roadsmith
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posted on January 13, 2006 01:06:56 PM new
I'm going to add these one at a time: The first is a tall aluminum container with locking lid and what appears to be a pressure vent in the lid. Could it be a primitive pressure cooker or something else?
Next are two heavy wrought-iron items: The first has rectangular 3.5" sections. The second has round 2.25" diameter sections. Could the round one be an egg poacher???
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on January 13, 2006 01:27:44 PM new
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sparkz
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posted on January 13, 2006 01:34:52 PM new
The first is a 15 gallon pot, used in large kitchens such as cafeterias, mess halls etc. Anyone who has ever pulled KP will recognize it. The locking lid is for transporting the contents out of the kitchen to remote locations in the field. These pots are very popular in this part of the state with Mexican families. You can make a ton of tamales at one time in it.
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mikes4x4andtruckrepair
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posted on January 13, 2006 01:36:11 PM new
Not sure about the last two but depending on how big the pot is it may be a crab steamer. It looks like there is something stamped on the lid, any clues 
Just another white mouse in the ebay maze looking for some cheese. --- Mike
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OhMsLucy
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posted on January 13, 2006 01:45:48 PM new
I'm not sure but the second iron pan - the one with round cups - might be for popovers.
Edited to add: Most popover pans I've seen have tapered cups with a fairly small diameter flat bottom but popover is all I come up with at the moment.
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dacreson
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posted on January 13, 2006 02:46:33 PM new
Sparkz
We used to make moonshine in pots like this.
Just connect condensing hose (Hose with wet rag) heat mash in pot and collect content. Great stuff. Oh ya.
David
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roadsmith
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posted on January 13, 2006 02:54:10 PM new
Sparkz: Your answer makes sense to me. Or. . . crab steamer. . . or moonshine?!
Fluffy: Want me to let you know when they iron items are up for sale?
I realize I said "wrought" iron when I meant "cast" iron, for those two items.
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roadsmith
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posted on January 13, 2006 03:04:42 PM new
Mike: On the lid is stamped "American Cooker," patent 11/29/1910, No. 70."
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posted on January 13, 2006 03:47:38 PM new
My mother used to have a "cooker" exactly like this (in the 30's & 40's) and she used it to process jars of tomatos & veggies when canning them. I think it had a rack of some sort in it, but she may have improvised her own. You put an inch or two of water in the bottom and the jars in the rack. The little valve on the lid let out the excess steam and the clamp locks kept the lid from blowing off. I'm pretty sure about this.
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buyhigh
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posted on January 13, 2006 04:02:05 PM new
Think the 3rd one is for cornbread muffins.
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sparkz
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posted on January 13, 2006 04:06:31 PM new
The third one is definitely for cooking escargot. The second one is for aebleskiver. (Beat ya to it, Lucy)
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cblev65252
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posted on January 13, 2006 04:10:40 PM new
LOL, sparkz!!
Cheryl
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
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OhMsLucy
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posted on January 13, 2006 04:14:45 PM new
No you didn't Sparkz!! I was controlling myself. Sitting on my finners resisting the urge... 
Sorry, I don't buy the idea of rectangular aebleskiver...
Escargot? Although I've not seen a cast iron escargot pan, who knows? Could be. It WOULD work in the oven.
ROFL!
Edited to add: That thread really WAS pretty entertaining! 
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cblev65252
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posted on January 13, 2006 04:53:33 PM new
Yes, Lucy, it was. But, it landed some of us on a list I'd rather not be on. 
Cheryl
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
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OhMsLucy
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posted on January 13, 2006 05:00:44 PM new
That it did, Cheryl, that it did. The Twittering Triumvirate of Tattletales.
I ROFL every time I read that old version of the web page!
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posted on January 13, 2006 05:22:25 PM new
ms24ktau is right on the first one. My Dad still has my grandmaw's. She used it for canning and for boiling chickens.
He scares the heck out of me when he uses that thing. I just know it is going to blow up one of these days!
The first cast iron pan looks like a soap mold for making lye soap.
The second one, I don't have a clue, but looks like it should be good for aebleskiver
. When your ship comes in.... make sure you are willing to unload it. .
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roadsmith
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posted on January 13, 2006 05:50:10 PM new
YOU GUYS, ROFL!!! I just KNEW someone would bring up the dreaded aebelskiver. I almost included it in my original question (but I am ABOVE all that, y'know).
Someone suggested muffins for the round ones. I don't think they're big enough for muffin batter, being just 2.25" in diameter, but who knows?!
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on January 13, 2006 06:18:25 PM new
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OhMsLucy
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posted on January 13, 2006 06:51:59 PM new
What, Roadsmith? What??? Sparkz started it!
Seriously, I think your pan with the round cups is probably intended for oven use, as opposed to the top of a stove.
Likely not for aebleskiver, as those are made in a round pan which is solid around the cups.
Lucy
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roadsmith
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posted on January 13, 2006 07:38:12 PM new
Gee, Fluffy, I wouldn't have known what to charge for that item, but I'll gladly send you the auction when it's up, on Sunday night. Truly, it's a mystery to me, and that's why I'm listing it.
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