When I was little, there were certain bowls and dishes that were always – and I do mean always – used for certain foods. So much so, in fact, that if my sisters and I saw certain dishes on the counter when we got home from school, we knew what we were having for supper.
For instance, there was a white ceramic bowl that always made an appearance when we had breakfast for supper. This bowl was – and remains - “the scrambled egg bowl.”
There was a round cookie sheet that was always used for making cheese toast. This was – and is – “the cheese toast pan.”
There was also a brown bowl that was used – and used often – for green English peas. (My younger sister was quite the selective eater when she was younger, and this was the only green food she would eat. Well, that’s not true. She ate green Now & Laters.)
A few months ago, Mom and Dad were doing some cleaning out of their cabinets and many of these dishes were among their “discardables.” I was dismayed that my sister got to the pile of dishes before I did and claimed the scrambled egg bowl and the cheese toast pan, but I was vindicated by snatching up the pea bowl.
Ah, memories. Somehow these peas taste better when they’re served in this bowl. I can’t explain it.
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Yes our families are so much alike! How cool that you go the Pea bowl! I can totally relate to the thrill. We (me Bub & Sissy) got to pillage my Gramma's kitchen too and it was a BLAST. Ahh the memories, huh? At our house we also had certain foods on certain days. Sunday night was Saimin soup night (ramen), Wednesday was hot dog night and Friday became pizza night when Peter Piper Pizza was around. They had $3 Large cheese pizzas. I loved the routine of it all.
Thanks for sharing your memories and your new treasure!
This is the very kind of memory I had hoped I was creating for all you girls. Thanks Sweetie.
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