Scotch Bowl

[rbtarp]

My wife just found a Wagner #2 Scotch Bowl I found them in the book and they have no lid. What were they used for? I would expect them to have a lid.

[Steve_Stephens]

People are always curious about the use of all the different bowls made.  Most were just used for general cooking and each cook prefers a different shape from time to time.  A Favorite catalog says about their Scotch Bowls " A comparitively 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?

With such a description, it would seem that it was a general purpose pot.  Never any covers made for Scotch Bowls that I am aware of.  You see them on ebay now and then with a dutch oven cover but they are a marriage.

Favorite made a French Bowl which looks like a mating between a dutch oven and a Scotch Bowl and it came with or without a cover.  That's a nice piece with the cover.

Steve

[awdye]

Gary,

This is what Scotch Bowls were made for.... Pozole.  I'm using a Piqua #2 right now to make a nice pork/hominy/chile stew.

Alan  ;)

[Steve_Stephens]

If that pot of stew is still hot Alan I'll be right over.  Looks tasty.  Always great to see photos of stuff cooking in iron.  I have this scotch bowl that I just love and don't use it cause I don't know what to cook in it.

Steve

[awdye]

Steve,

Unfortunately, it's all gone.  My old friend Markus called at noon to say he was hungry after flying back from the east coast.  He ate nearly a quart and took the balance home in a container.  For a guy who is only 145# he sure can tuck in.    The funny thing is, I had been staring at that scotch bowl every time I walked past it in my garage until I read your response on this thread.  After reading the description from the catalog I decided to do just what it said, stew meat and vegetables in it.  That picture is the first thing I've ever cooked in a scotch bowl.  I get some of my best cooking ideas from this forum, pop-overs, waffles, etc... Stuff I would not have tried without the suggestions here.  

Alan

[Greg Stahl]

great pix!  always great to see these antiques in use!!

[C. Perry Rapier]

 You see them on ebay now and then with a dutch oven cover but they are a marriage.



Steve

Steve meant to say they are NOT a marriage.

[Steve_Stephens]

 You see them on ebay now and then with a dutch oven cover but they are a marriage.
Steve

Steve meant to say they are NOT a marriage.

No, I did mean they ARE a marriage if you see a covered Scotch Bowl.  Scotch Bowls did not have covers made for them nor meant to be used on them; at least none that I have ever seen cataloged.  Flat Bottom Kettles seem to be the only pieces other than skillets and dutch ovens that have covers.  I'm only talking about regular sized and the more common pieces.  There are Hot Pots and probalby some other unusual or very small sized pieces that have covers.

Steve

[Turkey]

I have a Wagner #2 Yankee bowl and it makes a fantastic pot of beans. Now use an 8" cast iron skillet for corn bread and you are in hog heaven.
The Yankee bowl is a little taller than a scotch bowl.