OT: before I break it & throw it out - any other use for this big MW clay pot? : OT

RRP

Back at least 30 years ago when MicroWaves were still new to homes and to cooking in general - we bought an expensive "clay pot" for use in it. It appears to be terra-cotta and has a dome as well and is glazed inside - NOT just raw terra-cotta. We think we only used it once or twice at most and it was for some pasta and meat recipe. Call me cheap if you want, but we think we paid like $45 for it way back then! It may have been a rip off then, but I'd hate to take a hammer to it if someone thinks we might use it in the BGE or even electric oven. It will NOT even fit in our present micro-wave. TIA

Eggdicted_Dawgfan

How about a picture?

Eggcelsior

Sounds like a good bean pot for the oven or egg.

RRP

Eggdicted_Dawgfan said:

How about a picture?

Will do tomorrow! 

GregW

I think there has been a resurgence in popularity of clay pot cookware.
http://www.bramcookware.com/index.php?cPath=1

They are pretty cool looking and expensive.

RRP

Eggcelsior said:

Sounds like a good bean pot for the oven or egg.

LOL - but it would take us a year to eat that many beans! 

DMW

Before you take a hammer to it, post a pic here. I'm sure someone would pay shipping costs for it and it would go to a good home.

RRP

GregW said:

I think there has been a resurgence in popularity of clay pot cookware.
http://www.bramcookware.com/index.php?cPath=1

They are pretty cool looking and expensive.

Those look cool and heavy like Dutch Ovens. Our pot is oval and has a small bottom with rising sides. 

thetrim

Could you do some lakeside carbonara over an open flame w it?

RRP

thetrim said:

Could you do some lakeside carbonara over an open flame w it?

LOL, and no offense to all you great cooks here, but is "carbonara" the name of whatever that meal was that Focker posted the link to and spent 14 minutes watching and trying to figure out what the hell he was making? 

thetrim

RRP said:

thetrim said:

Could you do some lakeside carbonara over an open flame w it?

LOL, and no offense to all you great cooks here, but is "carbonara" the name of whatever that meal was that Focker posted the link to and spent 14 minutes watching and trying to figure out what the hell he was making? 

No sir, that was "Best Carbonara Ever"

RRP

thetrim said:

RRP said:

thetrim said:

Could you do some lakeside carbonara over an open flame w it?

LOL, and no offense to all you great cooks here, but is "carbonara" the name of whatever that meal was that Focker posted the link to and spent 14 minutes watching and trying to figure out what the hell he was making? 

No sir, that was "Best Carbonara Ever"

Like I said - no offense and all that, but I was clueless what the hell he was making let alone what the hell it was even after he spent all that time cooking it! 

Focker

Ron, it may be similar to a Pampered Chef braiser/baking bowl I found paired with a Sassafrass ceramic deep dish as a cloche for dirt cheap at an antique store.

https://www.amazon.com/Pampered-Chef-Round-Baker-Roaster/dp/B000WIYGWS

SGH

Ron, I wish I had just half of your money.........

RRP

Focker said:

Ron, it may be similar to a Pampered Chef braiser/baking bowl I found paired with a Sassafrass as a cloche for dirt cheap at an antique store.

https://www.amazon.com/Pampered-Chef-Round-Baker-Roaster/dp/B000WIYGWS

Thanks, Brandon...but NO that thing isn't even close to what we have!

HeavyG

I have one of these clay pots with lid that I have had for 30+ years.

https://smile.amazon.com/Romertopf-Reston-Classic-Glazed-Natural/dp/B00B30LV2C/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494301624&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=rommertopf

They are great pieces but I haven't used mine to cook in in at least 15 years. I used to do whole chickens with veggies in the oven or basically pot roasts.

It is still sitting on the top shelf of my kitchen greenhouse window since I last used it to hold a few pots of herbs. 

Ozzie_Isaac

DMW said:

Before you take a hammer to it, post a pic here. I'm sure someone would pay shipping costs for it and it would go to a good home.

No good homes amongst this bunch.

Chubbs

Hard to say without a pic but maybe a bread cloche?

Legume

Ron, this must be the one thing you don't already have a picture queued up for, but I'm finding it hard to believe.

tarheelmatt

Maybe send it Lit as a kiss and make up thing?  Like a Hallmark moment with a clay pot.  

PirateBill

tarheelmatt said:

Maybe send it Lit as a kiss and make up thing?  Like a Hallmark moment with a clay pot.  

This made me laugh

RRP

HeavyG said:

I have one of these clay pots with lid that I have had for 30+ years.

https://smile.amazon.com/Romertopf-Reston-Classic-Glazed-Natural/dp/B00B30LV2C/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494301624&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=rommertopf

They are great pieces but I haven't used mine to cook in in at least 15 years. I used to do whole chickens with veggies in the oven or basically pot roasts.

It is still sitting on the top shelf of my kitchen greenhouse window since I last used it to hold a few pots of herbs. 

BINGO! ours was smooth outside but yes that is what it is! Thank you!

fishlessman

is it big enough for a pork butt and bean dinner

RRP

Looks delicious, fish! Yes it would be, though I'm now thinking about a Julia Child's French Chicken recipe that I normally make in a Dutch oven.

Focker

RRP said:

thetrim said:

Could you do some lakeside carbonara over an open flame w it?

LOL, and no offense to all you great cooks here, but is "carbonara" the name of whatever that meal was that Focker posted the link to and spent 14 minutes watching and trying to figure out what the hell he was making? 

Here ya go bud, this pretty much covers it. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AAdKl1UYZs

SGH

@RRP
Ron it's kind of ironic that you posted about a clay pot. My wife has been wanting one as of late. The denist that she works for has one and really likes it. 
With that said, are they worth it? Offer any kind of advantage to anything? 

fishlessman

SGH said:

@RRP
Ron it's kind of ironic that you posted about a clay pot. My wife has been wanting one as of late. The denist that she works for has one and really likes it. 
With that said, are they worth it? Offer any kind of advantage to anything? 

the glazed bean pots make better beans from scratch than the cast iron ones, slower heat transfer maybe?  never any burning and the salt pork seems to render better floating in beans in the old style clay bean pot.

GATraveller

Could you fit a small child in it? 

HeavyG

fishlessman said:

SGH said:

@RRP
Ron it's kind of ironic that you posted about a clay pot. My wife has been wanting one as of late. The denist that she works for has one and really likes it. 
With that said, are they worth it? Offer any kind of advantage to anything? 

the glazed bean pots make better beans from scratch than the cast iron ones, slower heat transfer maybe?  never any burning and the salt pork seems to render better floating in beans in the old style clay bean pot.

The slower heat transfer might be an advantage but one clear advantage over something like a cast iron dutch oven is that the clay cookers are not reactive. I don't care how well seasoned a CI dutch oven may be if you are doing a long slow cook including something like tomatoes you may well pick up some funny tastes from the metal. Clay - no problemo.

Eggdicted_Dawgfan

@fishlessman that looks awesome. Can you share the process/recipe? I assume you cooked the butt and then put it in the DO with the beans and cooked some more?

thetrim

Is it a "clay pot" or a "Dutch oven" when you fart under the covers?