Рецепт Holy Grail Achieved - P-53 Self-Timing Saucepan Completed
After many years of searching, it has come to pass. One of my Holy Grail pieces has been realized. Granted, I have multiple "Holy Grail" pieces. From the P-116 Fall/Autumn Leaves Percolator to the P-48 Sectional Platter, but this was the 1 piece that I seriously thought I would never get my hands on. I have only seen 1 other piece over the years, which happens to be on Flickr. In fact, that particular piece on Flickr is how I discovered the existence of said piece in the first place, about 5 years ago. It has been a long slow process bringing everything together again piece by piece.
I'm speaking of the P-53 Self Timing Saucepan. I obtained the heater base first, then found a flat ground "P-4" at the Good Will some 9 months later. Now, I hold the final piece in my obsessive hands after a year of searching..... (and help from a friend)
The completed Self Timing Saucepan... Heater Base, Flat Ground dish (which would later be dubbed the P-4) and the "double boiler" insert with the lid.
Not having the original booklet or recipe box that accompanied the Self Timing Saucepan (more things to hunt down evidently), I have no idea if these pieces were originally packaged together, or if the double boiler insert was an add-on option.
The insert is the biggest mystery in all this....
Unlike the bottom dish, it isn't flat ground, it is also significantly shallower than the bottom dish; only holding about 1 quart instead of 1 1/2 quarts.
The upper rim is wide, like that of the P-17 double boiler insert for the P-2 1/2-B.
Since these inserts seem to be so much more rare than the flat ground "P-4" pieces, I am beginning to wonder if maybe there was a "Regular" model (Heater Base and the "P-4" with lid) and a "Deluxe" model, that included the insert as well (P-53-D?). Alas, I have never seen one in it's original box, nor have I seen any other literature on this piece other than the "Recipe Box" that accompanied the Self-Timing Saucepan. (Which can be viewed at Blue Cornflower.com)
Where is your Corning Ware??