A Tale of Two Pots

[dogmaticus]

In the past week I have ruined two irreplaceable pots. The first was my Grandmother's, a 9" Sidney Hollow Ware Co. cast iron skillet. There's more to it than that though. Sidney Hollow Ware Co. was bought out by Wagner around the turn of the century, so this pan being made prior to 1900 was in all probability handed down from my g-grandmother to

Comments

[gandryyne]

Awwww, that Completely Sucks! :( Pans with a history are definitely worth mourning... when you think of all the family who have lovingly prepared food for one another on allll kinds of occasions. Few things are ~that~ personal! You have my full sympathy!

[dogmaticus]

btw: the plastic statue is 5" Infant of Prague... how Catholic can you get? Growing up I always assumed it was St. Christopher, but nope. Yes I'm sure I'm going to hell for calling a statue of baby Jesus stupid!

[gandryyne]

But you have Buddy Jesus to back you up! ;D Honestly, there are so icons and interpretations of Christ, how the heck are you supposed to recognize ALL of them?!

[thormonger]

I'm sorry to hear of your cooking misadventures, but I'll admit to laughing a bit at the second one in particular.