On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:30:07 -0400, "Felice Friese"
> wrote:

>Mine is a gen-u-wine pre-World War II ice pick, probably dating back to the
>1920's. I used it today to make a starter hole for a cup hook.
>
>What have you got?
>
>Felice
>
>

I have a footed cake plate, some pieces of the everyday flatware, a
footed honey bowl and some cast iron that came from my maternal
grandparents. They were married in 1886. My mother remembers these
items. She was born in 1912.

I have a footed cake plate and silver dessert spoons from my paternal
grandmother. The spoons were wedding gifts when they married in 1906.
There may be some other items floating around.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

Ophelia said...

>
> "Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
>> Felice Friese said...
>>
>>> Mine is a gen-u-wine pre-World War II ice pick, probably dating back to
>>> the 1920's. I used it today to make a starter hole for a cup hook.
>>>
>>> What have you got?
>>>
>>> Felice
>>
>>
>> An antique Sad Iron with removable handle
>
> What is a sad iron please?


Ophelia,

"Sad" translates to heavy. Generally crafted in iron. The body of the iron
was placed near a fire or on a stove to heat it up. You might have had
three bodies on the fire and would clamp the handle onto one to remove it
from the fire and start ironing clothes. When that one cooled, you'd return
it to the fire and grab the next body with the handle and go back to
ironing.

Mine weighs about 5 pounds and is about 6" long and 3" wide at the center
coming to points at each end (like a flattened American football).

What a way to iron clothes!!!

Andy

Felice Friese > wrote:
> What have you got?

I suppose it might be either the old L.L.Bean chef's knife
which I'm pretty sure came from my wife's parents, or possibly one
of the cast iron frying pans which I don't even remember
where they came from but they were all old when we got them.
The one I suspect is oldest has no markings descernable on it.

Oh yeah, there are a couple of old metal serving trays that
might be quite old, but might be 1970's kitsch. I'd have to
research it.

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.

On 2007-08-24, Andy <q> wrote:

> What a way to iron clothes!!!

I imagine it would work just fine. I remember, as a kid, Mom
sprinkling clothes with water to produce steam with her steamless
electic iron. I still miss Perm-Stach, a starch added to the wash
instead of sprayed on while ironing.

nb

"Felice Friese" > wrote in message
. ..
>
> "Omelet" > wrote in message
> news
>> In article >,
>> "Felice Friese" > wrote:
>>
>>> Mine is a gen-u-wine pre-World War II ice pick, probably dating back to
>>> the
>>> 1920's. I used it today to make a starter hole for a cup hook.
>>>
>>> What have you got?
>>>
>>> Felice
>>
>> Hoo boy...
>>
>> I know I have a rather large Chef's knife that belonged to my Great
>> Grandmother... I'd estimate it's age at about 150 years at least.
>> --
>> Peace, Om
>>
>> Remove _ to validate e-mails.
>>
>> "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack
>> Nicholson
>
> Oh, Om, just think of all the family members who have used that knife, and
> all the foods they prepared with it. If only that knife could talk!
>
> Felice
>

I also have a cleaver that belonged to my wife's great grandmother that is
well over a 100 years old. Still functions great and was produced by F. Dick
out of Germany.

Joe Cilinceon

Felice Friese wrote:
> Mine is a gen-u-wine pre-World War II ice pick, probably dating back to the
> 1920's. I used it today to make a starter hole for a cup hook.
>
> What have you got?
>
> Felice
>
>
>


I was gonna say "Me" but I have a few items from my mom and
mother-in-law that date from the early 1940's.

gloria p

Ophelia wrote:
> "Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
>> Felice Friese said...
>>
>>> Mine is a gen-u-wine pre-World War II ice pick, probably dating back to
>>> the 1920's. I used it today to make a starter hole for a cup hook.
>>>
>>> What have you got?
>>>
>>> Felice
>>
>> An antique Sad Iron with removable handle
>
> What is a sad iron please?
>
>


A sad iron is a non-electric pressing iron. They were roughly the same
shape as a contemporary iron, made of cast iron, and heated on top of a
wood or coal stove. They are often seen in the homes of collectors,
used as doorstops.

gloria p

On Aug 24, 12:59 pm, Puester > wrote:
> Ophelia wrote:
> > "Andy" <q> wrote in ...
> >> Felice Friese said...
>
> >>> Mine is a gen-u-wine pre-World War II ice pick, probably dating back to
> >>> the 1920's. I used it today to make a starter hole for a cup hook.
>
> >>> What have you got?
>
> >>> Felice
>
> >> An antique Sad Iron with removable handle
>
> > What is a sad iron please?
>
> A sad iron is a non-electric pressing iron. They were roughly the same
> shape as a contemporary iron, made of cast iron, and heated on top of a
> wood or coal stove. They are often seen in the homes of collectors,
> used as doorstops.
>
> gloria p


I have one of my grandma's, but it's on a bookshelf in my sewing room,
not in the kitchen.

The oldest item in my kitchen has to be my 18th century wooden bread
bowl.

N.

Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> Blinky the Shark > wrote:
>
>> Felice Friese wrote:
>> > Mine is a gen-u-wine pre-World War II ice pick, probably dating back to the
>> > 1920's. I used it today to make a starter hole for a cup hook.
>>
>> Me. 1947.
>
> Dad has you beat.

Well, of course. He's yer *father*.

> 1932.
>
> He is in the kitchen at least as much as me.
>
> You have me beat as I was born in 1962.

I probably have most of the group beat. That's usually the case, since
I don't do alt.just.about.ready.to.expire .


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Felice Friese wrote:

> Mine is a gen-u-wine pre-World War II ice pick, probably dating back to the
> 1920's. I used it today to make a starter hole for a cup hook.
>
> What have you got?
>
> Felice

Me. (And the other stuff ain't that new.)

Kate


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Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
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Felice Friese wrote:

> Mine is a gen-u-wine pre-World War II ice pick, probably dating back to the
> 1920's. I used it today to make a starter hole for a cup hook.
>
> What have you got?
>
> Felice

I might be my grandmother's pyrex container. It's one
of those really old ones that were colors on the outside
and milk glass on the inside with clear lids. The only
one left from her set is a rectanglar on about 4" by 3"
by about 3" high. It tapers slightly from top to bottom,
wider at top. It's red. I use it to store my bacon grease.
Everytime I fried bacon I get it out of the fridge and pour
the bacon grease in on top of what's already there. Of course,
when I need bacon grease for frying something - just about
everything - I get it out and scoop out a couple of tablespoons.
I guess that makes the bacon grease at the bottom the oldest
thing in my fridge. ;-) Every so often I get down to the bottom
and take that opportunity to wash the thing. And there have been
times when it has been completely full and I've had to start another
pot. But usually it works out and never gets too full or too low.

Oh, and I also have a couple of old kitchen gadgets that
I bought to hang up for decoration that might qualify as the
oldest.

Kate

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“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

Blinky the Shark wrote:

> Felice Friese wrote:
>
>>Mine is a gen-u-wine pre-World War II ice pick, probably dating back to the
>>1920's. I used it today to make a starter hole for a cup hook.
>
>
> Me. 1947.

Hey, Sister, that's my year, too! :-) Feb. 19th.

Kate

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“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

zxcvbob wrote:

> Felice Friese wrote:
>
>> Mine is a gen-u-wine pre-World War II ice pick, probably dating back
>> to the 1920's. I used it today to make a starter hole for a cup hook.
>>
>> What have you got?
>>
>> Felice
>>
>
>
> Oldest *food* item is a half empty 1-pound can of mustard powder that I
> bought back in the mid-seventies. I'll use it up eventually. ;-)
>
> Bob

Well, I can't beat that but I have some food from the 80s.
There's my homemade from scratch maraschino cherries that I
can't bear to finish off because they're really good - better
than store-bought - and I'll never make them again so once they're
gone, they're gone. I have half a jar left and every couple of
years I eat one. Yes, they're still good.

I also have some pinhead gunpowder green tea that came
in a very large tin. Since I don't drink tea very often
and there are so many other wonderful varieties to try when
I do I'm sorry to say I the tin is about 3/4 full and is
from the 80s.

There there's the Irish Oatmeal. Bought a big tin mail
order, but once I tried it one time decided it was too
much trouble to make so it's been sitting there since the
80s also.

And then there's my homemade watermelon rind pickles from
the early 90's. They're still good, although the texture
has suffered slightly. I guess I just never make the sort
of meals they go with too much anymore and when I do I forget
about them. I've got to remember to put them out at Thanksgiving.
That's one meal that they're perfect for.

Kate

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Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

Kate Connally wrote:
> Blinky the Shark wrote:

>> Me. 1947.
>
> Hey, Sister, that's my year, too! :-) Feb. 19th.

Photo of this "sister":

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Felice Friese wrote:

> Mine is a gen-u-wine pre-World War II ice pick, probably dating back to the
> 1920's. I used it today to make a starter hole for a cup hook.
>
> What have you got?
>
> Felice

Hmmm? I almost forgot about my depression glass plates.
I don't know how old they are but at least from the 40's
I think. Pink, Rose of Sharon pattern, lunch plate size.
I use them for desserts, usually as I don't usually have
people for luncheon. ;-)

I have some other glassware that is oldish, bought at
auctions but don't have any idea how old. There's my
footed sherbets and some other old glass bread plates
but I'm not sure if they're considered depression glass.
They're kind of thin for that but I got them at a depression
glass show. I forget the name of the pattern but they have
little round bumps all over on the underside.

Also a few bowls that belonged to my grandmother maybe
from the 40s or 50s.

Kate

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Kate Connally wrote:

> I might be my grandmother's pyrex container.

Shape-shifter!


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"Felice Friese" > wrote in message
. ..
> Mine is a gen-u-wine pre-World War II ice pick, probably dating back to the
> 1920's. I used it today to make a starter hole for a cup hook.
>
> What have you got?
>
> Felice


Griswold Cast iron pans from my grandmothers kitchen - probably the 20's or 30's
or for a modern appliance a Farberware electric grill & rotisserie purchased in
1965 I am on the 2nd electrical cord.

Dimitri

>Puester" > wrote in message
...
> Felice Friese wrote:
>> Mine is a gen-u-wine pre-World War II ice pick, probably dating back to
>> the 1920's. I used it today to make a starter hole for a cup hook.
>>
>> What have you got?
>>
>> Felice
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> I was gonna say "Me" but I have a few items from my mom and mother-in-law
> that date from the early 1940's.
>
> gloria p

I date from the 40's. LOL I guess I'm as at least as old as that stuff.

Joe Cilinceon

In article >, Andy <q> wrote:

>An antique Sad Iron with removable handle
>
>Stamped:
>
>
>Colebrookdale Iron Co.
>
>1
>
>Boyertown, PA, U.S.A.
>
>
>From the late 1800s?

Aha. When we bought the house, some very old items from the
kitchen had been stashed in the garage -- including an iron,
and some of the original cabinets.

I think though I ditched the iron last time we had a major trash
hauling.

Steve

Steve Pope said...

> In article >, Andy <q> wrote:
>
>>An antique Sad Iron with removable handle
>>
>>Stamped:
>>
>>
>>Colebrookdale Iron Co.
>>
>>1
>>
>>Boyertown, PA, U.S.A.
>>
>>
>>From the late 1800s?
>
> Aha. When we bought the house, some very old items from the
> kitchen had been stashed in the garage -- including an iron,
> and some of the original cabinets.
>
> I think though I ditched the iron last time we had a major trash
> hauling.
>
> Steve


Steve,

They probably made a million of them. On e-bay they're probably overpriced
at $5.00/ea.

Still a fun reminder of how stuff got done in those days.

Andy

In article >,
"Felice Friese" > wrote:

> "Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > "Felice Friese" > wrote in message
> > . ..
> >> Mine is a gen-u-wine pre-World War II ice pick, probably dating back to
> >> the 1920's. I used it today to make a starter hole for a cup hook.
> >>
> >> What have you got?
> >>
> >> Felice
> >
> > Top three a
> > A cookbook "The Complete Cook" dated 1869.
> > Club Aluminum Dutch oven from my grandmother, circa 1920
> > Me
> >
> > My favorite section of meats from the book starts out "All types of
> > poultry should be killed the first thing in the morning when their crops
> > are empty. They should be plucked when they are warm"
>
> Well, of course. Who wants to sit there and pluck a cold chicken? Gaaah!
>
> Felice

Not usually a problem! My grandmother always dipped the carcass in a
bucket of scalding water before plucking it.

D.

On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:15:52 -0400, Kate Connally >
rummaged among random neurons and opined:

>Blinky the Shark wrote:
>
>> Felice Friese wrote:
>>
>>>Mine is a gen-u-wine pre-World War II ice pick, probably dating back to the
>>>1920's. I used it today to make a starter hole for a cup hook.
>>
>>
>> Me. 1947.
>
>Hey, Sister, that's my year, too! :-) Feb. 19th.

Geezers...I'm a youngun from 1948 :-)

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--
"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"

On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:42:44 -0500, notbob >
rummaged among random neurons and opined:

>On 2007-08-24, Andy <q> wrote:
>
>> What a way to iron clothes!!!
>
>I imagine it would work just fine. I remember, as a kid, Mom
>sprinkling clothes with water to produce steam with her steamless
>electic iron. I still miss Perm-Stach, a starch added to the wash
>instead of sprayed on while ironing.

Okay, you triggered a memory lane moment. My mother used to have a
glass soda bottle (I swear I recall it being Pepsi) with some gadget
that was a sprinkler-stopper made for the purpose of sprinkling
clothes with water before ironing. It looked a lot like a tiny garden
watering can's spout with the little perforations for the water to
trickle out and a base surrounded with cork that wedged into the
bottle top.

And why did she also dampen the clothes off the clothes line that
needed to be ironed, put them in a plastic bag and then in the
refrigerator until she could get around to ironing them? It never
occurred to me until I was an adult that this seemed a strange
housekeeping practice.

I also remember Mother's electric mangle for ironing linens.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--
"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"

"Sheldon" > wrote in message
>>
>> A couple of Mom's pots and pans. I'll guess that the cast aluminum
>> roaster (deep) is older than I am.
>
> That's debatable... in the early 1900s aluminum was considered a
> precious metal, right along with gold and platinum... it wasn't until
> 1914 that ALCOA was born and not until about 1925 that aluminum became
> inexepensive enough that it could be used for ordinary household
> products. I don't think cast aluminum cookware was produced prior to
> about the mid 1930s, didn't become affordable until just prior to WWll
> and then aluminum quickly became available for military use only.
> Cast aluminum cookware really didn't come into its own until about
> 1946... odds are your mom acquired you first.

This shows it was available in 1930
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/food/...Industry_L.htm

My Club Aluminum DO is from sometime in the 1920's. My mother remembers
when she was a kid (born 1923) her mother having it.

It may have been a rarity back then because aluminum was very expensive.

They offered stock in 1927 so have been in business at least that long.
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstra...405B 878EF1D3

In 1932, Club Aluminum was in financial trouble and was turned around by
Herbert Taylor
http://www.anbhf.org/laureates/htaylor.html

Club Aluminum was sold to Regal in 1984

"Terry Pulliam Burd" > wrote

> And why did she also dampen the clothes off the clothes line that
> needed to be ironed, put them in a plastic bag and then in the
> refrigerator until she could get around to ironing them? It never
> occurred to me until I was an adult that this seemed a strange
> housekeeping practice.

That's how I was taught to iron. For reasons I never
understood, you had to let the clothing dry, then sprinkle
them with water, roll them up and put them into a plastic
bag. The suggestion that I just iron the stuff when it was still
damp just affirmed my stepmother's opinion that I was lazy.

Hey, so she was right. Heh.

nancy

In article >,
Blinky the Shark > wrote:

> >> Me. 1947.
> >
> > Dad has you beat.
>
> Well, of course. He's yer *father*.
>
> > 1932.
> >
> > He is in the kitchen at least as much as me.
> >
> > You have me beat as I was born in 1962.
>
> I probably have most of the group beat. That's usually the case, since
> I don't do alt.just.about.ready.to.expire .

I still like my 150 year old Chef's knife. ;-)
I oughta take a picture.

The blade is larger and heavier than anything you can get nowadays.
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In article >,
Blinky the Shark > wrote:

> Kate Connally wrote:
> > Blinky the Shark wrote:
>
> >> Me. 1947.
> >
> > Hey, Sister, that's my year, too! :-) Feb. 19th.
>
> Photo of this "sister":
>
> http://blinkynet.net/stuff/hrocksm.jpg
>
> June 25, for me, old-timer.
>
>
> --
> Blinky

Ooh, long hair!

I like that on a man. :-)
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In article >,
Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:

> And why did she also dampen the clothes off the clothes line that
> needed to be ironed, put them in a plastic bag and then in the
> refrigerator until she could get around to ironing them? It never
> occurred to me until I was an adult that this seemed a strange
> housekeeping practice.

They went into the freezer to prevent mildew.
>
> I also remember Mother's electric mangle for ironing linens.
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

We had one, too. But it wasn't in the kitchen,

OB Food: I'm making up a recipe to enter in the Ghirardelli Chocolate
contest at the Fair tomorrow. Can't be anything that's been published.
Drat! I've got a good brownie recipe. . . .

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In article >,
"Felice Friese" > wrote:

> Mine is a gen-u-wine pre-World War II ice pick, probably dating back to the
> 1920's. I used it today to make a starter hole for a cup hook.
>
> What have you got?
>
> Felice

I'm not sure how old they are, but I have an egg beater and A&P pie tin
that belonged to my grandmother. I also have some old Mason jars and a
Great Bear water bottle, but they're on display in the living room.

Cindy

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In article >,
"jmcquown" > wrote:

> http://www.replacements.com/webquote/MYOCHBG.htm

Hooboy, is that ugly. Replacements Ltd. has all sorts of kitschyness.
I used to enjoy going there when we lived in Greensboro and see what
stuff they had.

Cindy

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"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...

> Top three a
> A cookbook "The Complete Cook" dated 1869.
> Club Aluminum Dutch oven from my grandmother, circa 1920
> Me
>
> My favorite section of meats from the book starts out "All types of
> poultry should be killed the first thing in the morning when their crops
> are empty. They should be plucked when they are warm"

Ah! Forgot about the cookbooks. I collect old ones. Oldest one I think
dates back to 1912.

Omelet wrote:
> In article >, Blinky the
> Shark > wrote:
>
>> Kate Connally wrote:
>> > Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>
>> >> Me. 1947.
>> >
>> > Hey, Sister, that's my year, too! :-) Feb. 19th.
>>
>> Photo of this "sister":
>>
>> http://blinkynet.net/stuff/hrocksm.jpg
>>
>> June 25, for me, old-timer.
>
> Ooh, long hair!
>
> I like that on a man. :-)

That was during a run of 12 years without a haircut.

I have it shorter now, and the full beard (one lasted 22 years without
being removed) is down to a moustache and chin beard.

But the sharkness remains.


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Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:

> Okay, you triggered a memory lane moment. My mother used to have a
> glass soda bottle (I swear I recall it being Pepsi) with some gadget
> that was a sprinkler-stopper made for the purpose of sprinkling
> clothes with water before ironing. It looked a lot like a tiny garden
> watering can's spout with the little perforations for the water to
> trickle out and a base surrounded with cork that wedged into the
> bottle top.

And it was made of thin metal, wasn't it?

> And why did she also dampen the clothes off the clothes line that
> needed to be ironed, put them in a plastic bag and then in the
> refrigerator until she could get around to ironing them? It never
> occurred to me until I was an adult that this seemed a strange
> housekeeping practice.
>
> I also remember Mother's electric mangle for ironing linens.

How about a wringer? I can remember my grandmother using a wringer.
And a big stainless straight-sided laundry tub, and agitating the
clothes with what I remember as being like a big maybe inch-and-a-half
around piece of dowel probably a couple feet long.

And when the coal bin in the basement got converted into a food storage
room, when the coal furnace got replaced with an oil burner.

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In article >,
Blinky the Shark > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> > In article >, Blinky the
> > Shark > wrote:
> >
> >> Kate Connally wrote:
> >> > Blinky the Shark wrote:
> >>
> >> >> Me. 1947.
> >> >
> >> > Hey, Sister, that's my year, too! :-) Feb. 19th.
> >>
> >> Photo of this "sister":
> >>
> >> http://blinkynet.net/stuff/hrocksm.jpg
> >>
> >> June 25, for me, old-timer.
> >
> > Ooh, long hair!
> >
> > I like that on a man. :-)
>
> That was during a run of 12 years without a haircut.
>
> I have it shorter now, and the full beard (one lasted 22 years without
> being removed) is down to a moustache and chin beard.
>
> But the sharkness remains.

They make some good vitamin lotions for that now <eg>

Did you submit that pic for the mugshot page?
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Cindy Fuller wrote:
> In article >,
> "jmcquown" > wrote:
>
>> http://www.replacements.com/webquote/MYOCHBG.htm
>
> Hooboy, is that ugly. Replacements Ltd. has all sorts of kitschyness.
> I used to enjoy going there when we lived in Greensboro and see what
> stuff they had.
>
> Cindy

It was from the waning era of Victorianism. Everything was gaudy back then.
You can understand why I went with white with a simple lattice pattern
around the edge. It doesn't scream at you

Jill

On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:30:07 -0400, "Felice Friese"
> wrote:

>Mine is a gen-u-wine pre-World War II ice pick, probably dating back to the
>1920's. I used it today to make a starter hole for a cup hook.
>
>What have you got?

The dinner plates we use every day were my grandmother's, her wedding
dinner set, Wedgewood Celadon, 1930.
I also have a tea set which was hers, white porcelain with delicate
pink and green flowers and a gold rim, it must be early 20th or even
late 19th century.

Nathalie in Switzerland

On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:44:57 -0400, "Edwin Pawlowski" >
wrote:

>
>"Felice Friese" > wrote in message
...
>> Mine is a gen-u-wine pre-World War II ice pick, probably dating back to
>> the 1920's. I used it today to make a starter hole for a cup hook.
>>
>> What have you got?
>>
>> Felice
>
>Top three a
>A cookbook "The Complete Cook" dated 1869.
>Club Aluminum Dutch oven from my grandmother, circa 1920
>Me
>
>My favorite section of meats from the book starts out "All types of poultry
>should be killed the first thing in the morning when their crops are empty.
>They should be plucked when they are warm"

Not in my kitchen, but in my living room, I have a cookbook written by
my great-great-grandmother's cook. The recipe vor veal feet begins
with "Prenez vos pieds, et plongez-les dans l'eau bouillante"...
("Take your feet, and plunge them into boiling water"). ROTFL.
It's a totally unusable book, not a quantity or a timing in sight, but
I love reading it.

Nathalie in Switzerland

On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:55:35 +0200, "Pandora" >
wrote:

>
>"Ophelia" > ha scritto nel messaggio
...
>> Not really. Only that he wanted to distinguish the father of his mother
>> and the farther of his father/
>
>So it's only a question of liking ))))))))))))))))))))

No, of precision.

Nathalie in Switzerland, daughter of anthropologists

On Aug 24, 11:12 pm, Terry Pulliam Burd >
wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:42:44 -0500, notbob >
> rummaged among random neurons and opined:
>
> >On 2007-08-24, Andy <q> wrote:
>
> >> What a way to iron clothes!!!
>
> >I imagine it would work just fine. I remember, as a kid, Mom
> >sprinkling clothes with water to produce steam with her steamless
> >electic iron. I still miss Perm-Stach, a starch added to the wash
> >instead of sprayed on while ironing.
>
> Okay, you triggered a memory lane moment. My mother used to have a
> glass soda bottle (I swear I recall it being Pepsi) with some gadget
> that was a sprinkler-stopper made for the purpose of sprinkling
> clothes with water before ironing. It looked a lot like a tiny garden
> watering can's spout with the little perforations for the water to
> trickle out and a base surrounded with cork that wedged into the
> bottle top.


I thought that the Pepi bottle was obligatory. We had the same thing.

John Kane, Kingston ON Canada

>
> And why did she also dampen the clothes off the clothes line that
> needed to be ironed, put them in a plastic bag and then in the
> refrigerator until she could get around to ironing them? It never
> occurred to me until I was an adult that this seemed a strange
> housekeeping practice.
>
> I also remember Mother's electric mangle for ironing linens.
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>
> --
> "If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
> old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
> waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."
>
> -- Duncan Hines
>
> To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"

In article >,
"Felice Friese" > wrote:

> Mine is a gen-u-wine pre-World War II ice pick, probably dating back to the
> 1920's. I used it today to make a starter hole for a cup hook.
>
> What have you got?
>
> Felice

Rob.
--
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