After my husband built me a pantry in our month-old place, I found at the top of a metal utility cart, for safety’s sake, I stored Andrew’s Dish. It is behind a very strong box holding the Italian Majolica serving-ware my Dad got us for our wedding nearly ten years ago. I can’t unpack it because I have to get rid of other boxes first and set up the dining room table.
Yes, I know, it’s complicated. Initially in the move I placed everything I didn’t want to break in this niche. Now Andrew’s dish is lonely and well out of reach because there’s a dolley there too.
Now I’m thinking of recipes that will fit Andrew’s dish. My 8×8 Pyrex dishes are great for lasagne for four. I’m thinking I’ll have to learn to make date squares.
I don’t bake, but don’t want Andrew’s dish to be lonely. We’ve asked him to come and pick it up and maybe he will someday. Or we could just fill it with a local treat and mail it back, but I don’t think beer or brats will do the trick.
We’ve guests coming in later this month and want to get some boxes out of here and reach up to get the very safe Andrew’s Dish and make brownies? Any ideas out there? I’d measure it but can’t reach it. But it’s safe, Andrew. Cheers to our pal from Down Under, and his traveling Dish, Dee
Cooking with Dee 