: a french « casserole » is an english ‶sauce pan″ (the most vanilla cookware, a metal pot with a handle). A cocote has typically more heat inertia (made of thick casted iron), is larger (so you can cook large pieces of meat in it) and thus far less handy.