Pyrex and More

I decided I am going to start listing on Ebay again, I sold postcards and a few collectibles for years and actually did quite well - but the postcard market kind of fell on hard times so I'm going to try again with a few thrifted items - now to get them listed.....

Aren't these turtle coasters cute?  I bet someone else will like them too. 

I've read on different blogs that people collect Kathie Winkle dishes - this serving platter is in the Renaissance pattern.

Anything with Tiki on it always sold for me before - this tumbler made by Daga is from the Kon Tiki Restaurant in Waikiki, Hawaii

I found these sweet little reindeer in a basket of Christmas ornaments, they're vintage for sure - I bought them with the intention to sell, I don't think so - they're too cute!!

A bag of old lights comes in handy - I like to fill jars with them at Christmas. 

I paid $3.00 for all those goodies - not bad!!!

Buttons, buttons, everywhere - and this is not all I have but I have big ideas to start using them - now just to get started!

I'm going to end off with some Pyrex finds....

I found this little 473 Forest Fancies for $2.

I didn't really realize there were two different sizes of these little red bowls - it sure would be nice to find the red Hostess bowl - I bought these on Ebay for $1.05 - now I have two of the larger ones in red and two in yellow..

This nice Constellation Divided dish came from a trade with Cecillia - thanks - I'll take good care of it! 

If you are wanting to check out more treasures, check out Flea Market Finds at Her Library Adventures and Thrift Share Monday at Apron Thrift Girl

Homemade Fish 'n Chips

There is no need to go out to a restaurant for fish 'n chips, once you give these recipes a try I bet  you will feel the same way!  We had it on Saturday night - with some broccoli slaw and a nice glass of white wine - so good!!!

We've been making this oven fry recipe for a few years - we used to use the deep fryer - but oven fries are just so much better - follow the recipe as written and you won't be disappointed - crispy on the outside and creamy on the inside.  The recipe is from The America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook - http://www.food.com/recipe/oven-fries-127757

The fish recipe is from The Company's Coming Lunch Cookbook - I buy a pound package of frozen haddock.

2 eggs, beaten

3/4 c. fine dry breadcrumbs or Panko

Cut fish fillets into easy to handle pieces - nugget size.  Pat dry with paper towels.

Dip fish in egg and coat with crumbs. 

Drop into hot fat (375 degrees) about 3 minutes to cook and brown both sides.  Keep hot in 325 oven until all is deep fried.  Serve with tartar sauce.

Give them a try!!

Time to Get Out the Halloween Decorations

Halloween is just around the corner so I thought a blog post on some of my favorite Halloween decorations would be a good thing to do today - it's cool and rainy here - a real fall day and just a day to stay inside and  - get out some Halloween decorations.   After getting a Halloween card in the mail yesterday from my good friend, Carol, I thought I just better get busy!! 

I bought this print on Ebay a few years ago - and it's still one of my favorites - I never get tired of it.  Do you have any Blossom Bucket ornaments?  They are so cute - the Candy Corn one is a Blossom Bucket.

This is the only vintage ornament that I own - it's a Lefton - also bought on Ebay - wish I had more!!

Carla tried to get her hands on this double trouble box last weekend - I wasn't giving it up - got it on clearance a few years ago at HomeSense.

I like the gel clings - they stick so much better than the flat clings...

This old girl sits in this chair all year, well, except for Christmas - I tip her hat back and you'd never know she was a witch! 

My husband bought me this Jim Shore - Mr. Creepy!

Another Blossom Bucket.

You can click on any picture and get a closer view..

Come over to My Place and Yours to see What's on The Shelf

A Bunch of Treasures

This post is going to be heavy on pictures - treasures that I brought from home and things that we bought along the way....  Take a look....

My grandmother always had this hanging in her kitchen - not a very politically correct item in these modern times, is it? - I've never seen one of these in a shop - it's a souvenir from Long Beach,CA - how it ended up in Prince Edward Island, I don't know..

This old croquet set has been around forever - I remember my grandfather won it on a punchboard - in the little store next door - does anybody remember a punchboard?  

Dad had this neat old sign in the basement - don't know where that came from either.....

My old tin top has seen better days, I must have played with it a lot!! It was made in Germany.

Some neat old Christmas ornaments from home....  Mom used to get craft kits every month - the three in the back came from those..

My husband picked up these things - the checker box is neat but his favorite purchase was the Trap Shot Bagetelle game that he bought at an antique shop in Vermont - what a great old game!!!   We love to play!!   When you start looking for 6 inch rulers, they are very, very hard to find and sometimes really expensive - he has plans to make a frame with them.

I paid 60 cents for the retro vase.  I found a piece of seaglass that was from the bottom of a Javex bottle - I don't remember when Javex was in a glass bottle - I found a bottle - paid $2.  And this little ink bottle still had the ink in it, but that was just a mess waiting to happen so got rid of that.  I bought this at the 70 mile yard sale - the seller had the price on tape, right across the front label -so that was pretty much the end of  that- guess I shouldn't complain, only paid 25 cents.

I love to go through the books at Value Village - it's not very often that I will buy a new book - and you buy three books there, you get one free, it's a great deal!!  I know there's 5 books there - got the Dessert Lovers cookbook for $1 at another shop. 

If you're interested, I also blogged over at  The Pyrex Collective about some nice Pyrex.

Apron Thrift Girl has lots of neat treasures from many bloggers, check it out.

I Want Another Lobster Roll!

I want another lobster roll, not just any lobster roll but one from Red's Eats.  I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon - I'm in Ontario and not planning on heading down Route 1 in Maine.  If you're lucky enough to be going that way, a stop at the little lobster shack on the side of the road in Wiscasset is very important.  Don't be put off by the long lines  - it'll be well worth it when you have that lobster roll in front of you...

We were there just after Labor Day - it took us about 45 minutes to get to the window.  That's me in the flowered top - edging ever so close.....

I've had lobster rolls before but nothing compares to this - first off, all lobster rolls should be on a top slice bun - hamburger buns or kaisers just aren't the same.    I've never seen anything like this - they advertise a pound of lobster in each roll, I believe it - my goodness - it's crazy - it was so big you had to eat it with a fork and knife.   Lobster rolls usually have mayo, not this one, it was pure meat - claws, tails, yummmm!!  And a little dish of melted butter!!!  We also tried the onion rings, which were homemade and oh, so good!!!  I wanted to try the clam cakes - we ordered two  - they were tasty too!!

We're spoiled now - no lobster roll will ever compare!!! 

Deals at the 70 Mile Yard Sale

Our vacation was just about over but our last day on Prince Edward Island was sure a fun one - it was the 70 Mile Yard Sale Weekend - deals everywhere and a fair amount of junk too, I have to say!!!  I was hopful for Pyrex - I wasn't disappointed. 

You know how you feel when you find something so cheap, you just want to get out of there, well, that happened to me - I just wanted to take the goods and get back to the car.

Is it any wonder I wanted to get to the car?  There are six side plates and one bowl - every piece still has the original sticker - yard sale price of $3.... I spotted them as soon as I walked into the yard and grabbed them with lightening speed!!  I was all ready to pay and I spotted these ramekins - 75 cents for 3 - my day was starting out in the best way and it was only 8 am. 

More Pyrex, more deals - I already have this cookie jar and I paid $10 for mine - this one was $1 - I know Carla will take this off my hands...  A Pyrex Carafe for 50 cents..  And the yellow and red fridgies were sold together, price $2 - the lids I bought earlier in the trip. 

But, it wasn't all Pyrex - picked up a few other treasures too....

This is one heavy duty thermos!!  $5

Aren't these the sweetest Winnie the Pooh bookends?  Not the usual thing I would buy, but when I saw the date on them, had to purchase and for $3 - you couldn't go wrong!

$2 for a like new dart board for the game room.

I've started to pick up some old red handled utensils - yard sale purchases are the beater on the left and the sifter - $3 for the two.  The lifter is from home, the other two I bought on the way to the Island.  I'll have more in another post on some goodies we picked up there..  Meantime, I will be going over to The Pyrex Collective and blogging about my non yard sale Pyrex purchases.  

I've linked up to Apron Thrift Girl - there's lots of neat stuff over there...

Old Recipes Galore

Pork Pickle, Cheapskate Cookies, Clara Kirby Molasses Cookies - these are some old time recipes that are in my grandmothers recipe box - pork pickle calls for 100 pounds of pork - can you imagine making that?    And - Clara Kirby's Molasses Cookies calls for 2/3 c. fat - does that sound like a cookie you might want to bite into? 

These old tin recipes boxes belonged to my Mom and my two Grandmothers - they're all full  of recipe cards and scraps of paper with writing on them that I remember so well.   I'd love to have one of my grandmother's molasses cookies right now or a Lottie's Special.....

I consider myself lucky to even have one of these boxes - I found my paternal grandmother's recipe box quite a few years ago at a collectible shop when I was home visiting Prince Edward Island. My eyes went right to the red plaid box because it was the same as Mom's - I opened it up and recognized the writing as my grandmother's - I would have bought that for any price. It had been sold at auction(that's a real long story) - and ended up in this little shop within walking distance of my home!!  It's funny the way things work out sometimes....

These old recipe books are also from Prince Edward Island - The Women's Institute Book cost 25 cents and has a wartime section - it tells ways of saving sugar, substitutes for sugar and just about two pages on fat - uses of fats and drippings, deflavorizing fat, fat substitutions - not something you would ever find in a modern cookbook!!  Thank goodness for that!! 

The other old cookbook is from Kings County  Hospital in Montague, Prince Edward Island - this belonged to my great aunt - she has written extra recipes all over the book, it must have been well used, it is tied together with twine  And - as a side note - I was born in this hospital!  It's a walk back in time to see some of the old local ads - not many of these local establishments are still operating today.

I'll treasure these boxes and books always!!