Big, warm cyber-hug, mama...so sorry to hear. :( Dinner still sounded yummy!

((((mama goose)))).

I have a set of pyrex mixing bowls from the 80's and I would be heart-broken if I broke one of them. I know how you feel.

Any chance you can find a replacement on eBay?

Thanks, ladies, I feel better already. After I bought the first set of
bowls, I liked them so much I bought a second set, so I still have one.
They are clear greenish glass, and it was the largest one that broke.
I'll keep an eye out for one on eBay, Lily, and since I enjoy thrifting,
I'll look at Goodwill and yard sales.

Yes, the bread was a good substitute--it was Challah made with kefir. We also had shredded cabbage, carrot, and broccoli 'slaw' with viniagrette dressing, so all was not lost.

Actually, I have three bowls left. When I bought the green bowls, I told my
mother how much I liked using them, so she gave me two clear glass bowls
that are the same large size. I use one of the clear ones as a fruit
bowl, and often all of the others were in use at the same meal.

I just realized that I might be a mixing bowl hoarder.

Hilarious -- glad I guided you to your moment of enlightenment. I smell a new reality show on the horizon!

:( we've all been there when deciding to throw out what may be perfectly good food... but broken glass is hard to chew ;)

ps... I had a Pyrex measuring cup that was my Dad's from the 50's... stupid me, heated something in it on the stovetop ... I cried

((cookncarpenter)) a hug for you, too.

Oh, NO! I feel for you and cookncarpenter. And I know how you feel. I had my mom's Pyrex bowls she got as a wedding gift in 1955. A set of four. I had them nested on the counter and was carrying a box which side-swiped them and they all went crashing to the floor. I cried and cursed myself. Thankfully, the two smallest ones survived. They are now on top of a cabinet for display only. Safe from my klutziness. (I hope!)

Mama goose - zeroing in on your lost side dish - mashed potatoes and red lentils?! That sounds soooo yummy! Are these mashed together so that the lentils are - um - hidden? Huge lentil fan here but not all in the family are on board with having them.... (Fools)

((funkycamper)), I'm sorry about your mother's bowls--at least my bowl wasn't an 'heirloom'. The baking dish it hit was a gift from my mother, and I use it often, too. The baking dish wasn't even chipped.

I mentioned thrifting at Goodwill--a few years ago I found a luster ware saucer for a few cents. I loved the soft orange and blue colors, even though I had nothing to match, but the next time I stopped in Goodwill I found the matching cup! What luck! I decided to display them on my narrow mantel, with the saucer placed vertically, behind the cup. You know where this is going--when I leaned the saucer against the wall, it slipped, hit the floor and broke in several pieces. I felt like an idiot; the set had survived for 70 years, been separated and reunited, and a split-second bad decision had ruined it.

oldbat2be, I cook the red lentils, in a large pot with some dried or diced onion, and just enough water or stock to keep them from sticking, until they break down, then add potatoes that have been boiled in their skins, and peeled, then mash all by hand. As you are mashing, add butter, hot milk, and season to taste (in my case--salt, pepper and granulated garlic.)

Red lentils cook faster than the green ones, have a nicer, golden color when cooked, and seem to mash easier than the green ones. I was going to throw in a handful of quinoa a few minutes before the lentils were finished, but couldn't find any, so I threw in some couscous instead, for the bean/grain complement. Cook them until they are thick, remove from heat and add the potatoes. The finished potatoes are still a creamy color with a rustic texture, and no one is the wiser.

The one taste that I managed before the accident was very good.

In true GW fashion, I thought pics were in order. It was raining (again) last evening, and cold and windy this morning, so the potatoes haven't made it to the compost pile yet. After cleaning up the obvious glass pieces I found tiny, tiny, shards of glass (smaller than a grain of rice), on the counter four feet from the side of the sink where the bowl fell--it must have been like a glass shard geyser. Thank goodness most of it stayed in the sink. I'll have to find a small cardboard box for the broken glass, tape it, and secure it in a plastic bag.

Cold mashed potatoes in the pot, and glass shards in my remaining green bowl:

Really kind of pretty:

mama goose-That's a great recipe!! I like lentils but not a big fan of mashed potatoes-I know I'm weird but I don't like the creamy texture. I like the sound of "rustic texture" . . .

Probably a topic for another thread but one can't really be a hoarder if one uses things (ie mixing bowls) frequently or even infrequently, right? (ha)

Oh, even sadder. I was actually thinking how pretty green glass would be in my kitchen. :) Dropped glass does have a way of spraying farther than one might expect: when bowls were dropped in our kitchen, I'd find shards 10' across the kitchen, and I just got into the habit of clearing the room (mandating, "no bare feet!") and carefully sweeping from wall to wall.

ETA: gotta try your recipe. DH absolutely LOVES mashed potatoes, but we have them only during Thanksgiving. A healthier version may bring them back into the rotation around here. Thanks!

mamagoose, I have one of those bowls I'd be happy to send you. I'm a mixing bowl hoarder, I have 2 sets from my mother and a couple of others and I really need to downsize. If you want it, let me know and we can make plans off-site.

Glass shards can go awry in surprising ways. Over a year ago, I was cleaning fridge and shoved a shelf onto the soapstone counter on its way to the sink. It hit the olive oil decanter which exploded and a random, large shard came down vertically on my foot cutting through the tendons to the bone. Long story short, surgery and six week cast followed by physical therapy before I was OK. I have never had an injury that impaired me for so long. It made me rethink glass on the counters, although I know it was a freak accident. Currently, olive oil on counter is in a plastic (looks like glass) decanter.

I am not very wary of glass that could break on counters or tile floors