The Quest For The Unholey Grail
Behold The Ominous Text!
A couple of weeks ago, I exploded my favorite covered casserole dish, thereby discovering that it could not be used under a broiler. That was the first surprise. The second was that, apparently, glass microwaveable/oven-safe covered casserole dishes have gone out of fashion–especially in my chosen color of cobalt blue.
Jim and decided to go questing for a new one. Because a grail is a cup or chalice, and we were looking for a base (or liquid-holding portion) that was unbroken, I decided to dub this “The Quest For The Unholey Grail.”
We began our quest at a local thrift store. Despite being able to answer what was our name, what was our quest and, most importantly, “What is Your Favorite Color?,” we did not succeed. We expanded our search to an antique/collectible mall of the decidedly not upscale sort.
There we made our way past the booths of “Vinyl Records Are Now Trendy Again,” beyond the numerous cases of sparkling jewelry, beneath the sound of Angels Hark Heralding, deeper and deeper into darkening caverns celebrating the glories of the Material World.
A “Pyrex 15% Off” booth gave us reason to hope but, as when Arthur and his Knights face the denizens of Castle Anthrax, the beacon was deceptive.
Then, in the very back of the mall, in a booth that had various and sundry bits of kitchenware, on the bottommost shelf, at the base of a stack of no less than three different casserole dishes, we found what we were seeking.
Well, almost… This dish was clear, not shining blue, but the diameter and manufacturer were the same. We had retained the lid of our shattered dream dish. Therefore, when a lady, small and elfin, who even offered to get me coffee from her car when I admired the scent of the brew she held in one hand, popped up and offered to take our new find up to the register, we decided to take the gamble.
At home, we were delighted to discover that lid and base fit each other as if created for that very purpose! Sentimentally, we were happy that our bereft lid could be repurposed. The price was very satisfactory as well.
Interestingly, the new dish has “DO NOT USE UNDER BROILER OR ON STOVETOP” in much larger letters than did the old. I guess this means that I’m not the only one to make this mistake.
This quest resolved, I can move forth to my next task: reviewing Jim’s comments on Wolf’s Soul, which he finished reviewing Monday morning. There is always another quest!
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Healed Is The Shattered One!
