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

On 25 Dec 2004 19:52:50 -0800, "Michael" > wrote:

>I was wondering if you folks have any kitchen items
>with a history that brings back memories.

Michael, you're quickly becoming one of my favorite posters. I'm glad
you're here.

After my dad passed, my younger sister took all of the kitchen stuff for
her daughter, so I didn't have any heirloom cookware. I take that back.
Mom had a 2 cup Pyrex measuring cup. The kind with a real handle instead
of a candy cane handle. I smile every time I pick it up.

Crash has gotten used to my seeing kitchen things in thrift shops, pointing
and beaming. "Mom had one like that!" When he hears those words, he knows
we're going home with something that will make me feel good when I use it.

I can't even begin to tell you how many 10" pie pans with fluted edges I've
accumulated (my memory sucks). Recently, I found a partial set of the
aluminum measuring cups that Mom used before the advent of Tupperware. I
have three out of the set. I get a little misty-eyed whenever I use them.

In Crash's family, the big thing was the gigantic yellow Pyrex mixing bowl
that his mom used to make potato salad in. We have that bowl. Crash says
I make potato salad that is almost identical to his mother's. The primary
difference is, I mix mine with a spoon, and she used her hands. There's a
funny story associated with that, but I'll save it for another time.

We also have Margaret's large, rectangular roasting pan. It'll hold a very
large turkey, with room to spare.

Thanks for bringing up good memories. Christmas can feel a little lonely
when all two people have is each other. Now I feel like I have a family
with me.

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

"Michael" > wrote in news:1104033170.573914.247890
@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:

> I was wondering if you folks have any kitchen items
> with a history that brings back memories.
>
> Michael

I have all of my late mother's kitchen things, and some of her small
appliances. I always get a wistful feeling when I use something that I saw
her use a thousand times. I used her birdseye maple rolling pin this morning
and baked a pie in one of her crockery pie plates.

--
Wayne in Phoenix

*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.

>On 25 Dec 2004 19:52:50 -0800, "Michael" > wrote:
>
>>I was wondering if you folks have any kitchen items
>>with a history that brings back memories.
>

I have a few items of my mothers and grandmothers but my favorite item is my
mom's cooking fork. It's just a little bit bigger and heavier than a regular
fork and perfect for turning fried foods in a skillet or stabbing a tender
piece of Swiss steak from the stew pot.

*smiles*

Barb Anne

> On 25 Dec 2004 19:52:50 -0800, "Michael" > wrote:
>
>>I was wondering if you folks have any kitchen items
>>with a history that brings back memories.
>

The" Pot". My sister has "the Knife"


My grandmother had a Club Aluminum Dutch oven with a hammered finish. Since
before we were born, she used it to make the best pot roast you ever had.
When she passed on, my mother took the pot and used it for many years until
she later passed on. We not have it and it is still the favorite pot for
Pot roast, stews, etc. My daughter already said it is the only thing she
wants from us. It is used with care and a certain reverence.

There is also the knife that my sister ended up with. I don't recall it
ever being sharpened, but it is always the sharpest knife you cold ever
want. Carbon steel blade.
--
Ed
http://pages.cthome.net/edhome/

The memories have to start with what I have since I have lost everything a
number of times through the years.

My daughter has laid claim to my old Meta Given's 2 volume cookbook set I
bought 2nd hand about 40 years ago. It is falling apart and raggedy with all
sorts of improper repairs and pasted-in pages with acid burns from Scotch Tape.
WHen she was tiny I stayed sane doing as many recipes as I could from it in our
extremely poor and small apts in New Orleans. It taught me to cook. I'd make
biscuits, for instance, over and over until I perfected them. It's full of
scrawled notes from me. It's still in print, but these are the ones she
treasures. I used it again this Christmas! It's still one of the best
cookbooks I know of for basic recipes that are tried and true. I also have a
cookbook from those days that I bought at a 2nd hand book store that is now
over 100 years old. That one is my treasure and has complete recipes for 3
meals for every day of the year, home remedies, etc. Most of my cookbooks have
been confiscated by my son, the cook.

My favorite utensil is a single, aluminum, battered and dented 1cup measuring
cup. There is something so comforting about its battered look. I have 3 sets
of aluminum measuring cups, but when I make something special, that is the one
I reach for.

Then, there is the huge wooden bowl a friend bought me to make him Cesar salads
in 40 years ago since I didn't have a salad bowl. My daughter has that, too.

But my favorite kitchen memories are the non-material ones. My adoptive mother
in the kitchen in West Chester, PA. My birth-mother making poorman's molasses
candy in an iron skillet on the old, iron coal/wood stove in a house with no
plumbing in Shobokin, PA, etc.

Henrietta

"Michael" > wrote:
> I was wondering if you folks have any kitchen items
> with a history that brings back memories.

I've got a fair number of things, some of which go back to the "survival
kit" my mother gave me when I moved out on my own after college 30 years
ago. In that kit were some kitchen knives, a big serving platter, bowls,
glasses, silverware, etc. The silverware includes spoons that used to be in
boxes of powdered laundry detergent, the glasses include free glasses that
gas stations used to give away.

A "prime" piece is a depression era green glass bowl by Anchor Hocking. When
we were kids we used to go scavenging in the neighborhood trash, and this
was one thing we found and proudly presented to Mom. It became known in the
family as "the tuna fish bowl" because our Mom always made tuna fish with
mayonnaise in it... it was just the right size for one can's worth. I guess
my Mom didn't like it as much as I thought, because she did part with it
when she put it in that survival kit years ago.

I've got an old nickel plated brass kettle for boiling water that my Dad
gave me over 20 years ago. It belonged to my Grandmom, and my Dad said he
remembered her using it when he was a little kid in Flourtown, PA in the
1930s. My Dad passed away last year, and one of the things I came across in
his possessions was a class photo from when he was in 3rd grade in
Flourtown, dated 1937. My Dad had said for all he knew, my Grandmom might
have brought the kettle over from Germany when they emigrated here a few
years before that.

"Michael" > wrote:
> I was wondering if you folks have any kitchen items
> with a history that brings back memories.

I've got a fair number of things, some of which go back to the "survival
kit" my mother gave me when I moved out on my own after college 30 years
ago. In that kit were some kitchen knives, a big serving platter, bowls,
glasses, silverware, etc. The silverware includes spoons that used to be in
boxes of powdered laundry detergent, the glasses include free glasses that
gas stations used to give away.

A "prime" piece is a depression era green glass bowl by Anchor Hocking. When
we were kids we used to go scavenging in the neighborhood trash, and this
was one thing we found and proudly presented to Mom. It became known in the
family as "the tuna fish bowl" because our Mom always made tuna fish with
mayonnaise in it... it was just the right size for one can's worth. I guess
my Mom didn't like it as much as I thought, because she did part with it
when she put it in that survival kit years ago.

I've got an old nickel plated brass kettle for boiling water that my Dad
gave me over 20 years ago. It belonged to my Grandmom, and my Dad said he
remembered her using it when he was a little kid in Flourtown, PA in the
1930s. My Dad passed away last year, and one of the things I came across in
his possessions was a class photo from when he was in 3rd grade in
Flourtown, dated 1937. My Dad had said for all he knew, my Grandmom might
have brought the kettle over from Germany when they emigrated here a few
years before that.

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

Damse in dis Dress wrote:

I'm glad you're here.

***************
That is so kind of you, Carol! Thank you very much!
Happy New Year, Michael

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.
>
(snippage)
> I was wondering if you folks have any kitchen items
> with a history that brings back memories.
>
> Michael

My mom isn't much on cooking; I've said many times she's wondered where I
got my "cooking gene". But she gave me a cast iron griddle her mother used
to bake her Scottish scones on. I love that old piece of cast iron. I use
it in the oven, on the stove top, on the outdoor grill. It's a godsend.

Mom gave me a very large enamelled cast iron skillet years ago - it was too
heavy for her to lift. It's not Le Crueset but has the same flame-orange
colour; this stuff was made in Belguim. I can barely lift it, either, and
it had a screw-in wooden handle which quickly got stripped. so there's just
the place where it screwed in to grab onto until you can get a mitted hand
under it immediately after lifting! It does have a lid so it makes for
perfect stove-top to oven cooking - just make sure you have heavy oven
mitts; it gets HOT!

Jill

Michael > wrote:
>I was wondering if you folks have any kitchen items
>with a history that brings back memories.

I've got a knife that's older than me.

It's one I never sharpen.

And a couple of pots.

--Blair
"My mom dulled that knife."

Michael > wrote:
>I was wondering if you folks have any kitchen items
>with a history that brings back memories.

I've got a knife that's older than me.

It's one I never sharpen.

And a couple of pots.

--Blair
"My mom dulled that knife."

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 06:29:30 GMT, Blair P. Houghton > wrote:

>Michael > wrote:
>>I was wondering if you folks have any kitchen items
>>with a history that brings back memories.
>
>I've got a knife that's older than me.
>
>It's one I never sharpen.
>
>And a couple of pots.
>
> --Blair
> "My mom dulled that knife."

I understand.

Hugs,
Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

"Damsel in dis Dress" wrote in message

Blair Houghton wrote:
>>Michaelwrote:
>>>I was wondering if you folks have any kitchen items
>>>with a history that brings back memories.
>>
>>I've got a knife that's older than me.
>>
>>It's one I never sharpen.
>>
>>And a couple of pots.
>>
>> --Blair
>> "My mom dulled that knife."
>
> I understand.
>
> Hugs,
> Carol

So do I. I gave away my "Joy of Cooking" and kept my mother's - it has
lots of slips of paper marking pages, with the recipes noted in her
handwriting. Means the world.

Dora

"Damsel in dis Dress" wrote in message

Blair Houghton wrote:
>>Michaelwrote:
>>>I was wondering if you folks have any kitchen items
>>>with a history that brings back memories.
>>
>>I've got a knife that's older than me.
>>
>>It's one I never sharpen.
>>
>>And a couple of pots.
>>
>> --Blair
>> "My mom dulled that knife."
>
> I understand.
>
> Hugs,
> Carol

So do I. I gave away my "Joy of Cooking" and kept my mother's - it has
lots of slips of paper marking pages, with the recipes noted in her
handwriting. Means the world.

Dora

"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in message
news
>
>> On 25 Dec 2004 19:52:50 -0800, "Michael" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>I was wondering if you folks have any kitchen items
>>>with a history that brings back memories.
>>
>
> The" Pot". My sister has "the Knife"
>
>
>>
> There is also the knife that my sister ended up with. I don't recall it
> ever being sharpened, but it is always the sharpest knife you cold ever
> want. Carbon steel blade.
> --
I have my mothers knife. My father made it for her. It will rust if not
dried right away. Has never been sharpened to my knowledge, but man is it
sharp!

Debbie

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 06:29:30 GMT, Blair P. Houghton >
wrote:

> It's one I never sharpen.

That could be dangerous.


sf
Practice safe eating - always use condiments

In article .com>,
"Michael" > wrote:

> I was wondering if you folks have any kitchen items
> with a history that brings back memories.
>
> Michael

You betch. I've got Mom's magnalite chicken fryer (Allclad's 3-quart
saute pan is the same size), her cast aluminum deep oval roaster, her
larger-than-9x13 enameled steel pan, and a couple others. That oval
roaster held many a batch of holubky.
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 11-29-04; Sam I Am!
birthday telling; Thanksgiving 2004; Fanfare, Maestro, please.
"Are we going to measure or are we going to cook?" -Food writer
Mimi Sheraton

sf > wrote:
>On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 06:29:30 GMT, Blair P. Houghton >
>wrote:
>
>> It's one I never sharpen.
>
>That could be dangerous.

I also never use it.

It's there as a "clubhouse leader" for my knife block.

--Blair
"The cleaver is learning a lot."

In article .com>,
"Michael" > wrote:

> I was wondering if you folks have any kitchen items
> with a history that brings back memories.

I have my mom's old Westinghouse electric skillet and Dutch Oven
(wedding presents, which, now that I think about it, are kind-of-scary
old). I should get her Chicken Cacciatore recipe -- the recipe I
remember her making most often in it. Maybe it's in the other cooking
item of hers that I have -- a Betty Crocker cookbook, c. mid-50s. It's
like reading about a different world (Microwave ovens? Fresh ginger?
What are those?). Have to look later....

sd

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 21:41:14 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>You betch. I've got Mom's magnalite chicken fryer (Allclad's 3-quart
>saute pan is the same size), her cast aluminum deep oval roaster, her
>larger-than-9x13 enameled steel pan, and a couple others. That oval
>roaster held many a batch of holubky.

Hindsight being 20/20, I was a newlywed when my grandmother broke up
housekeeping to live with my parents. She offered me her set of
Magnalite pots and pans. Being *young* and *stupid*, I didn't want
such an old fashioned set of pots and pans and opted for <shudder> a
brand new set of Club Aluminum. Yeah, boy, those puppies stood the
test of time, all right.

(Dear Nana: I was an idiot and I will eternally regret not accepting
your offer...)

I was bright enough to get the circa 1910 Noritake service for 24
china, however. Well, maybe "bright" is an overstatement, as it's
handpainted with gilt and has to be hand washed. Just ask my "kitchen
help" how much they liked the set after Christmas dinner.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA


"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 >, Terry Pulliam
Burd > wrote:

> On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 21:41:14 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> > wrote:
>
> >You betcha. I've got Mom's magnalite chicken fryer (Allclad's 3-quart
> >saute pan is the same size), her cast aluminum deep oval roaster, her
> >larger-than-9x13 enameled steel pan, and a couple others. That oval
> >roaster held many a batch of holubky.
>
> Hindsight being 20/20, I was a newlywed when my grandmother broke up
> housekeeping to live with my parents. She offered me her set of
> Magnalite pots and pans. Being *young* and *stupid*, I didn't want
> such an old fashioned set of pots and pans and opted for <shudder> a
> brand new set of Club Aluminum. Yeah, boy, those puppies stood the
> test of time, all right.
>
> (Dear Nana: I was an idiot and I will eternally regret not accepting
> your offer...)
>
> I was bright enough to get the circa 1910 Noritake service for 24
> china, however. Well, maybe "bright" is an overstatement, as it's
> handpainted with gilt and has to be hand washed. Just ask my "kitchen
> help" how much they liked the set after Christmas dinner.

You kidding? My recollection is that doing dishes was sometimes a lot
more fun than anything else going on. :-)
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 11-29-04; Sam I Am!
birthday telling; Thanksgiving 2004; Fanfare, Maestro, please.
"Are we going to measure or are we going to cook?" -Food writer
Mimi Sheraton

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
>

I have one of my grandmothers cast iron frying pans that I just love to
use. I credit it's esperieince for helping me finally make a decent
batch of gravy.

James

My dad died when I was 14 and my mother when I was 18. I stupidly threw
away or gave away all of the "old fashioned" kitchen items that she had.
I replaced them with Teflon and Tupperware. Now I realize what I did.
The items I miss most are my mother's Jadite spice bottle set and a
round ice bucket with penguins on it. If I ever run across them at an
antique store, I will replace them.

It takes becoming an adult to understand that new and improved is a lie.
I really miss my mom's kitchen with its tin ceiling, tiled walls, huge
farm type sink, large spooky closet that I didn't see the back of until
I cleaned it out after she died. The one old thing that I did keep was
a dusty old bottle of home made Apple Jack that I found while cleaning
out this closet. I remembered my dad talking about this mysterious
bottle, but until I found it, I didn't know it was in the closet. Dad
probably didn't know it was still there either. He said that his dad
made it before he was born (1909). I should have saved it, but instead
a friend and I downed it when I was 19. Wow, it was great, except for
the inch of sludge on the bottom of the bottle.

Denise in NH

Hi Michael,

My mom who's still living gave me a very beautiful round dish that she got
for her wedding over 40 years ago. I've always loved it, so when I moved
away she gave it to me. It warmed my heart when I used it this christmas
when I served my dessert to my mom and family.

Thanks Michael...I really like your posts.

Happy Holidays
SPOONS


"Michael" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> 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
>

Michael > wrote:
<snip>
: I was wondering if you folks have any kitchen items
: with a history that brings back memories.

I have my great grandmother's rolling pin, and my grandmother's fruit
pitter. I love making peach pies -- I get to use both of them

I also have each of their sewing machines -- my great grandmother's
treadle, and my grandmother's Singer on which she made clothes for me, my
sister and our Barbie dolls. The treadle isn't in great shape, but my
gram's old Singer still hums!

Tammy in
Sacramento, California

Blair P. Houghton wrote:

> Michael > wrote:
>>I was wondering if you folks have any kitchen items
>>with a history that brings back memories.
>
> I've got a knife that's older than me.
>

I've got two Japanese knives, rescued from my mother's kitchen, that my
parents bought in Yokosuka before I was born.

I love 'em

---jkb

--
"Bam!"
-- Bam-Bam Rubble

:
>
>> Michael > wrote:
>>>I was wondering if you folks have any kitchen items
>>>with a history that brings back memories



I have a Griswold (sp) iron skillet that belonged to my grandmother. I use
it very often and like to think about all the food it has cooked.

On 25 Dec 2004 19:52:50 -0800, "Michael" > wrote:

>I was wondering if you folks have any kitchen items
>with a history that brings back memories.

I'm so happy! We just got home from the Salvation Army thrift shop, and I
came home with a complete set of "Mom's" aluminum measuring cups. No dents
like the others I've found. Excellent condition. Happy belated Christmas
to me!

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

On 25 Dec 2004 19:52:50 -0800, "Michael" > wrote:

>I was wondering if you folks have any kitchen items
>with a history that brings back memories.

I'm so happy! We just got home from the Salvation Army thrift shop, and I
came home with a complete set of "Mom's" aluminum measuring cups. No dents
like the others I've found. Excellent condition. Happy belated Christmas
to me!

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

>"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
>
>I have a nut chopper that belonged to my grandmother. My mother has one
>like it. It looks almost exactly like this:
>
>www.kettir.com/nutgrinder.jpg
>
>The top is identical, although the glass part is nicer on mine.
>
>I have a couple of mixing bowls, and the cookbooks that belonged to my
>great grandmother who was a really good cook, along with two or three of
>her cast iron frying pans. When my grandmother passed away I asked for her
>cookbooks. I'm so glad I did.
>
I have a small cast iron pan that was given to my parents for their wedding, so
it's over sixty years old. It is good for 4 eggs.

At a certain point, my mother's brother's wife said that she had retired from
cooking.
She was known as a good cook. I had my first reuben sandwiches there. So, Dad
tells me, Mom retired from cooking, too, and now he has no pots and pans. I
could send some to him, but I sort of think he is used to going out to eat.
I'll have to find out if he would really use the pots and pans. I know he just
drinks instant coffee from the microwave. He used to be the breakfast king on
weekends.

Here is what he often made for breakfast:

Victor's Frittata

4 eggs
1 can stewed or plain tomatoes
4 or 5 slices of bacon

cheese
seasonings
onion
potatoes

Fry up the bacon and remove the crispy parts to drain. If you choose to use
potatoes or onions, fry them up in the grease. The onions should get golden
and the potatoes should be cooked till mostly done.

Whisk the eggs with the tomatoes and any seasonings. Add to the pan and cook
on medium and them turn it low. Put pieces of cheese on top of it. I also
like to put some grated nutmeg on it, as Victor did.
Cover it and let it cook for a half hour or so.
During the latter part of the cooking, it's good to let it dry off with the lid
off. You could do this in the oven broiler, but my saute pan's handle is
scorched from this.

It is a filling meal and best served with toast.

>kettir at |"The pure ecstatic love of humanity resonating from every
>softhome |syllable. The crystalline clarity of unclouded thought
>dot net |ringing out of the page like the uncluttered sound of a
> |far-off bird call. Well, a cuckoo or a loon, but who's counting."
> | - Pastorio
>

>"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
>
>I have a nut chopper that belonged to my grandmother. My mother has one
>like it. It looks almost exactly like this:
>
>www.kettir.com/nutgrinder.jpg
>
>The top is identical, although the glass part is nicer on mine.
>
>I have a couple of mixing bowls, and the cookbooks that belonged to my
>great grandmother who was a really good cook, along with two or three of
>her cast iron frying pans. When my grandmother passed away I asked for her
>cookbooks. I'm so glad I did.
>
I have a small cast iron pan that was given to my parents for their wedding, so
it's over sixty years old. It is good for 4 eggs.

At a certain point, my mother's brother's wife said that she had retired from
cooking.
She was known as a good cook. I had my first reuben sandwiches there. So, Dad
tells me, Mom retired from cooking, too, and now he has no pots and pans. I
could send some to him, but I sort of think he is used to going out to eat.
I'll have to find out if he would really use the pots and pans. I know he just
drinks instant coffee from the microwave. He used to be the breakfast king on
weekends.

Here is what he often made for breakfast:

Victor's Frittata

4 eggs
1 can stewed or plain tomatoes
4 or 5 slices of bacon

cheese
seasonings
onion
potatoes

Fry up the bacon and remove the crispy parts to drain. If you choose to use
potatoes or onions, fry them up in the grease. The onions should get golden
and the potatoes should be cooked till mostly done.

Whisk the eggs with the tomatoes and any seasonings. Add to the pan and cook
on medium and them turn it low. Put pieces of cheese on top of it. I also
like to put some grated nutmeg on it, as Victor did.
Cover it and let it cook for a half hour or so.
During the latter part of the cooking, it's good to let it dry off with the lid
off. You could do this in the oven broiler, but my saute pan's handle is
scorched from this.

It is a filling meal and best served with toast.

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