shop4shoes
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posted on July 14, 2003 11:36:06 PM new
Life's too short to drink cheap wine.
It would be a lot shorter if we didn't...
Somebody, get me a bottle of Boone's Farm Original.
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AuctionAce
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posted on July 15, 2003 12:12:44 AM new
I'll vote for the escargo tray. Damn French will eat anything.
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pmelcher
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posted on July 15, 2003 02:32:11 AM new
Could it be a mold of some kind? There used to be aspic molds (don't ask me what aspic is, I forget, but I think it is some kind of spicy jelled thing).
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grumpyebayer
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posted on July 15, 2003 04:34:06 AM new
I'll vote for the escargo tray. Damn French will eat anything.
[Shaking my head as I laugh] 
I think it is a mold. I have seen similar pans in copper. They were taller though.
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alldings
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posted on July 15, 2003 05:18:24 AM new
Wow, a genuine prairie oyster roaster, where did you find it??
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drcomm
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posted on July 15, 2003 05:33:22 AM new
I'm thinking maybe Lucy is right, and Shops too, if only because it's the only idea I've heard more than once...received this in email this morning:
"When I lived in Europe I was told by friends this type of pan was used to cook snails and was also used in an oven to bake small cakes. I have a smaller version. They were hand made (notice how unevenly spaced). When the people recouped financially after WW2 these lovely old copper pieces were put out for garbage pickup as soon as they could afford to buy the new stainless pans."
Although, some of the ideas here are more fun  You guys are a hoot!
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on July 15, 2003 07:28:39 AM new
You were told already what it is but for some unfathomable reason have chosen to ignore it.
I am not a bathtub full of brightly-colored machine tools on Vendio.
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drcomm
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posted on July 15, 2003 07:50:33 AM new
I'm not ignoring ANYTHING Fluffy. It's just that there were serveral plausible ideas for what it was, I wasn't ruling anything out.
Good morning to you, too. Had any coffee yet?
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drcomm
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posted on July 15, 2003 07:56:58 AM new
My apologies Fluffy. I just went and looked up "Ableskiver". It certainly looks the same. Having never heard of such thing, I thought you were making jokes with everyone else (not that that's been a bad thing!)
Deana
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tomwiii
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posted on July 15, 2003 07:57:15 AM new
Seems Scruffy forgot her morning catnip! Or is we just sharpening dem ole claws a smidgen early today?
 
Ralphie loves Mr Blonde:
"Are you gonna bark all day little doggie, or are you gonna bite?"
http://tinyurl.com/5duz
[ edited by tomwiii on Jul 15, 2003 07:57 AM ]
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tomwiii
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posted on July 15, 2003 07:59:25 AM new
Cain's brother's undies??
 
Ralphie loves Mr Blonde:
"Are you gonna bark all day little doggie, or are you gonna bite?"
http://tinyurl.com/5duz
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drcomm
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posted on July 15, 2003 08:14:34 AM new
Well, cruising the web has it about 70% for the escargots pan and 30 for the Aebelskiver. Both have indentations, but the escargots pan has the larger rim for sauce, like mine, which the aebelskiver does not. Neither look exactly the same of course, since I can only find modern versions. Either way, I think there's a good chance this is a hand-made version made from a baking pan, given the irregular spacing of the dents. So..could be either one.
Then too..it could be Cain's brother's undies
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REAMOND
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posted on July 15, 2003 08:41:03 AM new
It is a watercolor palette.
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ohmslucy
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posted on July 15, 2003 08:41:51 AM new
Okay, everybody, here's the real deal...
An aebleskiver pan is made of cast iron. It would NEVER be made of tinned copper as that wouldn't stand up to the direct heat encountered on top of a stove.
Here's a picture of an aebleskiver pan in action in my kitchen and this is how aebleskiver are made:
Modern escargot pans are typically made of stainless steel or porcelain. Not because they're better, just because they last longer. The one Deana has pictured, made of tinned copper, is actually better for cooking, but won't last as long as the new ones. I don't have one myself, but we had one hanging on the wall when I was in cooking school years ago.
Here is a picture of a new stainless steel escargot pan for you....
...and a picture of an aebelskiver pan.
Hope this helps!
Lucy
Life's too short to drink cheap wine...
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AuctionAce
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posted on July 15, 2003 09:00:53 AM new
So Fluffy's wrong again. The Don Rickles of Vendio strikes out again. ( I am not a hockey puuck! )
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drcomm
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posted on July 15, 2003 09:46:22 AM new
Lucy,
Thank you for going to all that trouble! Much appreciated, and yep, I'm sure that's what it is!
Deana
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blueyes29
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posted on July 15, 2003 10:05:50 AM new
If it's from Holland, it could be a pan for pofferjes. I have a similiar one...The somewhat literal translation is "little puffers"...The Dutch make a terrific little "cake"...they pour the batter into the cups, cook, then dust them with butter and powdered sugar...delicious. You can find pofferje stands all over the country during the summer.
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tomwiii
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posted on July 15, 2003 10:18:54 AM new
Yeah?? Yeah?? Well...
All I can say is: when the pofferje stands, it's time for me & Ralphie to leave the building! No offense, but geeeez!
Ralphie loves Mr Blonde:
"Are you gonna bark all day little doggie, or are you gonna bite?"
http://tinyurl.com/5duz
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AuctionAce
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posted on July 15, 2003 10:26:43 AM new
As they say in a low voice in the British Parliment
Here .. Here
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ohmslucy
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posted on July 15, 2003 01:50:05 PM new
Hi again,
Poffertges are the Dutch version of a French sweet beignet, made of deep-fried pate a choux (cream puff dough.)
Yummmmm!!
Lucy
P.S. Deana - Your pan looks handmade and is most likely quite old. Probably not made from another pan, though. Let me know if you decide to list it - I'm interested.
Life's too short to drink cheap wine...
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drcomm
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posted on July 15, 2003 02:30:51 PM new
Lucy,
it's listed.
Deana
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ohmslucy
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posted on July 15, 2003 03:18:00 PM new
Ummm..... Don't you mean WAS listed?
Thanks, Deana...
Lucy
Life's too short to drink cheap wine...
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drcomm
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posted on July 15, 2003 04:16:57 PM new
Thanks Lucy! Just so you know, this is my husband's Escargot pan..so he is thrilled. He's the one that wrote that auction too..mostly I think he just had fun with the whole thing!
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AuctionAce
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posted on July 15, 2003 04:46:16 PM new
There are no escargot auctions, either open or closed, that mention a pan. Maybe it's on another auction site.
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dadofstickboy
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posted on July 15, 2003 04:59:39 PM new
Must have listed as a Snail Cooker!
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roadsmith
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posted on March 13, 2009 11:38:00 AM new
Here's the original thread, folks, for your reading enjoyment--or bemusement.
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