Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >, "Jean B." >
> wrote:
>
>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>> In article >, "Jean B." >
>>> wrote:
>>>>> of the various patterns. Apparently, some of them are considered
>>>>> 'collectible'.
>>>> Yes, I was thinking that. Now I kind-of wish I had kept more of
>>>> my mother's ugly old stuff.
>>> Why? A memento? To use?
>>>
>> Oh, I use the things. I just thought they were ugly.
>
> <grin>
>
>> I couldn't save everything--or even a fraction of things my parents
>> had.
>
> You need to hang around with The Widow Dorothy. She's got crap from her
> mom, crap from her aunts. And she's convinced it's all worth something
> because "it's an antique."
>
>> But since it is higher quality... and the pieces with designs
>> are easy to recognize...
>
> I'm still kicking myself for offloading the Magnalite chicken fryer that
> was Mom's. What was I thinking! I do have the big oval aluminum
> roaster, though (it's deep and has a cover).
>
>> Actually, I have one of her custard cups sitting in front of me.
>> Hmmm. I don't see it on that site. I am now trying to find a
>> good site for old Corelle.
>
> :-) I have a stash of custard cups - a shape different from those now
> available, mine are deeper and I use them for popovers.
>
It took me a LONG time to find some custard cups for popovers. I
guess mom's gradually were broken. I have picked up too many of
the smaller ones at sales, but the other are relatively hard to
find. I forgot to see whether custards were still sold in those
cups in Japan. (I wish I'd saved more of THEM too.)

Soon, popovers. I read a while ago that popovers do better when
made in custard cups. I REALLY don't like the popover pan!

--
Jean B.