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This is a first in the wild for me! No lid, but good shape and just my color🙌. P-701 3/4-B

My good friend surprised me with the 444 and 443 Forest cinderellas today. I am so flabbergastedly happy🙌.

Saw a huge lot of spring blossom today, including glass napkin holders. I’ve never seen such a thing. If the whole lot wasn’t about $500 those and the butter dish would be home now.

I’ve been looking for this since I started collecting spice of life, finally stumbled on one buried in a flea market today. Completely over the moon.

$3, looked like it had been buried in mud for years, no feet and caked on grease. Peek, powerwash+salt scrub and new felt feet, ready for action!

Found a massive stash of Crazy Daisy today for a couple dollars, so that had to get rescued. They actually compliment the SoL so these are going straight into rotation 🙌.

My boss’s neighbor had an apple tree lose a few limbs this last storm, loaded with apples. So about 20lbs showed up at work. Waste not, Monday night canning night. Ball’s “Apple Butter” recipe.

Found the Spice of Life spatula and vinegar dispenser today at a flea market. Only a few more bits to find!😁

Found these still in the box today, just needed a little polish and cleaning. Never knew these existed 🤔.

Stopped before a work field day to see what the local spot had. Found a butter dish, some of the fun old soup mugs (not Corning I know), a large Windward White bowl, and a whole stack of Butterfly Gold. I only got the Gold to give to someone else and prevent a high resale at that price.

The butter dish I thought would be Pyroceram after the first glance at the stamp, but everything I’m seeing points to it being along Corelle vitrelle lines. Go figure!

Edit: anyone near central NY, who is a collector/fan of it, need some free Butterfly? 🤌

My parents actually found a box of spice of life Pyrex storage jars at a yard sale, but as usual they were super yellowed. Little peroxide help and they are back on track! (Two are still sitting for a wee bit longer.)

Found the 443 at a garage sale today, with only one small blemish that looks like a potential mold mark on the rim (Peek and other non-abrasives won’t remove). Stoked!!

Saw these two for a buck a piece today, figured for that I might as well add a visions to my collection. Will be trying this one out tonight!

JT question: Were there ever any “oopsies” with the colors, because this one seems to shift between brown and cranberry depending how the light hits it 🧐. I want to say it’s brown, but then the light hits it just right and it seems to shift to cranberry/purple.

Finally found one locally! Had a lot of metal marks but got those removed. Hoping this is a sign that more will finally appear 😁.

Making some good ol’ Kung Pao tonight, decided to break out the army.

Been searching for ages, and actually came across the Centura Spice of Life plates. TWELVE of them. I am over the moon, and 8 are staying packed in bubble wrap for the time being. Near mint 🤌

Tried the All-American 921 for the first time tonight. 7 pints of chicken stock. Before this I was using the Presto 16qt (for the last 6-7 years).

Weight: The AA is significantly heavier, adjust accordingly (for glass stove tops).
Heat up: the AA seemed to take much longer to reach pressure, but it’s also a larger, thicker pot.
Pressure maintenance: The AA needed zero help to stay exactly at 10psi, where the Presto has always given me issues staying consistent and having to adjust burner temp.
Cool down: Honestly didn’t see any difference here, in fact I thought it cooled down rather fast at a hard 40 minutes from canning complete to opening.

I would never go back, though the price tag and few extra steps are notable. Also it has a slightly (~1/2” smaller diameter) base than the Presto, for those who care.

Purely a public FYI on function. 🤌

Finally got to try Peek after seeing a few comments about it. Whoever has ever suggested that, may your pillow always be cold.

Found the A-1-B and A-10-B together today, only some minor sprucing up needed. Not sure what happened but pieces are flooding in this past week.

Another 403 popped up today in the “bargain bin” price range, so this time it came home 😁.