Tea pots, Pyrex and enamalware

Pyrex the immortal one!

When the world ends all that shall remain: cockroaches, Nokia 3310 phones (with working battery), Toyota pickup trucks, awaiting a Brexit decision and Pyrex. Very popular in the 1960's definitely in the 1970's and still alive today.

As a child I always remember mum cooking or serving everything in Pyrex. Its the most amazing material.

I still have most of the dinner service (Pyrex), bowls for the oven (Pyrex), even serving utensils with yes you guessed it Pyrex handles!

Mum also lugged back a large number of enamelled pots and pans like the one below, all the way from Poland in those large cases (see other blog). Why ? There were super cheap in Poland compared to here.

Of course they weigh as much as the national debt but somehow we managed it?

I only have 1 left, in good condition and dad still drank his tea, Camp Coffee or milk in an enamel mug. Wouldn't surprise me if it was his actual army one? (Oh the milk was full milk and dad used Carnation Condensed Milk for his coffee too, another post war habit I expect) no oat or almond veggie milk here?

Strangely I have an affection for these enamel things, surely must be healthier than cooking on non-stick pans today.

We never had a dishwasher so these have survived extremely well. I don't even want to consider the carcinogenic ingredients for the paint but hey we are still here (just).

There were tea pots (aluminium - left over stock from building Spitfires, after the war - that's another blog) and delicate coffee pots in fine bone china - too nice to use.

Maybe as I am getting older, I do think the modern equivalents are just cheap copies that are built to last 6 months then fall to bits, although I did buy a cheap stainless pan set from Ikea in the early 90's for my first house and its still hanging on (barely).