Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Thu 03 Nov 2005 10:32:11a, Andy wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> Growing up, Pop would make Sunday pancakes in this specific bowl:
>>
>> http://tinypic.com/fasyet.jpg
>>
>> It predates me into the mid 50's.
>>
>> We'd watch him make the batter, standing there watching his every
>> move, listening to his lecture about the finer points of pan prep,
>> pancake bubbles, testing, flipping, etc.
>>
>> But it was that bowl that we waited for on Sundays. We'd loiter
>> sleepy- eyed around the kitchen waiting for him to open the cabinet
>> and bring it out. Then any shred of sleepiness vanished.
>>
>> Did everyone have a magic pancake batter bowl they worshipped as we
>> did? I don't even remember if we were allowed to touch it.
>>
>> The ceremony and fanfare was so wonderful. Pop turning glop into
>> gold!
>>
>>
>>
>
> This was ours, originally purchased in the 1940s...
>
> http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=fattv5

I don't have a photo... mom used an old (corningware?) red mixing bowl. She
had a nested set of three, the biggest was red, then green, then yellow. I
remember how upset she got when she dropped the red bowl on the floor and it
shattered. She'd had it for about 30 years.

Jill