Kitchenalia

[taxlady]

@Steve Kroll, maybe you should tell your daughter about the spices now.

What you are doing is what Swedes call "death cleaning". I really need to do that. From Wikipedia,

Death cleaning​

The Swedish practice of döstädning ("death cleaning"), a simple living ethic and aesthetic with the primary focus of not burdening your heirs with your belongings,[21] is a permanent form of household organization[22] which also focuses on keeping only strongly valued possessions.[23]

 

[Steve Kroll]

@Steve Kroll, maybe you should tell your daughter about the spices now.

My daughter is a kitchen minimalist. She has salt and pepper. Maybe ketchup in the fridge.

 

[dragnlaw]

Went to an Antiques Mall with 126 or so vendors. Specifically to look for Pudding Pots (the ones with lids/covers) and Bone Dishes.
Nary a sign... I still had about 1/3 of the vendors to meander but son & grands had had enough.
I was impressed with my granddaughters willingness to help me look even if (at just on 14) she got distracted with some "Oh I had some of those!"

Just remembered, is the other name fpr Pudding Pots - Egg Coddlers?

 

[Aunt Bea]

If you are looking for a specialized pudding mold that’s fine but it’s easy enough to improvise a mold using a mixing bowl, Bundt pan, coffee can, etc… and aluminum foil.

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Steaming a pudding is easier than you think - follow our easy guide.

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This is what I consider to be an egg coddler.

 

[dragnlaw]

Oh my, never thought of the 'steamed pudding'. Sorry I guess my 'pudding pot' was very misleading.

Yes, the egg coddlers your show are what I was looking for. But I believe there is also a similar version/dish(?) with a ceramic lid. Looking very much like a sugar bowl, but taller like a coddler.

Am I mistaken? Is there such a creature?

 

[dcSaute]

look up AggCoddlers - many designs . . .

 

[dragnlaw]

Yes, thanks @dcSaute the Scandinavian ones do have ceramic lids, but my memory is of flat lids, like as I mentioned, almost a sugar bowl.
I guess I'm remembering something else - wait until 3/4 AM - I'll remember in my sleep.

Like a tall ramekin?

 

[Aunt Bea]

Oh my, never thought of the 'steamed pudding'. Sorry I guess my 'pudding pot' was very misleading.

Yes, the egg coddlers your show are what I was looking for. But I believe there is also a similar version/dish(?) with a ceramic lid. Looking very much like a sugar bowl, but taller like a coddler.

Am I mistaken? Is there such a creature?

I have one with a pottery base and lid similar to this one from the 20s.

 

[dragnlaw]

Oh my giddy aunt - I think I know what I'm thinking of...
Little paté pots!

oops, just saw your post Aunt Bea, yes, and I'm looking for a clay type one like that. Is that a screwed on top?

There are many listed on ebay... and shame on me - I have a bunch! I'm so embarrassed I just get so excited about things my brain goes into overload....
I have an oval one, a round one, a rectangular one. A couple of each. Not old at all, got them about 8/9 years at the grocers.

 

[Aunt Bea]

Oh my giddy aunt - I think I know what I'm thinking of...
Little paté pots!

oops, just saw your post Aunt Bea, yes, and I'm looking for a clay type one like that. Is that a screwed on top?

There are many listed on ebay... and shame on me - I have a bunch! I'm so embarrassed I just get so excited about things my brain goes into overload....
I have an oval one, a round one, a rectangular one. A couple of each. Not old at all, got them about 8/9 years at the grocers.

It’s an egg coddler with a screw on top.

After I posted I started thinking that you were thinking of a covered pot de creme pot similar to this one from Mottahedeh.

These days we live in a world where anything goes and not many people know or care about the subtle differences.

 

[dragnlaw]

a covered pot de creme pot

YOU GOT IT!!! covered pot de creme pots!!! Exactly!

heavy clay ones were used for paté
maybe slightly larger ones were used for potted meats
loaf pan shapes for terrines
China for egg coddlers
and different ones for pot de creme

@Aunt Bea may the sun shine on your walks and ways to keep them free of ice and snow. (old Irish blessing, slightly edited)

 

[Katie H]

Here you go. Also, a few other items I found in that drawer. I had wondered where that egg separator had gotten to.

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A tea infuser and a pastry cutter.

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And the egg separator.

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I use my tea infuser to shake powdered sugar on things.

 

[dragnlaw]

The egg separator being of steel is also of interest.

Just looked at the egg separator. Thiink it is aluminium. A lot of kitchen tools were made of that metal - or a mixture thereof. Light but strong.

You see quite a few of these at thrift,

Saw a set of the bowls at the market yesterday. They didn't have the big one like mine but did have the small one. 2 other sizes going up. Priced at $146.00 Cdn.

 

[Jade Emperor]

Just looked at the egg separator. Thiink it is aluminium. A lot of kitchen tools were made of that metal - or a mixture thereof. Light but strong.

Saw a set of the bowls at the market yesterday. They didn't have the big one like mine but did have the small one. 2 other sizes going up. Priced at $146.00 Cdn.

 

[taxlady]

Just looked at the egg separator. Thiink it is aluminium. A lot of kitchen tools were made of that metal - or a mixture thereof. Light but strong.

I did mention (post 13) that the egg separator is not stainless. I think it's what is called "letmetal" (light metal) in Danish, with is usually some alloy of aluminium. I once had a garlic press made of that and the handle broke off when I had a large clove. I don't mean that a fastener broke. I mean that part of the solid piece of handle broke off. That alloy is not anywhere as strong as straight aluminium.

 

[Kathleen]

How did I miss this thread? I love these kinds of things!!!

My rule is that the item must be something I will use though, and I will use them. It's fun to pull out proper pieces to set a table, and to befuddle my nieces/nephews with pieces that make them question my sanity. I have utensils in both silver-plate and sterling. China in assorted pieces from family and foundlings (thrift shops.) I typically search antique shops for things to complete items I already have. For example, my grandmother bought her holiday dishes from Woolsworth (a five and dime store) on sale after holidays one year. I've added pieces in the same pattern to it. Currently, I have been hunting for sterling ice cream spoons in Fairfax by Gorham Durgin without a monogram OR silverplate ice cream spoons in Memory 1937. I know they have them in the Fairfax pattern but have mixed responses regarding the Memory 1937 pattern. So far, I am unwilling to sell my soul for the prices asked for the spoons in the Fairfax design.

I love the egg coddlers and gorgeous uranium glass. The green glass juicer looks like one my aunt had. It was from the 40s or 50s. She called it "depression glass."

Here are some of the things I have in my "everyday flatware" drawer as I use them often. And all are in need of a polish since I was delayed with my mid-November polishing this year. Also, all go right into the dishwasher when I use them.

So....I have dessert forks, tomato (or summer vegetable slices) servers, an olive pick, sardine forks, and toast server.

 

[dragnlaw]

At one point the dessert fork I believe was also used as a fork for fish. Never understood why. Unless it was considered uncouth to use a knife to cut fish, LOL. I know that the heavy tine in the fork was meant for cutting the pastry again, uncouth to use a knife to cut someone's pastry. Never seen sardine forks.
I do have some tiny forks for eating fruit. I think I have the little knives as well, but honestly can't remember.

 

[Kathleen]

At one point the dessert fork I believe was also used as a fork for fish. Never understood why. Unless it was considered uncouth to use a knife to cut fish, LOL. I know that the heavy tine in the fork was meant for cutting the pastry again, uncouth to use a knife to cut someone's pastry. Never seen sardine forks.
I do have some tiny forks for eating fruit. I think I have the little knives as well, but honestly can't remember.

I have fish forks and knives and, yes, the fish fork can have a slightly wider (or thicker) tine on the left side, BUT there are key differences. A fish fork typically has shorter tines and a longer handle. (Not to be confused with the oyster fork that has shorter tines, but typically all tines are blockier and there are three times rather than the four typically found on fish forks.) The one I posted would be more properly called as pastry fork rather than a dessert fork (which is more multi-purpose.) I have small and larger pastry forks, both which have beveled left tines. And I have a set of very pretty fruit forks and knives.

Personally, I do believe that ice cream forks were precursors to the spork....which I have in titanium.

 

[taxlady]

At one point the dessert fork I believe was also used as a fork for fish. Never understood why. Unless it was considered uncouth to use a knife to cut fish, LOL. I know that the heavy tine in the fork was meant for cutting the pastry again, uncouth to use a knife to cut someone's pastry. Never seen sardine forks.
I do have some tiny forks for eating fruit. I think I have the little knives as well, but honestly can't remember.

I was thinking that looked like a fish fork. So, I looked it up. Wikipedia has an article about "fish fork" and mentions the often wider left tine, similar to a pastry fork. It mentions a notch that can be fit over the bones. I guess it make it easier to get the flesh off the bone.

 

[Kathleen]

I'm willing to admit that I'm wrong but I have never seen a notched fish fork.

Correction: I've seen notches within the tines but not on the outside.