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December 2007
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1. Welcome! Mama's Kitchen is a free newsletter about kitchen collectibles. This newsletter is designed to be entertaining and educational, but also a dialogue among those who have a fondness for kitchen items of all kinds. I hope you'll join us for a few memories, giggles, laughs and some useful information about kitchen collectibles. I am not an expert in any field, but I have been buying and selling kitchen items for over 9 years and loving them for a lifetime. Remember collecting anything should be fun. This is especially true when you can use your collection on a daily basis. Please let me know if there is a particular item you would like featured in upcoming issues.
Soak ½ cup chopped walnuts or pecans and ½ cup chopped raisins in ½ cup sherry, Ό cup rum and one teaspoon lemon juice for at least six hours or overnight if possible. Beat the six egg whites stiff, add ½ cup sugar and beat till ropy. Fold in the wine soaked fruits and nuts. Pour into a buttered baking dish. Set in a pan of hot water. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour. Serve with the following sauce. Make a custard of six egg yolks, Ό cup sugar and 1 ½ cups of scalded milk. When smoothly thickened, flavor with sherry and serve on the Christmas Pudding.
"An American Woman's Cookbook," Culinary Arts Institute, 1950..
If you have a favorite recipe to share, please send it to mamas@tias.com and we'll pass it along.
4. What is it? Foley Chopper
This is a triple blade Foley Chopper. It was produced in the 1940s and 1950s. It works on a spring mechanism and boy, does it ever work. This chopper has become one of the most desired items in today's market. As Christmas approaches it becomes even more desired. Considering their age, they must have been a quality product. You can still find them, although it is getting harder, in reasonably good shape. They originally sold for 79 cents. Book value today is $18-$22.
Choppers -- Making Big Things Small
Choppers have been a greatly underrated kitchen utensil. One of the reasons might be that we don't think about them until we need one. Besides, in a pinch, you can always use a sharp knife. Personally, I find them fascinating because there are so many different kinds, and companies keep re-inventing them. The first one is an Androck double blade chopper with a green wood handle. The green is a recent addition. Originally the handle was plain wood. The market value today is about $12-18. The second is a Corona chopper with a red bakelite handle. This is a favorite of most collectors because there weren't that many choppers made with bakelite handles. It sells for $18-28.00 depending on condition.
The third is a Maid of Honor chopper sold at Sears and it has a value of $18-22. The last was one of my favorites, the Federal Housewares chopper and it sells for $15-20.
6. Mama's Kitchen Stories
Every fall, at my grandmother's house, we would start hearing the plunk, plunk, and more plunk on the roof. The black walnut tree in her yard was shedding its fruit. It was one of my jobs as a young girl to help gather up the walnuts from the yard before the squirrels could get to them. We would pile them in buckets or baskets and haul them to the attic where she would lay them out on old blankets or cloths. As Christmas approached we would haul them down to her kitchen and peel the black coverings off. I hated that part because they always felt so yucky. After we got down to the nut, we'd crack the shells and dig out the nutmeat. After that we'd put them in a big wood bowl or on a cutting board and start chopping with her old wood handled chopper. It seemed like it took hours. When my mama bought one of the new Federal choppers, I was thrilled because it made the chopping part easier. Now we could have bought nuts at the store for our Christmas baking, but we never considered it until the walnut tree finally quit bearing fruit. As my mama would say , "Why buy it when it's there in your backyard." Besides it was a tradition that I still think about every year when I see green walnuts hitting the ground.
Do you have a kitchen memory to share. Please send it to Mama at mamas@tias.com
7. Christmas Kitchen Tips
Have you got a great kitchen tip or question, please send it along to mamas@tias.com
8. What's New at Mama's Treasures
Mama's Bargain Shack is a clearance market for some of older merchandise from Mama's Treasures. I add both new and vintage items each month. Yes, you can still make offers even though the prices are reduced. We always have some kind of sale in progress. Mama's Bargain Shack can be found on Earthling.com just by hitting the link at the top of the main page. New: American flag Throws, Key Keeper Racks, Christmas Postcards, Country Garlands and Table Centerpieces, Christmas Ornaments and Costume Jewelry will be arriving in the store this month. I've added over 100 new vintage collectibles from my sister store Mama's Treasures, and I'll be adding more every month. You'll be seeing recently added items such as Germany & Bavaria Fruit Plates, Noritake Soup Cups & Plates, American Flags, Hazel Atlas Glasses, Wade Figures, Pyrex Bowls & Casseroles, Spice Tins, Kitchen Utensils, Cosmetic Advertising, New Plastic Salt & Pepper Shakers, Spice Jars and Range Shakers, Embroidered Kitchen Towels, Primitive Accessories, and much more. Merchandise is being added daily so keep on the lookout for that perfect gift for yourself or someone special. Mama's Bargain Shack is located at www.tias.com/stores/bargainshack. I invite you to drop by and browse, shop if you care to, and remember I love to get offers. So come on by for a visit at Mama's Bargain Shack, the Shop Where Everything is on Sale!
Joining my mailing list at Mama's Treasures or Mama's Bargain Shack also makes you eligible for promotional coupons and advance notice of sales. Over 900 items have recently been reduced 15%-40%. New items added at Mama's Treasures include a Kromex Canister Set and Grease Can, a Sardine Server, a Doughnut Cutter, Aluminum Sieves with Pestles, Red Bakelite Utensils, Pyrex Yellow Stripe #401 Bowls, Vintage Cookbooks, Tipp City Red Poppy Salt and Pepper and Spice Set, a Pyrex Cookie Jar and Cracker Barrel Set NIP, an Androck Green Bakelite Eggbeater, Christmas Postcards, an Aqua Top Kromex Spice Set, an Ekcoline Aqua and White Utensil Set, an A&J Ekco 4400 Red Wood Utensil Set NIB, a Rare Federal Red Harlequin Bowl Set, Advertising Pie Pans, a Black Art Deco Line Range Set, Pyrex Autumn Harvest Canisters. Foley Aluminum Juicers, Tap Icer NIB, Green & Red Bakelite Cake Breakers, New Costume Jewelry, Christmas Nativity Figures, Foley Gravy Forks & Choppers, Duz and Lux Detergent Boxes NIB, DeVault Graters & Peelers in the Original Package, a Springerle Dough Board, an Artbeck Pyrex Baster in the Original Box, Maynard Pink Egg Beaters, Primitive Soap Savers, Plastic Refrigerator Dishes, Hazel Atlas Jelly Jars, Duncan Hines Baster , Vintage Apron Patterns, A&J Ten Piece Red Wood Handle Utensil Set NIB, Pyrex Flameware Teapots, Coffeepots, and Double Boilers, Pyrex Primary Color Bowl Set, Fire King Tulip Bowls, New Vintage Advertising, Libby Pink & Black Pitcher and Glasses, a Lux Timer NIB, Federal Sugar Shakers, Mirro Cookie Cutters NIP, Darners, Buttons, Star Thread Box, Pincushions, Button Covers, Tupperware Measuring Cups & Pin Holder and much more! Drop by and visit me at www.tias.com/stores/mamas. I love to chat, answer questions and I always consider reasonable offers.
Drop by and visit me at www.tias.com/stores/mamas I love to chat, answer questions and I always consider reasonable offers.
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