{"id":2067,"date":"2010-08-14T00:25:51","date_gmt":"2010-08-14T08:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/?p=2067"},"modified":"2010-08-14T00:25:51","modified_gmt":"2010-08-14T08:25:51","slug":"old-pot-new-pot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/?p=2067","title":{"rendered":"Old Pot, New Pot"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’ve kept using this beat up old pot for a long time. Mostly because it reminded me of my grandma, since it was the beat up old pot she was getting rid of and it got passed down to me. A very long time ago. It works fine, the food gets cooked. It even got featured in a\u00c2\u00a0 post about making beans<\/a>. I liked my self-made tradition of always cooking my beans in this lil’ old pot with a memory imprint. I didn’t really like that lots of the black paint was chipped off, or the thought of all the aluminum I was probably consuming. But it was my bean pot.<\/p>\n

I kept meaning to replace it. Then my abue died a few years back. I was told not to attend the funeral.\u00c2\u00a0 I don’t have many mementos or items from her, just memories<\/a> and some recipes<\/a>, so I stupidly kept the pot even longer. But I’m done with silly sentimentality for family.<\/p>\n

Time to start a new tradition.<\/p>\n

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Yup, pretty scratched up.<\/p>\n

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Made under the Great Cooks label by the defunct Mirro Aluminum co<\/a>. Damn, that was an old pot!<\/p>\n

I put it on the sidewalk and someone else picked it up.<\/p>\n

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I bought a replacement. A clay pot that is sure to break on me very soon, but I’m gonna risk it.<\/p>\n

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And it works. Cuz these here beans went from this…<\/p>\n

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…to this. Nice and tender fresh beans.<\/p>\n

Besides, I can always just transfer the memories of my abue to this much prettier pot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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