BS: strange ceramic object

Subject: BS: strange ceramic object
From: john f weldon
Date: 19 Feb 09 - 08:23 AM

My wife bought this a few days ago. It took a while and considerable speculation to deduce its use, as seen in the second photo...

the "thing"

Subject: RE: BS: strange ceramic object
From: Rapparee
Date: 19 Feb 09 - 08:29 AM

Not knowing its size I had guessed it was a ring keeper for jewelry.

Subject: RE: BS: strange ceramic object
From: GUEST,LTS pretending to work
Date: 19 Feb 09 - 08:34 AM

I had it pegged as an overexcited juicer.... bad girl, naughty girl!!!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: strange ceramic object
From: freda underhill
Date: 19 Feb 09 - 08:57 AM

..the mind boggles..

Subject: RE: BS: strange ceramic object
From: john f weldon
Date: 19 Feb 09 - 09:00 AM

Oh yeah, scale. 7 inches exactly.

Subject: RE: BS: strange ceramic object
From: jacqui.c
Date: 19 Feb 09 - 09:22 AM

Now, why did the Barbie thread come to mind?

Note to self - must get out more!

Subject: RE: BS: strange ceramic object
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 19 Feb 09 - 09:36 AM

arrghhh! Did I just receive an email today that included in the list of cost saving ideas - one aluminum cigar tube filled with angry wasps to use as a vibrator?

Shudder. I did, I did, get that email today.

These things happen in 3s don't they. Wonder what the next one will be.

Subject: RE: BS: strange ceramic object
From: Sleepy Rosie
Date: 19 Feb 09 - 09:41 AM

So *that's* what that scene in 'Belle du Jour' is all about...

Subject: RE: BS: strange ceramic object
From: Becca72
Date: 19 Feb 09 - 10:11 AM

The "handle" end with the chicken's head should have been a bigger clue... :-)

Subject: RE: BS: strange ceramic object
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 19 Feb 09 - 10:18 AM

The chicken head is obfuscation, just to confuse people. :)

Subject: RE: BS: strange ceramic object
From: Mickey191
Date: 19 Feb 09 - 10:37 AM

Hope you sterilized it! TWICE!

Subject: RE: BS: strange ceramic object
From: Rapparee
Date: 19 Feb 09 - 11:07 AM

Toilet paper holder!

Subject: RE: BS: strange ceramic object
From: Ebbie
Date: 19 Feb 09 - 11:09 AM

How come I keep thinking of lap dancing? (Sorry!)

Subject: RE: BS: strange ceramic object
From: bobad
Date: 19 Feb 09 - 11:14 AM

To paraphrase Sigi:

"Sometimes a chicken holder is just a chicken holder"

Subject: RE: BS: strange ceramic object
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 19 Feb 09 - 11:51 AM

Unless the item is oven-proof, it wouldn't last long as a roasting device. Moreover, the 'dish' base would be too small to collect the juices.

The phallus seems to be too large in diameter for it to serve as a doughnut holder.

Used by old maids to play 'chicken'?

Subject: RE: BS: strange ceramic object
From: Bert
Date: 19 Feb 09 - 11:59 AM

Shouldn't this be posted in the 'So, What Makes's a Woman Happy' thread?

Subject: RE: BS: strange ceramic object
From: john f weldon
Date: 19 Feb 09 - 01:16 PM

Q-

We have already used it successfully and it made an excellent tender roast chicken.

It is made of the same ceramic material as several of our bean-pots and soup-pots, which we have been using in the oven for years.

It caught the juices perfectly.

-jfw

Subject: RE: BS: strange ceramic object
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 19 Feb 09 - 01:23 PM

I have something similar, made of metal rather than ceramic. It works.

Subject: RE: BS: strange ceramic object
From: frogprince
Date: 19 Feb 09 - 01:38 PM

Is it an antique? She might want to sit on it for awhile, and see if it appreciates in value...

Subject: RE: BS: strange ceramic object
From: JennieG
Date: 19 Feb 09 - 07:27 PM

Ouch.......

Cheers
JennieG

Subject: RE: BS: strange ceramic object
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 20 Feb 09 - 05:08 AM

"Unless the item is oven-proof, it wouldn't last long as a roasting device"


Er... I know it's been a long time since I did pottery at school, but surely this ceramic object was fired in a kiln a few hundred degrees hotter than any domestic oven can get?

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: strange ceramic object
From: john f weldon
Date: 20 Feb 09 - 09:20 AM

We use ceramics in the oven often. My wife is a potter.

It's good to allow them to heat along with the oven, but they very rarely crack.

Subject: RE: BS: strange ceramic object
From: john f weldon
Date: 20 Feb 09 - 09:30 AM

Slightly off-topic, but..

If you're a slow eater, but like your food piping hot, put thick ceramic plates in the oven & serve on those. Careful of burning fingers and tabletop, use thick layers of placemats. They hold heat for a long time, and it's fun to watch the gravy keep bubbling. Yum.

Subject: RE: BS: strange ceramic object
From: Amos
Date: 20 Feb 09 - 09:48 AM

Reminds me of a Marilyn Monroe movie...Some like it Hot...with Tony Perkins. Filmed here in San Duiego, at the Hotel Del Mar.


A

Subject: RE: BS: strange ceramic object
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 20 Feb 09 - 10:11 AM

Tony Perkins was not in that film. Tony Curtis was, however.

Subject: RE: BS: strange ceramic object
From: john f weldon
Date: 20 Feb 09 - 10:33 AM

That's the alternate-universe version. Tony Perkins stabs Jack Lemmon and escapes in drag.

Subject: RE: BS: strange ceramic object
From: Amos
Date: 20 Feb 09 - 10:41 AM

LOL!! My bad!


A

Subject: RE: BS: strange ceramic object
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 20 Feb 09 - 11:32 AM

johnf, thanks for the tip about heating a pottery dish up along with the oven. It's simple, but I never thought of it.

I like hand-made ceramics and have nice little collection in my kitchen.

Subject: RE: BS: strange ceramic object
From: john f weldon
Date: 20 Feb 09 - 11:43 AM

Be sure to warn your guests if they're not used to hot plates!

Subject: RE: BS: strange ceramic object
From: Ebbie
Date: 20 Feb 09 - 02:53 PM

Speaking of hot pottery, a friend of mine bakes excellent bread on slabs of it. His loaves are round, of course, but he has fewer pans to wash than I do.

Subject: RE: BS: strange ceramic object
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 20 Feb 09 - 10:52 PM

I'm a potter by trade. I occasionally make a similar chicken roaster, but instead of the phallus thing I make a hollow cylinder. You fill the cylinder with a flavoring agent which cooks into the chicken as it's baking. You can use marinades, spice infused water, even beer. You can actually use the technique without having a special pot. Just pour your marinade into a beer (or similar) can, center the can in a roasting pan, and plop the chicken down on top of the can.

Subject: RE: BS: strange ceramic object
From: RangerSteve
Date: 21 Feb 09 - 01:27 PM

LTS was close. It's a juicer for very tall and skinny lemons and oranges.

Subject: RE: BS: strange ceramic object
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 21 Feb 09 - 02:24 PM

Off-subject, but we like the ceramic pizza oven rounds. The crust does much better if these are used.