I have an old green glass mixing bowl that I grew up around. It was THE
pancake batter bowl. We didn't see it much except Sundays when Pop put on his
"Wishfull Thinking" chef's hat and magically turned glop into great pancakes.

I treasure that bowl for that simple memory. I've used it on occasion for
making tuna salad but if I'm making pancakes or popovers, it's the only bowl
I'll reach for, remembering.

So, aside from sounding mental, does it ring a bell?

Andy

On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 13:08:55 -0600, Andy <q> wrote:

>I have an old green glass mixing bowl that I grew up around. It was THE
>pancake batter bowl. We didn't see it much except Sundays when Pop put on his
>"Wishfull Thinking" chef's hat and magically turned glop into great pancakes.
>
>I treasure that bowl for that simple memory. I've used it on occasion for
>making tuna salad but if I'm making pancakes or popovers, it's the only bowl
>I'll reach for, remembering.
>
>So, aside from sounding mental, does it ring a bell?
>
>Andy

Does for me. My mom and aunt have identical sets of nesting bowls.
The big bowl is yellow, I think. They're ceramic. I have sternly
instructed both of the Demo Dollies that those bowls are to go NOWHERE
except my kitchen, should they decide they are no longer needed!

I have my great grandmother's rolling pin. My grandmother's peach
pitter (she used to work for the cannery industry here in NorCal). My
great aunt Marie's (RIP) cast iron skillet in which she used to make
the most scrumptious pineapple upside down cake (said CIS isn't in my
possession at the moment, but it IS mine) Actually, when I think of
it, I have most of the ancestral kitchenwares! I am blessed.

TammyM

TammyM wrote:
> On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 13:08:55 -0600, Andy <q> wrote:
>
>> I have an old green glass mixing bowl that I grew up around. It was
>> THE pancake batter bowl. We didn't see it much except Sundays when
>> Pop put on his "Wishfull Thinking" chef's hat and magically turned
>> glop into great pancakes.
>>
>> I treasure that bowl for that simple memory. I've used it on
>> occasion for making tuna salad but if I'm making pancakes or
>> popovers, it's the only bowl I'll reach for, remembering.
>>
>> So, aside from sounding mental, does it ring a bell?
>>
>> Andy
>
> Does for me. My mom and aunt have identical sets of nesting bowls.
> The big bowl is yellow, I think. They're ceramic. I have sternly
> instructed both of the Demo Dollies that those bowls are to go NOWHERE
> except my kitchen, should they decide they are no longer needed!
>
>
> TammyM

Yes! I was going to mention these bowls, Tammy. Shoots, I think I have to
do an E-bay thing, now.

kili
--
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/kilikini

In article >,
(TammyM) wrote:
> Does for me. My mom and aunt have identical sets of nesting bowls.
> The big bowl is yellow, I think. They're ceramic. I have sternly
> instructed both of the Demo Dollies that those bowls are to go NOWHERE
> except my kitchen, should they decide they are no longer needed!
>
> I have my great grandmother's rolling pin. My grandmother's peach
> pitter (she used to work for the cannery industry here in NorCal). My
> great aunt Marie's (RIP) cast iron skillet in which she used to make
> the most scrumptious pineapple upside down cake (said CIS isn't in my
> possession at the moment, but it IS mine) Actually, when I think of
> it, I have most of the ancestral kitchenwares! I am blessed.
>
> TammyM

Reading Ed's reply made me smile, too. Brother Dan has The Knife. I've
got the Magnalite Chicken Fryer (funny, it's about the same size as All
Clad's fancy schmancy 3-quart sauté pan only a bit deeper). I've got a
4-5 quart cast aluminum saucepan that was mom's and my pot roasts and
holubki are baked in her cast aluminum roaster (a deep pan, not a
shallow one, with a lid). I use the saucepan once or twice a year,
haven't used the Magnalite piece in 20 years, and use the roaster
frequently. Dan grins every time he picks up the knife. It's got a
carbon steel blade and if he took as good care of his wife as he does
that knife, he might still be married to her.

The University of Minnesota Extension Service has prepared a program
called "Who Get's Grandma's Yellow Pie Plate? Your Guide to Passing On
Personal Belongings." http://www.yellowpieplate.umn.edu/indexB.html
Something to think about. When mom died, My Sister The Bulldozer
announced that she would be taking a particular photograph because she
was the oldest. Except that she wasn't. She wasn't the oldest and the
picture had been promised to someone else. All that made me really
happy that I had borrowed the photograph about 15 years earlier and had
high quality copies made for all my siblings (long before Mom died).
I've got other stuff that was Mom's * not because I needed it or even
especially wanted it; I just couldn't bear the thought of it being in
someone else's family.

--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.mac.com/barbschaller - Winter pic and a snow pic
http://jamlady.eboard.com
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/amytaylor

On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 19:15:51 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>In article >,
> (TammyM) wrote:

>Reading Ed's reply made me smile, too. Brother Dan has The Knife.

I have a butcher knife that my mother gave me when I set up my own
household. She used it all during my childhood. I think she said it
used to be her mother's.

I also have my mother's big aluminum roasting pan. And the cast iron
skillet that she inherited from her mother.

Christine

On Feb 3, 5:15 pm, Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
> In article >,
>
> (TammyM) wrote:
> > Does for me. My mom and aunt have identical sets of nesting bowls.
> > The big bowl is yellow, I think. They're ceramic. I have sternly
> > instructed both of the Demo Dollies that those bowls are to go NOWHERE
> > except my kitchen, should they decide they are no longer needed!
>
> > I have my great grandmother's rolling pin. My grandmother's peach
> > pitter (she used to work for the cannery industry here in NorCal). My
> > great aunt Marie's (RIP) cast iron skillet in which she used to make
> > the most scrumptious pineapple upside down cake (said CIS isn't in my
> > possession at the moment, but it IS mine) Actually, when I think of
> > it, I have most of the ancestral kitchenwares! I am blessed.
>
> > TammyM
>
> Reading Ed's reply made me smile, too. Brother Dan has The Knife. I've
> got the Magnalite Chicken Fryer (funny, it's about the same size as All
> Clad's fancy schmancy 3-quart sauté pan only a bit deeper). I've got a
> 4-5 quart cast aluminum saucepan that was mom's and my pot roasts and
> holubki are baked in her cast aluminum roaster (a deep pan, not a
> shallow one, with a lid). I use the saucepan once or twice a year,
> haven't used the Magnalite piece in 20 years, and use the roaster
> frequently. Dan grins every time he picks up the knife. It's got a
> carbon steel blade and if he took as good care of his wife as he does
> that knife, he might still be married to her.
>
> The University of Minnesota Extension Service has prepared a program
> called "Who Get's Grandma's Yellow Pie Plate? Your Guide to Passing On
> Personal Belongings." http://www.yellowpieplate.umn.edu/indexB.html
> Something to think about. When mom died, My Sister The Bulldozer
> announced that she would be taking a particular photograph because she
> was the oldest.

What is that about oldest bullies? From here, I made many Int'l call
to home tellign my Mom to locate a particular picture of my mom's
family where my mom was like 1 1/2 - 2 year old. The plan was to
send it to me via someone reliable. When my mom arrived here for a
visit, she arrived at my oldest sister's house. When I came to see my
mom, I saw the picture nicely put in my sister's album. SHould have
pulled it out and take it with me. What made her think she has the
right? I am sure my Mom said, I asked for it. She could have made a
copy and give me the original. One of these days, I will take this
back now that I have been forced to become mean like them.

Also, she wasn't the oldest per se. My brother was the oldest.



> Except that she wasn't. She wasn't the oldest and the
> picture had been promised to someone else. All that made me really
> happy that I had borrowed the photograph about 15 years earlier and had
> high quality copies made for all my siblings (long before Mom died).

My bully sister keep a family picture where I am like 4 years old. I
took it to make a copy but foudn out she got naother copy. I really
want cut her out of that picture. I'll do it one of these days and
frame it and put in my living room. Don't have to worry about mom
seeing it since she has passed away last year.

> I've got other stuff that was Mom's * not because I needed it or even
> especially wanted it; I just couldn't bear the thought of it being in
> someone else's family.
>
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJhttp://web.mac.com/barbschaller- Winter pic and a snow pichttp://jamlady.eboard.comhttp://www.caringbridge.org/visit/amytaylor

Andy wrote:
> I have an old green glass mixing bowl that I grew up around. It was THE
> pancake batter bowl. We didn't see it much except Sundays when Pop put on his
> "Wishfull Thinking" chef's hat and magically turned glop into great pancakes.
>
> I treasure that bowl for that simple memory. I've used it on occasion for
> making tuna salad but if I'm making pancakes or popovers, it's the only bowl
> I'll reach for, remembering.
>
> So, aside from sounding mental, does it ring a bell?
>
> Andy

I believe that everyone has such an item or items in his/her home. In
my kitchen, I have two small white China bowls, in the shape of large
cups. Each has a handle. They look mostly like miniature chamber
pots. Their capacity is slightly less than a quart.

I use them only to whip egg whites or heavy cream, to make "Schnee" or
"Schlag". I could use them for much more, but I never have, because
this is the only thing I remember them being used for when I was a
child. They must be close to a hundred years old.

Margaret Suran said...

> I believe that everyone has such an item or items in his/her home. In
> my kitchen, I have two small white China bowls, in the shape of large
> cups. Each has a handle. They look mostly like miniature chamber
> pots. Their capacity is slightly less than a quart.
>
> I use them only to whip egg whites or heavy cream, to make "Schnee" or
> "Schlag". I could use them for much more, but I never have, because
> this is the only thing I remember them being used for when I was a
> child. They must be close to a hundred years old.


That'd make you a mere... ? ... babe!!!

<SMOOTCH>

Andy

"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
>I have an old green glass mixing bowl that I grew up around. It was THE
> pancake batter bowl. We didn't see it much except Sundays when Pop put on
> his
> "Wishfull Thinking" chef's hat and magically turned glop into great
> pancakes.
>
> I treasure that bowl for that simple memory. I've used it on occasion for
> making tuna salad but if I'm making pancakes or popovers, it's the only
> bowl
> I'll reach for, remembering.
>
> So, aside from sounding mental, does it ring a bell?
>
> Andy

Yeah, that's silly Now if you were talking about "the pot" or "the knife",
it would make a lot of sense. I have "the pot", my sister has "the knife",
we both have some good memories of our grandmother's cooking. When my wife
and I are gone, my daughter wants "the pot", a Club Aluminum Dutch oven, at
least 80 or 90 years old.

I wish I had my mom's cast iron cornbread pan. It had maybe eight
corncob shaped depressions. You would grease the pan then heat it in
the oven while the oven preheated. The batter would sizzle as each
corncob mold was filled. The cornbread came out just right -- crispy
outside and steamy moist inside. It was lost somewhere after several
moves and much drama. I could find another, but it's just not the
same.

Tara

Andy wrote:
> I have an old green glass mixing bowl that I grew up around. It was THE
> pancake batter bowl. We didn't see it much except Sundays when Pop put on his
> "Wishfull Thinking" chef's hat and magically turned glop into great pancakes.
>
> I treasure that bowl for that simple memory. I've used it on occasion for
> making tuna salad but if I'm making pancakes or popovers, it's the only bowl
> I'll reach for, remembering.
>
> So, aside from sounding mental, does it ring a bell?
>
> Andy

Andy,

Yes, I've got lots of similar memories.

My grandmother had an old steel skillet. It wasn't cast iron, but some
sort of carbon steel; well seasoned. She used it for frying chicken,
bacon, sausage, etc. The inside was slick as could be, but the outside
was caked with old oil and "crud". Don't know whatever became of it.

My grandfather had a special bowl that he always used for soup and
cereal. It was bigger than a normal bowl; he always had a larger
appetite than the rest of the family.

For my grandparent's 50th wedding anniversary, I bought my grandmother a
set of white Corelle plates and bowls. She prized them so highly, she'd
never use them. When I struck out on my own, right out of college, I
bought myself an identical set. I've used the same set for my entire
adult life, and they're as good as new. Going on nearly 30 years now. I
added a few extra bowls over the years, but the plates and the rest of
the bowls are still from the original set.

I had a small mouth as a kid; still do for that matter. My grandmother
let me use a salad fork (smaller than normal) from her "special"
flatware set. It was my fork while growing up, and generally no one else
used it. The forks I use the most are still the salad forks from several
mixed sets of flatware that I've accumulated. As a bachelor, I know it's
time to wash dishes when I run out of salad forks and have to use the
regular sized forks.

On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 13:08:55 -0600, Andy <q> wrote:

>I have an old green glass mixing bowl that I grew up around. It was THE
>pancake batter bowl. We didn't see it much except Sundays when Pop put on his
>"Wishfull Thinking" chef's hat and magically turned glop into great pancakes.
>
>I treasure that bowl for that simple memory. I've used it on occasion for
>making tuna salad but if I'm making pancakes or popovers, it's the only bowl
>I'll reach for, remembering.
>
>So, aside from sounding mental, does it ring a bell?
>
>Andy

Sure. I have a cast ion skillet my mom gave me. She got it from her
grandmother, I think. And I have a knife my grandfather made from an
old wood saw before my father was born. It's not much to look at, but
the carbon steel is pretty tough stuff.

When my daughter moved out last summer, I gave her my grandfather's
French drip coffee pot for her new kitchen.
--

modom

http://www.koyote.com/users/modom/home.html

On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 13:08:55 -0600, Andy <q> wrote:

>I have an old green glass mixing bowl that I grew up around. It was THE
>pancake batter bowl. We didn't see it much except Sundays when Pop put on his
>"Wishfull Thinking" chef's hat and magically turned glop into great pancakes.
>
>I treasure that bowl for that simple memory. I've used it on occasion for
>making tuna salad but if I'm making pancakes or popovers, it's the only bowl
>I'll reach for, remembering.
>
>So, aside from sounding mental, does it ring a bell?
>
>Andy

I've got all the cast iron from the three preceding generations on my
mom's side. I love them all.

My mom had a metal measuring cup with a top that fit tightly and had
measuring increments also. She used it for shaking flour and milk
together for gravy. It wasn't the best method but I didn't know
anything about making gravy back then. Somewhere along the way I
discovered that cold milk instantly made the cup cold. The milk
seemed to taste better. How's that for a weird quirk? I found one
at an antique mall in Chesterton, Indiana. I don't drink much milk
but when I do I reach for that silly cup.

Here's what it looks like.

http://i9.tinypic.com/331lh6t.jpg

Lou