Sentimental Cookware

[BosunsWife]

Does anyone out there have a special piece of cookware? Something that bring memories to you everytime you use it?

Mine is something I just used today. Its a beatup loaf pan that was my mom's. She gave it to me when I moved out of the house for the first time when I was 18 (21 years ago http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/eek.gif ). I always remember her making meatloaf (one of my favs) and mashed potatoes. The other memory I have of it is the use I put it to today. I was making homemade polenta and poured it in there to harden. I had to call her up and tell her what I was doing. Its been through four moves before I got married at age 30 and its been through 7 more since then! Kind of dented on one side, but still makes the best meatloaf!

[Marcie]

What a nice question. My mom owns this one, but I hope to inherit it eventually: My grandmother's cookie sheet, which she made herself from sheet metal as a "Rosie the Riveter" during WWII. Makes me really miss Grandma.

[cdm]

I have a bunch of cookware my grandma used including those red cookie cutters like the holly and other Christmas ones. I learned to cook real young helping my grandma with the cookies. She'd cut them I'd decorate them. Those were happy days.

[gertdog]

When I moved into my first apartment, my mom gave me two pots from the cookware set she got when she was married... simple Farberware pots. I've had them ever since and they're great, and I think of her everytime I use them. Imagine how insulted I felt when my SO's mother sent me some new ones for my birthday, saying "We noticed that you don't have any good cookware" !!! Okay, actually, the stuff SO's mom sent was awesome All-Clad, but no way I'm dumping my mom's Farberware... it's got lots of years left in it.

[patsyk]

What a cool question! I don't own it yet, but I will someday... this really old ugly pan that my mom makes her homemade peanut butter fudge in... it never works in any other pan! She promised it to me one day, and I am holding her to it... it was one of my favorite things she made when I was growing up and I always got to scrape the pan after she poured out the fudge to set and eat what was leftover! YUMMY! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif

[kirkbyky]

my moms cast iron skillet, I wish I had her dutch oven but it 'died' of rust long ago, so I had to get my own.

[Jewel]

My maternal grandparents both passed away while my Mom was pregnant with me, so I never knew them. I'm greedy for nearly any type of information, photos, mementos, anything that would help me feel more connected to them. A few years ago my mother gave me my Grandmother's ancient sewing basket that is just wonderful and a few of her tablecloths and doilies that she had made 'tatting' (sp?) and they're precious to me. Oddly enough, there wasn't a whole lot of personal items from my grandfather except the two cast iron pans that he used to take up into the mountains with him when he led 'Pack Trains' in the Sequoia National Forest. They used to run a Dude Ranch! These things are about 60 years old now and very worn and seasoned by the old campfires, and I wouldn't trade them for anything! Of course because they were my grandfather's and they have a bit of 'intrigue' attached to them with the mental picture I get about cowboys sitting around the open fire, but also because they're so seasoned that they're perfect to cook with! Nothing replaces cornbread made in these skillets. It also helps me feel connected to him! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif I wouldn't trade that for a set of new Lodge Cast Iron!

[Angela]

Great topic!
My sentimental pieces are my grandmother's cookie sheets (she's still living, got the sheets when she moved into a nursing home). She always made tons and tons of yummy cookies at Christmas. A special moment was when I made Christmas cookies the first year I had the sheets and gave a plate full to my grandmother. She was amazed that I made such good cookies http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

[Angela]

Great topic!
My sentimental pieces are my grandmother's cookie sheets (she's still living, got the sheets when she moved into a nursing home). She always made tons and tons of yummy cookies at Christmas. A special moment was when I made Christmas cookies the first year I had the sheets and gave a plate full to my grandmother. She was amazed that I made such good cookies http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

[Angela]

Great topic!
My sentimental pieces are my grandmother's cookie sheets (she's still living, got the sheets when she moved into a nursing home). She always made tons and tons of yummy cookies at Christmas. A special moment was when I made Christmas cookies the first year I had the sheets and gave a plate full to my grandmother. She was amazed that I made such good cookies http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

[BosunsWife]

Your comment about the cast iron cookware got me to thinking. I'm going to have to tell my mom that if she ever decides to get rid of hers I want them. She has two of them, one large skillet and one small skillet. They are so black! I remember my dad taking the big one to work when I was a kid and - no kidding here - taking a blow torch to it to get some of the outer layer of the pan off. Still cooked like a charm later. They are perfectly seasoned pans for cooking.

[Angela]

Great topic!
My sentimental pieces of cookware are my grandmother's cookie sheets (she is still alive, I got them when she moved into a nursing home). She always made tons and tons of Christmas cookies and they were always very yummy! A special moment was when I presented her with a plate full of Christmas cookies I made for her on her cookie sheets. She was surprised and impressed with the cookies http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

[Angela]

I have NO idea what happend there.... sorry.