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What is the oldest item in your kitchen?
I think right now, the oldest item in my kitchen is a Griswold cast iron frying pan that belonged to my great-grandmother. Beautifully seasoned and I use it for everything under the sun. I know you're not supposed to use cast iron on a glass-top stove. because if you move the skillet white you're cooking, it will scratch the glass and because it's very heavy. Supposedly, there are cases when the cast iron pan, full of food, was so heavy that it cracked the glass top. Makes the best corn bread ever, And after years of buying nonstick frying pans, only to eventually have their lose their surfaces, I went back to my skillet for eggs, fritters, etc. As long as I take care of it, it simply does not stick. I actually have two Griswold skillets, one was my great-grandmother's and the other belonged to Rick's grandmother. I use mine more often, but I should probably give the other one good scouring and a good seasoning and use that one, too. Those things are heavy! I'm not sure exactly how old it is, but it's well over 150 years old at this point.
As is my hutch. My great-grandmother was 96 when she passed back in the early 1970s. The hutch was made for her as a wedding present by my great-grandfather (who I never knew). It spent years in Mom's kitchen and now it's here. It is terribly scratched and the finish is really worn. I still love it.
Rick and I will be married 49 years in April. We still have many of our casseroles and such that we got as wedding shower presents and wedding gifts. And I still use them. I think at this point, if I broke any of them, I'd probably cry.
What's the oldest thing in your kitchen?
What is the oldest item in your kitchen?
I think right now, the oldest item in my kitchen is a Griswold cast iron frying pan that belonged to my great-grandmother. Beautifully seasoned and I use it for everything under the sun. I know you're not supposed to use cast iron on a glass-top stove. because if you move the skillet white you're cooking, it will scratch the glass and because it's very heavy. Supposedly, there are cases when the cast iron pan, full of food, was so heavy that it cracked the glass top. Makes the best corn bread ever, And after years of buying nonstick frying pans, only to eventually have their lose their surfaces, I went back to my skillet for eggs, fritters, etc. As long as I take care of it, it simply does not stick. I actually have two Griswold skillets, one was my great-grandmother's and the other belonged to Rick's grandmother. I use mine more often, but I should probably give the other one good scouring and a good seasoning and use that one, too. Those things are heavy! I'm not sure exactly how old it is, but it's well over 150 years old at this point.
As is my hutch. My great-grandmother was 96 when she passed back in the early 1970s. The hutch was made for her as a wedding present by my great-grandfather (who I never knew). It spent years in Mom's kitchen and now it's here. It is terribly scratched and the finish is really worn. I still love it.
Rick and I will be married 49 years in April. We still have many of our casseroles and such that we got as wedding shower presents and wedding gifts. And I still use them. I think at this point, if I broke any of them, I'd probably cry.
What's the oldest thing in your kitchen?