My mom has that exact yellow Dansk pot! I love it and have been looking for another one for ages.

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Whenever we misbehaved as children, my grandmother always threatened to get the wooden spoon. This spoon was always right where we could see it because she used it every day to stir her big pots of soup or sauce. We never actually got hit, the threat of the wooden spoon was more than enough to keep us in line. The spoon was my great grandmother's who passed it down to my grandmother who has since passed it down to me. It is so warn from use but it is still my favorite thing to stir my big pots of soup and sauce.
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I think alot of folks are going to say this, but i LOVE my 14 in. cast iron pan.

I've cooked all kinds of food in it over the years, some that would be recommended and some that probably wouldn't.

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+1 for cast iron skillets. I cannot imagine how heavy a 14 incher would be!! Here is my beauty searing up duck breasts:
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I have that exact same Dansk dutch oven and I used to make make turnip-potato soup the other night. It was my mom's and she gave it to me a couple of years ago, after she had pretty much quit cooking for herself.

It's cookware with a lot of emotional freight for me. I remember her using it when I was a kid for pot roast, and I was frankly astonished that she gave it to me, since she wasn't much one for giving her stuff away. It's coming up on the first anniversary of her death, and making that soup in this pot the other night really brought her back for me.

I should do a pot roast in it soon.

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A wooden spatula. It feels like an extension of my hand, though one that has no problems with moving things in a saute pan, making perfect scrambled eggs, or stirring liquids.
(Close runners-up include my chef's knives, cast-iron chicken fryer, and stand mixer.)

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I love YOUR pot best I think. Can I pick that? I'd love one of those.

I admit I'm pretty partial to my bullet blender -- protein shakes every morning are now a breeze. But, for a tried and true "vintage" kinda thing, it's a Beatrix Potter themed kiddie food dish which has been our family butter dish for decades.

It was a baby food dish used by each of my siblings and me, and when we no longer needed it, my dad added a stick of butter to it one day, and used it as a butter dish ever after. I remember demanding of when I was a teen, as a typical rude teen would do,"Gawwwd Dad, can't we get a REAL butter dish?" His eyes got round and he said "Oh noooo, I love seeing this every morning. It reminds how I used to feed you before having to leave for the office. I still love seeing this little bunny dish." I was properly chagrined and we used it ever after without complaint, and I still do. I miss ya, Dad.

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I have the same pot as well! I inherited it from my Great Aunt Sara who passed away a year ago.

I keep it as a display piece on my 50's Wedgewood stove. It NEVER gets put away.

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Another cast-iron skillet fan here! Mine is small and at least fifteen years old, but perfectly seasoned, and ideal for pancakes.

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I use my Global G-46 so much, every day, it feels like it's part of my body now. I have a callus at the base of my right index finger that belongs to the spine of that knife. :)

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