Favorite Piqua # 3 ???

[MD]

I found a Favorite Piqua # 3--French Bowl today. It is in pretty good shape. It is like the one on page 290 lower left of the blue book.  What were these bowls used for?  They are similar to the Scotch Bowl. What was the scotch bowl used for?  Are they common to find?

[Steve_Stephens]

From a Favorite catalog:

"French Bowl possesses all the advantages of the Scotch of Yankee Bowls, but it has a wider, flatter base in proportion to its size, and it comes in small sizes only"

(Size Nos. 2-5)  French Bowls could be had with covers.

"A comparatively shallow bowl, yet with ample capacity for small families, the Scotch Bowl is very satisfactory and convenient for stewing meats and vegetables.  Every day finds some good use for it."

(Nos. 2-5)

"The Yankee Bowl, graceful in design, with small base and gently flaring sides, satisfies a multitude of boiling and stewing purposes.  No home is complete without at least one of the sizes listed above."

(Nos. 2-5)

Steve

[ysageev]

Porridge seems to have been a main use for them:

http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/museum/object_043.html

According to (Ben?) Franklin.

[Steve_Stephens]

According to (Ben?) Franklin.

Most likely Linda Campbell Franklin, author of 300 years of kitchen collectibles book.  But that info is from a book and we (I) don't know how accurate it may be.  I'd rather go by what the manufacturer stated during the period of production and common use.  I have heard, also, about Scotch Broth and porridge but is the Scotch Broth thing something thought up from the name Scotch Bowl?  I don't know.  I think most of the bowls were utility vessels that would be used for many different uses around the country.  The Maslin kettle is another pot I have wondered about and I have heard it being used for porridge or "mash".

Steve

[MD]

Thanks it is an interesting piece of iron. I am happy that I found it.