On Sun 08 Jan 2006 10:10:31p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it ms. tonya?

(~patches~)WROTE:
I love them anywhere from jars, to crocks, to appliances, to serveware,
to cookware. What about everyone else? Do you use your antiques or keep
them just on display?
~patches~ -- serving salad in an antique lead glass cutware bowl and
pickles in an antique depression dish tonight
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MY RESPONSE: I have a few general electric & westinghouse glass fridge
water bottles from the 40's, 1 civil war bottle, few glass fridge
storage containers from 50's all on top of my fridge.
Last an old hamburger shape cake pan hanging on wall.

I love those old glass fridge storage containers. I've started collecting
them and *using* them. I find they also work in the microwave.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
__________________________________________________ ________________
And if we enter a room full of manure, may we believe in the pony.

On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 00:14:14 -0500, ~patches~
wrote:

Dee Randall wrote:

With some people,
it's shoes, some it's books, it could be anything you are smitten with.
Are you sure there is nothing you don't keep around just a little longer
than what is utilitarian? Doesn't have to be kitchen-stuff.
Dee Dee



I kind of wondered that myself. Personally, I'm not grounded without
antiques and I have a fair number of them scattered throughout the
house. They root me to the past. I *can't* be comfortable without my
extensive book collection either. By far, my biggest collection is
genealogy - it's massive and still growing. I really *need* a room
dedicated just to genealogy. If all goes well I'll have my own
microfilm reader shortly and that takes up a lot of room! I think
everyone collects some type of thing, some just aren't as obvious as others.


For me, it is my cookbooks. Most of them are in storage now (over
1000) but I love them so much, I have to travel with at least some of
them. Of course, my "some of them" is more often than not, larger than
the collections of a lot of folks.

I just took some of them down to my cabin in Idyllwild, but I still
carry about 200 or more with me. Here is the last picture I took of
them, when I was getting set up in this apartment. Not nearly all I
travel with.

http://tinypic.com/i2onpc.jpg

For me, they comfort me. I read them like novels, and cook from them
too. For noncooks, it is completely bewildering as to why I would
carry so many cookbooks around with me.

And I continue collecting them...

Christine

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
On Sun 08 Jan 2006 10:11:50p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it
serene?

On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 23:54:52 -0500, "Dee Randall"
wrote:


"serene" wrote in message
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On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 17:46:08 -0500, ~patches~
wrote:

I love them anywhere from jars, to crocks, to appliances, to
serveware, to cookware. What about everyone else? Do you use
your antiques or keep them just on display?

I am the worlds biggest anti-hoarder. I don't keep anything, and I
don't own any antiques. I have a couple of pretty crystal bowls,
but they're yard sale finds, and I just use them until they break.

serene

don't keep around just a little longer than what is utilitarian?
Doesn't have to be kitchen-stuff.

I can't think of anything, but there may be something. Let's ask
James, who knows me better than anyone: He says I have a pair of
papier-mache reindeer that the kids made in the closet somewhere --
will that do? :-)
serene


I still mourn things that I got rid of years ago and later wished
that I hadn't.

I got rid of all almost all the rhinestone costume jewelry my mom gave me.
You know how much that stuff from the 1960's is worth now?! Eeeek!

As for kitchen stuff, I still have grandma's cast iron griddle and use it
all the time.

Jill

~patches~ wrote:

I love them anywhere from jars, to crocks, to appliances, to serveware,
to cookware. What about everyone else? Do you use your antiques or
keep them just on display?

~patches~ -- serving salad in an antique lead glass cutware bowl and
pickles in an antique depression dish tonight

The oldest thing in my kitchen is me....LOL....Sharon

"jmcquown" wrote in message
news
Wayne Boatwright wrote:
On Sun 08 Jan 2006 10:11:50p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it
serene?

On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 23:54:52 -0500, "Dee Randall"
wrote:


"serene" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 17:46:08 -0500, ~patches~
wrote:

I love them anywhere from jars, to crocks, to appliances, to
serveware, to cookware. What about everyone else? Do you use
your antiques or keep them just on display?

I am the worlds biggest anti-hoarder. I don't keep anything, and I
don't own any antiques. I have a couple of pretty crystal bowls,
but they're yard sale finds, and I just use them until they break.

serene

don't keep around just a little longer than what is utilitarian?
Doesn't have to be kitchen-stuff.

I can't think of anything, but there may be something. Let's ask
James, who knows me better than anyone: He says I have a pair of
papier-mache reindeer that the kids made in the closet somewhere --
will that do? :-)
serene


I still mourn things that I got rid of years ago and later wished
that I hadn't.

I got rid of all almost all the rhinestone costume jewelry my mom gave me.
You know how much that stuff from the 1960's is worth now?! Eeeek!


I received loads of "rhinestone" & costume jewelry from m-i-l. She was b.
1912. I washed it all -- took weeks, separated it into earrings,
bracelets, necklaces, rings, so on, and put each type into big jars and
labeled them. I don't know where it's all going to go eventually. But
instead of taking drawers and drawers, it's now in one concise space.
Pretty shiney!
Dee Dee

Nope - I keep the in-laws outa my kitchen.










Shaun aRe

In article ,
~patches~ wrote:

I love them anywhere from jars, to crocks, to appliances, to serveware,
to cookware. What about everyone else? Do you use your antiques or
keep them just on display?

~patches~ -- serving salad in an antique lead glass cutware bowl and
pickles in an antique depression dish tonight

This was my kitchen 2 1/2 years ago ......

http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=jzyvf5

The stove is now out in the garage ... can't bring myself to get rid of
it!

I used that stove for over 20 years. It was made around 1927 or so.

My pressure cooker is from the '40s .... its almost as old as I am.

Regards,
Dave W.

--
Living in the Ozarks
For email, edu will do.

Regardless of what doesn't happen, there's always someone who knew it wouldn't.
R. Henry

"Dave W." wrote in message
...
In article ,
~patches~ wrote:

I love them anywhere from jars, to crocks, to appliances, to
serveware,
to cookware. What about everyone else? Do you use your antiques or
keep them just on display?

~patches~ -- serving salad in an antique lead glass cutware bowl
and
pickles in an antique depression dish tonight

This was my kitchen 2 1/2 years ago ......

http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=jzyvf5

The stove is now out in the garage ... can't bring myself to get rid
of
it!

I used that stove for over 20 years. It was made around 1927 or so.

My pressure cooker is from the '40s .... its almost as old as I am.

That is a fabulous cooker I can see why you don't want to get rid of
it. Have you thought of offering it to a museum?

O

~patches~ wrote:

Mark Thorson wrote:

I could tell you what I collect and why,
but then I'd risk having more competition
for them on eBay. That would be bad.
Right now, I'm often the only bidder.

Well now as long as you aren't collecting Depression glass or fiestaware
you should be ok. I buy surprising little in the way of antiques on
ebay even though I buy a lot of other things on ebay. I like seeing
what I'm buying when it comes to antiques. I love auction sales and
antique shops but what I really like are the second hand shops that
don't know the value of what they are selling. I just picked up some
really nice fiestaware that way.

As a matter of fact, I do have a Fiestaware plate
and occasionally bid on some pieces. But nobody
with any knowledge of the hazard would eat off
the ones I buy (pre-war red pieces) because . . .
maybe you don't want to know.

Dave W. wrote:

In article ,
~patches~ wrote:


I love them anywhere from jars, to crocks, to appliances, to serveware,
to cookware. What about everyone else? Do you use your antiques or
keep them just on display?

~patches~ -- serving salad in an antique lead glass cutware bowl and
pickles in an antique depression dish tonight


This was my kitchen 2 1/2 years ago ......

http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=jzyvf5

The stove is now out in the garage ... can't bring myself to get rid of
it!

Oh that's a real beauty! I wouldn't get rid of it either. If I could
have found a working antique stove that fit the spot we have, I would
have snapped it up in a flash.



I used that stove for over 20 years. It was made around 1927 or so.

My pressure cooker is from the '40s .... its almost as old as I am.

Regards,
Dave W.

In article ,
"Ophelia" wrote:

"Dave W." wrote in message
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snip

This was my kitchen 2 1/2 years ago ......

http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=jzyvf5

The stove is now out in the garage ... can't bring myself to get rid
of
it!

I used that stove for over 20 years. It was made around 1927 or so.

My pressure cooker is from the '40s .... its almost as old as I am.

That is a fabulous cooker I can see why you don't want to get rid of
it. Have you thought of offering it to a museum?

O

Yes, I have thought about that ... but I don't know of a museum that
displays antique stoves. I should add that my wife wants me to keep it
in hopes that we can use it again some day. I do think it would be neat
in a "summer kitchen" ... I think that's what they call an outdoor
kitchen. A number of older homes had them for use in hot weather, before
the advent of air conditioning.

Regards,
Dave W.

--
Living in the Ozarks
For email, edu will do.

Regardless of what doesn't happen, there's always someone who knew it wouldn't.
R. Henry

"Dave W." wrote in message
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In article ,
"Ophelia" wrote:

"Dave W." wrote in message
...
snip

This was my kitchen 2 1/2 years ago ......

http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=jzyvf5

The stove is now out in the garage ... can't bring myself to get
rid
of
it!

I used that stove for over 20 years. It was made around 1927 or so.

My pressure cooker is from the '40s .... its almost as old as I am.

That is a fabulous cooker I can see why you don't want to get rid
of
it. Have you thought of offering it to a museum?

O

Yes, I have thought about that ... but I don't know of a museum that
displays antique stoves.

Well I can't say about US but in UK (my field is Social History) we have
cookers in kitchen displays or in houses/cottages in period

I should add that my wife wants me to keep it
in hopes that we can use it again some day. I do think it would be
neat
in a "summer kitchen" ... I think that's what they call an outdoor
kitchen. A number of older homes had them for use in hot weather,
before
the advent of air conditioning.

Regards,
Dave W.

--
Living in the Ozarks
For email, edu will do.

Regardless of what doesn't happen, there's always someone who knew it
wouldn't.
R.
Henry

On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 17:46:08 -0500, ~patches~
wrote:

I love them anywhere from jars, to crocks, to appliances, to serveware,
to cookware. What about everyone else? Do you use your antiques or
keep them just on display?

Well, I read your subject line and wondered why you were posting about
me. I'm really the only antique in my kitchen.

--
-denny-
"Do your thoughts call ahead or do they just arrive at your mouth unannounced?"

"It's come as you are, baby."

-over the hedge

Denny Wheeler wrote:

On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 17:46:08 -0500, ~patches~
wrote:


I love them anywhere from jars, to crocks, to appliances, to serveware,
to cookware. What about everyone else? Do you use your antiques or
keep them just on display?


Well, I read your subject line and wondered why you were posting about
me. I'm really the only antique in my kitchen.

LOL! In terms of age, I'm not antique but today I sure as heck feel
like I am. I've been researching all day and we have overnight guests
arriving at 10 pm so I really need to get it in gear.

Most of my antiques (including my family's rocking chair circa 1850) are
scattered throughout the house. However, I do have a very old (not sure
if it has reached "antique" status) carving set from France that is in
my kitchen and also a set of really old demitasse cups/saucers. Carol

Our life may not always be the party we would have chosen, but while we
are here, we may as well dance!