VTT: Pyrex Refrigerator Dishes

Happy VTT everyone! I'm working extra hard this week and was not planning on joining the VTT fun. However in order to make it easier on me, I decided to go through my Pyrex pic file...and found these beauties....

 This is the first refrigerator set produced by Pyrex in the 40s. You got 2 small red one, a larger blue one and a big yellow one. I didn't find this set as is; each piece I found individualy over a period of 2 years.

This is the Butterprint pattern. It is one of the most sought after pattern. I was really lucky on that one. I found it almost complete (missing one small) in Maine for 7.50$. SCORE!

Those were a gift from Dad! You know I love aqua. Pyrex calls this color Turquoise.

Beautiful mid-century set!

Sigh! Lovely canadian Delphite. Thank you Pyrex for making this heavenly blue and only here in Canada!

The blue lids were only made for a small period of time because they were not as practical as clear ones. The one with the lid on the table I got at the Lachute flea market for 1$ and the vendor actually look releaved I was taking this god awful thing off his hands!

This is a mixed up set. It is made of some Town & Country (small orangey tan), Verde (small greenish yellow), the medium one and the largest are (but I'm not sure) part of the Daisy set. Some were gifts, some found. I like all their sunshiny hues!

I remember posting this pic in Flickr and got some comments i had too many red ones....Well none of your beeswax! But during the big 2009 de-clutter fest, I started closely looking at the HUGE amount of Pyrex in the house and had a bloggy giveaway and sent 2 of these cuties to some of my readers.

That's it for today. Do visit Suzanne @ Colorado Lady for some nice Thursday social and more VTT!

Pyrex Prize Recipes

As some of you might know.....I looooooovvvvvvveeeeee

Pyrex!

I also love vintage cookbooks. So it was with great thrill that I bought the Pyrex prize recipes cookbook last year.

I don't always try the recipes, in fact I really enjoy looking at the pictures and fantasizing about the way life used to be...

I did try one recipe ;the coffee crumb cake. It was good but not AMAZING and awfully messy with all those crumbs,and I'm a bit of a cheapskate so 3/4 cups of pecans was mighty expensive!

This book was published in 1953 and dedicated to all men,women and children who love to cook in Pyrex ware.I doubt very much that a lot of men were cooking in 1953....maybe bachelors and widowers but i'm sceptical!

My copy belonged to Rose French of Elmira N.Y and she got it May 16th 1956. I checked the internet and Mother's Day was on May 13th that year,maybe it was a belated gift. I like the fact that my book used to belong to a real person and I wonder what recipes she made.

And the pictures! Oh my,oh my!

Look at all the different ways you can use your Pyrex Flameware coffepot!

You can use it for iced tea, cooking corn,sausages,tomato sauce,asparagus and the white one in the middle is......believe it or not.....Spaghetti! LOL
I guess you can use it to brew coffee as well...

What about a buffet spread served uniquely in Pyrex? It can be done!

You need a primary colors refrigerator set, a primary colors bowl set (series 400) and 2 hostess sets (one red and one yellow) and last but not least some Flameware coffeepots to serve the beverages!

I love the flower arrangement done in the green bowl.

I also like to see what people ate. I see chicken,rolls, salad,olives,nuts and POPCORN??? Do you eat popcorn with chicken?

It makes me think of the Peanuts thanksgiving cartoon where Peppermint Patty serves toast,jelly beans and popcorn...

And for more retro fun don't forget to check out this fun blog : http://www.crazysuburbanmom.com/

Have a great day! :)

Finally!

I was lucky enough to get to use a computer yesterday (In between soakings...)

I was able to upload pics and save them.

Then I spent some quality time with flickr! That felt soooo good!

So this is the first cupboard. It's still missing the glass door.

I think it's too bad the pic doesn't show the real color of the beadboard (What can you do?)

I plan to rotate the pieces, but this will have to wait... Next week maybe!

I'm still missing the fourth party pan (the smallests casserolles), I think it's grey ?!? I have never seen it in person...Only in the Pyrex bible!

I tried with the Pixies and the small refrigeretor dish but I didn't like it as much. I love going in the kitchen and seeing the Pyrex!!!

Pool update: There is NO pool update this morning...LOL! I'm so sore all over and my breath smells of chlorine!!!

Later

Showcase Cupboard...OMG

Of course no pics! And the guy that's supposed to help me shop for a computer has not been returning my calls.....

And the tree guy hasn't showed up yet! I so feel like swearing now!

The cupboard is GORGEOUS! You'll eventually see a pic (eventually is a big word). It was a plain white melamine box before, but now it has a beautiful beadboard back painted the same tender green as the rest of the kitchen. The casing remained white. The edges of the shelves were also painted Corn Husk Green.

On the first shelf I place a Butterprint refrigerator set and a Turquoise one. Second shelf has a primary color refrigerator and some Pyrex party pans (lime,blue, and flamingo) and last but not least on the last one I put a 3 piece Turquoise bowl set (Pyrex of course). Now the only thing missing is a glass door....

It was the first thing I looked at when I came into the kitchen this morning! I love it! And I can hear the Pyrex singing!

Dan did a really good job!

Gotta go if I want to work a bit outside before the forcasted rain.....