Salad bowl

[celticdragonfly]

I just had lunch. Using a bowl I haven't for awhile. I was reminded of it partially by a discussion the Bujold list is having about knowing where the bowls are in the kitchen, but more by bkseiver bringing it up and discussing it with me recently.

Y'see, way back when I had my first wedding, my maternal grandmother gave me a bowl. A Waterford masterwork crystal bowl. Those are basically graduation projects, what the artisans make to prove they're up to master standards. I love it. bkseiver was talking about it to me lately, wondering if I realized how valuable it is. Not that it's a museum piece or anything, but it's more valuable than your typical wedding present, at least at the financial level of my family.

So today I got back to what I used to occasionally do with it. I got it down, carefully washed it, and made a Caesar's salad in it for lunch.

I'm sure there are those that would say I shouldn't, that it should be saved to be used as a serving bowl in formal entertaining situations. Of which I have approximately, um, none.

Personally, I figure it's like the scene in Bujold's book A Civil Campaign with Miles, Ekaterin, and the saddle. Better that it should be used and appreciated. And I like having my salad from a bowl that special.

It occurs to me that for those who have not read _A Civil Campaign_, that the phrase "the scene with Miles, Ekaterin, and the saddle" may sound MUCH more risque than it is. No, no. Not like that. It's an excellent book, you should try the series.

Comments

[shadefell.livejournal.com]

I grew up in a house without a dishwasher. Excuse me. Growing up, I was the dishwasher. ;) So that's totally a non-issue for me. I mean, it's what I'd do anyway, you know? Had I a dishwasher, however, I might well change my tune.

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

Ah. I love and appreciate my dishwasher as the labor-saving miracle that it is. Although I'd let them take it away before I let anybody take away my laundry maid, I mean washer and dryer.

[salix-03.livejournal.com]

Nope, you wouldn't. I come from a family of 6 and we didn't have a mechanical dishwasher. (Whoever was in the most trouble with mum at the time was the dishwasher.)

As of two weeks ago, I have a dishwasher. I've used it exactly once, after cooking for 5 people. I did a load of dishes in the sink by hand while it was running. I look at as a convenient place to store clean dishes, not something to wash them :)