"The Vintage Kitchen"

by Cheryl Harwell Bailey

                   

If you are crazy for kitchen utensils, we are like-minded. The guys in my scullery, like them as much as we chicks. I treasure the antique tools, and so does my husband. 

The ones that have been handed down many generations are most precious. Especially when I'm stirring soup, using the same wooden spoon, the great grandmother, I never  met used. My favorite tool goes back to the time of "Wilma Flintstone."  Well, it really does!  It's a "Sea Cockle" so long in the ocean its edges are smooth. Thick enough to have survived without being broken or chipped. I use it for scooping, as shown in the pictures. One of natures free gifts, picked up off the beach, seasoned by the sands of time.

An old mason jar with a lit candle will keep the painful "tears," away, when onion chopping!

My Grandma's  "Pots & Pans" just may survive anything! Even my modern stove top!

Mother & Child aprons. We still use them.

My Grandson is wearing the same "apron" his mom wore when she was his age. Passed down 3 generations!

Uncle Wally gave us $50.00 as a "Wedding" present. I bought a cutting board, a rolling pin, and a "cast iron" skillet, at the corner hardware store. Almost 42 years later, I use them on a daily basis. 

My Mama's almost indestructible cottage bake wear and bowls. They are full of character, age and beauty.

"Mama's" old seasoned wooden spoons.

Can't cook without the strainer.

Sharpening Stone 

&

Sharp knives

are the most important tools 

in the kitchen!