Facebook Challenge (Day 4)

The latest facebook challenge is to post photos - WITH NO EXPLANATION! That's so hard for me.  I want to explain.  So, I'm not cheating - at least not on Facebook :) - but if you're curious WHY these photos bring me joy, feel free to read on!  

Day 4 -- not sure this would mean much to most people...  but this pan brought me a little closer to "normal" when it arrived (and I took the photo!), and it still brings me joy every time I use it!

It is an exact replacement of the Revere pan that I used to have. The pan had a long history. My mother had Revere copper bottom pans, and when she got new pans, she passed them on to my grandmother. They eventually came to me when I got my own place, and they were my favorites.  This size, in particular, was the best.  I used it to make almost everything.  After the fire, I had a couple pans, but NOTHING seemed right.  I learned that I am VINTAGE, and had to search for VINTAGE things - including Revereware!  This particular item was titled "Vintage Pre 1968 REVERE WARE 3 QT COPPER BOTTOM SAUCE Pan Pot & Double Boiler"

One of my favorite things to make in the pan is POPCORN!  It's always an adventure, because it's a 3 quart pan, but I typically get 5-6 quarts of popcorn in a single batch!  I pour some into a bowl AS it is popping, which is quite a feat...  but it means that when I make my caramel popcorn, I can do it with just one batch of popcorn!  

One day, I made popcorn for us just to eat, and had a bunch left over.  The crockpot was clean and on the counter, so I put the extra popcorn in.  It worked well, because I put the lid on, and it didn't get stale.  Adding a little melted butter made it seem like new!  But the concept of popcorn in a crockpot does seem to blow people's minds!!!!  (no, I didn't POP it in the crockpot, I popped it in the magical Revere CopperBottom pan!)

That's the story of what I now call my "popcorn pan".  But it really is my "everything" pan!!!