Eating from historic dishes

In an entry a couple of weeks ago I shared pictures of the old ice cream dishes that belonged to my mom's grandmother, mentioning that it seemed like a shame to have them stored out of sight all the time.

My friend Lona emailed me with some advice, and I copy and paste this from her note (all my old chat room buddies call me "Mo", and I love it):

Mo, I enjoyed reading about the ice cream dishes, i have so many of my grandmothers dishes .. she was married in 1900 so most over 100 years old.. since my mom was an only child and I was too.. they all came my way. Many sat on top shelves in moms kitchen, Then after her death, a few of them i used on occasion. But a few years ago i thought.. my kids are not that interested in these things, and I might as well use them.. and I have used many of them in the past years. I eat my salad out of a beautiful painted china bowl.. I know its an antique and probably worth some bucks, but also decided I was worth it..LOL. So put some ice cream in those and really enjoy them.. it will taste so good.

Today I decided to do just that.



Cliff thought it was a grand idea!

Not only that, but my daughter's family will be here Sunday for a Superbowl/taco party. And we shall eat dessert from my great-grandmother's dishes.