This bowl is older than anyone I know. It came down from my wife’s great-grandmother Winnifred. We know it’s at least a hundred years old. And it’s made specifically for raising bread in.
Usually you have to grease the bowl you put your dough in so it doesn’t stick when it rises. This one has a glaze that is so smooth that the dough doesn’t stick.
It got a chip in the edge before it was glazed. Someone took the time to make sure the glaze even went down into the chip. Today, they’d have just thrown it out.
They knew this was the kind of thing that would get passed down for generations. It has. And it will.
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Rock on, Grandma Winnie. That is one sweet bowl.
that’s like cast-iron cookware, or a straight razor it lasts forever!
those are the kind of things that get passed down from generation to generation. it’s great because 1) you buy one, and it’ll be the last one you ever need, 2) you don’t use crappy plastic products, and 3) you don’t contribute to landfills
more people need to learn to take care of 5 things instead of buying 50!
It’s beautiful and I’m so glad you shared a photo of such a treasure.
Wow! What a treasure. I would rate that right up there with my grandmother’s Porridge Spoon.
I have no idea what a porridge spoon would look like.
Seems like people like the heirloom housewares. Hmm … that gives me an idea …