Michael wrote:
>
> I'm a newbie cook, but I've got things in the kitchen
> that have been passed down to me through my family,
> and using them brings back fond memories every time
> I use them. I've got a set of colorful bowls that my
> mother used. I remember my brother and I eagerly
> waiting for her to dip out the last of the cookie
> dough so we could spoon out the leftover dough. I've
> got a little nut grinder with a floral pattern on it
> that I remember from way back, also. A wonderful
> fringe benefit to cooking.
>
> I was wondering if you folks have any kitchen items
> with a history that brings back memories.
>
> Michael

Got an entire cabinet full of such things: the *sparkly* pink plastic
salad fork/spoon set, the nut grinder brought over from Holland, the
biscuit/cookie cutters my uncle-the-chef used as a patisserie
apprentice, the little copper saucepan used for melting butter, flan and
torte tins from Germany etc. All of those things and more weren't new in
my childhood and we still use them