Clay Steam Pot and Cast Iron Thriftstore Finds

Thrift stores and second hand shops

can be the best place to find the most unique things!

Recently I found this neat little clay pot for 

a great price, $7.00 (along with a great dollar vintage book

about wild plants and how to cook them) 

When I brought it up to cash out the lady said ;

"Everybody has been trying to figure what 

in the world it is used for"??

Fortunately I did know.....

...... for I had one at home that came with instructions!

A little $3.00 thrift store find from another time

called a "Yunnan clay Steam Pot"

These are wonderful cooking pots are well worth having

and using easily and often! It sits tightly upon

 a pot of boiling water and the steam cooks the

 contents of the pot neatly under it's lid. 

I like to brown strips of chicken breast

 and then add fresh cut veggies

with some organic free range chicken broth

and also seasonings of choice 

Then you just sit it, with the lid on,

snugly atop a pot of water

 and bring it to a boil and soon the steam will cook 

the contents through the "chimney" !

            

                                                   

When the contents are close to "ready"

I add rice noodles to the boiling

 water in the lower pot!

(Yummy with Jasmine Green Tea)

 Placing the rice noodles

in the bowl first and then 

adding the vegetables before

ladling the  broth over, 

seems to taste better!

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I also found a great already seasoned 

cast iron muffin pan that proved 

to be wonderful!

(Kombucha in background) 

It is perfect for baking gluten free corn muffins

nice and crispy on the outside!

 My favorite 1950's mixer also came from a

second hand store and I love it better then any

modern one!! 

If you preheat the pan a sizzling 400 degrees

 the muffins come out the best!

They taste delectable with corn chowder! 

And if the pan is nice and seasoned 

it makes wonderful eggs right along side the muffins!!

And they slide right out!!

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Meet Bob!!

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Mildred Mousiekin loves to use her

clay pot and cast iron!!

Great Book

                          http://www.marianwilliamspottery.com/2012/10/09/im-all-steamed-up-chinese-food-steamers/

                                               http://redcook.net/2010/03/09/not-your-grandmothers-chicken-soup/
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Hope you ENJOYED!!

Many many BLESSINGS 

Linnie and the Mousiekins

PS If you haven't heard from me lately 

I have been in the garden

and busy about Spring matters !