It all started with a simple conversation about candy dishes. When my mother-in-law passed away, we (her three children and I) divided up her considerable stash of jewelry, knick-knacks, dishes, purses and papers. It took months, and in the end, among many other treasures, we inherited about 6 candy dishes. (Why anyone needed 18 candy dishes is a question only my mother-in-law can answer…though I suspect she inherited many herself).
At any rate, we had this one candy dish that concerned me. It has rested peacefully in our kitchen cabinet for nearly 15 years, unused and unusable because it has no sides. How in the heck do you keep candy in it? Or is it for a lone bar or two?
It looks like this:
So it’s basically flat, with a slight curve
My friend suggested I look it up on Google search and guess what? It’s not a candy dish, at all! It’s (wait for it) a BANANA BOAT! You’re supposed to keep your bananas in/on it!
That made such sense, though in truth I never saw Mom put bananas on it. It’s possible that she didn’t know it wasn’t a candy dish, either. This exciting development made me look up other oddities that have been sequestered in our cabinets for years.
For example, I never did know what in the world to do with this tiny dish:
As you can see in the picture, it’s about 2 inches long and 1 inch wide. Too little for candy, jewelry, or, I thought, flowers. But it turns out, yes, it’s a tiny little vase to put one or two blooms in for a decorative table setting.
Well, it’s pretty, I’ll say that. But I’m not cutting flowers from my garden to put in the vase. Not when I’ve got nice, big vases to use. At least I know what the intended purpose is!
The next treasure in our cabinet was a little divided stand. I thought it must be for tacos, seriously, but I don’t think that taco holders are typically handpainted. So I looked it up, as well.
It’s a letter holder, or so I’m told. I tried putting letters in it, and they didn’t really stand up. So maybe it’s a cigar holder! Your guess is as good as mine. Here’s the pic:
The final treasure was a divided plate. I’ve seen those “luncheon” plates before, in fact I’ve had a set that belonged to my own mom. But this one is interesting because it’s all by itself and it has no distinct place for a glass or mug. It’s strange:
It seems like the glass or cup would slide to the front. And it’s really pretty small. Not sure when this was manufactured, but I guess it’s lunch for one!
Perhaps a banana from my banana boat. While I look at two tiny flowers in a tiny vase and sort my letters. We’ll see.
you gotta have a lot of letters to put in each little bin – and all that stuff will not matter soon anyway!! gonaa be replaced by AI taking over – posts copying folks are going viral and some are not very good for anyone