Enameled cookware

[Coldshooter]

The recent threads on cast iron and coffee pots has me remembering the Blue Speckled ware. Columbia Enameling and Stamping CESCO was just a few blocks from our house when I was a kid. I still have some mugs and had a two gallon coffee pot until the last move. All my parents picnic box plates, salt shakers and mugs were enamel ware. I still see some in Sportsman's Warehouse which was made in Mexico last I looked. I for one think the combination of campfire iron cookware and enamel plates just made food taste better. How about some peach pie with ice cream on a blue plate with white speckles?

 

[Pop's2]

Drank a lot of coffee from such a pot.

 

[bentcam]

hot coffee from those blue enamel cups would burn your lips so bad.

 

[Alk8944]

It is called "Granite Ware". The base metal bends too easily and the enamel chips badly. Looks nice new, but really isn't too durable.

 

[J. R. WEEMS]

It is called "Granite Ware". The base metal bends too easily and the enamel chips badly. Looks nice new, but really isn't too durable.

Such has been around a long time- white was used almost everywhere. In the hospitals, dish pans, cheap chamber pots, there were different colors as well, green, grey, etc. It ALL chipped very easy, and would cut you like a knife--

 

[WhitleyStu]

We still have a lot of granite ware for canning. Everything from the funnels to the large containers...

 

[franzas]

That's the stuff I grew up camping with. Blue with white.

 

[LoboGunLeather]

I've had a full set (pots, pans, coffee pot, plates, bowls, cups, etc) that I've used for camping and hunting for about 30 years. Good stuff in my book.

 

[wbraswell]

I've seen it for sale in all kinds of colors. Blue, red, and yellow, and maybe some others. I've had some small sauce pans and larger stock pots that are white with red handles.

 

[the ringo kid]

The recent threads on cast iron and coffee pots has me remembering the Blue Speckled ware. Columbia Enameling and Stamping CESCO was just a few blocks from our house when I was a kid. I still have some mugs and had a two gallon coffee pot until the last move. All my parents picnic box plates, salt shakers and mugs were enamel ware. I still see some in Sportsman's Warehouse which was made in Mexico last I looked. I for one think the combination of campfire iron cookware and enamel plates just made food taste better. How about some peach pie with ice cream on a blue plate with white speckles?

We had those too--huge roasting pan, coffee pot etc. When I went to WM this afternoon to again paw their Lodge stuff, I walked around that aisle and saw they had the above--both in blue and black. I almost picked up something.

 

[rwsmith]

The stuff I remember....

The stuff I remember was tough, top notch, easy to keep clean and lasted forever. I haven't seen any in a while but don't know if that quality is still available.