Wrong-Sized Pie/casserole Dishes

[jourdain2]

Somehow our appetites have decreased with age. My dishes, which 2 of us used to polish-off, are now too large. The small dish (1/2 L) is too small. I need something holding about an old pint (thank Heavens we may be back to Imperial units soon - the kids will adapt). Any advice re: makers will be well received - supermarkets are no help whatsoever.

[mallyh]

could you not freeze half x

[Jackdaw33]

A pint of what?

[Jackdaw33]

BTW 1/2l is only 68ml short of a pint.

[jourdain2]

Jackdaw - if you measure by capacity, pouring a pint of water into a dish would be about the right volume.

mally - I made a broccoli and pasta bake tonight to accompany smoked mackerel (cheese sauce, very good, try it) but have about 1/3rd left in a rather nice Provencal bowl. Mr. J2 is, unfortunately, very reluctant to eat up 'leftovers'.
I don't understand this, he grew up during the war and ate everything going,
but so it is and my freezer is now cluttered with bits of things which I scheme to incorporate into 'real' meals.

[jourdain2]

Thanks JD. I probably need something about 3/4 of a pint Can't find it in standard dishes. Just a quiet fume.... :)

[jourdain2]

Goyt that one wrong as well - I give up! I know what I mean!

[Jackdaw33]

I congratulate you on your culinary skills. Combining the vilest fish (mackerel) with the vilest vegetable (broccoli) is truly a work of art.

[jourdain2]

It was delish. JD. Mr J2 said so (simpering here). You really have to try with those ingredients - takes a good cheese sauce.......... :)

[Buenchico]

As JD33 indicates, there's not much difference between a half litre and a pint. A half litre is roughly seven eigths of a pint, with a half-litre can of beer with a head on it more or less filling a one-pint 'brim measure' glass.

Surely it's time for a visit to a charity shop (or to the type of 'antiques centre' which has as much bric-a-brac as it does genuine antiques), isn't it? That's where I buy my casserole dishes.

By coincidence I was looking at casserole dishes in a big antiques centre in Norwich today. (One of my cats broke one of mine last week and I was wondering whether to replace it or simply use one of the slightly larger ones that I've already got). One dealer had several shelves full of nothing else except Pyrex casserole dishes, of all sizes. (They were nearly all priced at £4.50).

A charity shop I visit in Stowmarket usually has several, typically priced at around three to four pounds. Simply looking around such places should enable you to find what you want quite easily.

[Mamyalynne]

I'm with Chris on this, I have often found good unusual sized oven to tableware in charity shops.

I have a few gratin type dishes that I use for smaller portions too.

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[Jackdaw33]

Anyone remember the old slogan to promote metrification?

A litre of water's
a pint and three quarters.

[Buenchico]

^^^ I used that (together with dividing by two) to get to my figure of seven eighths of a pint for a half litre, JD33 ;-)

[jourdain2]

Thanks all, was coming round to thinking that I needed to get round the charity shops again -I hit them before Xmas hunting for flower-arranging vessels.

[dannyk13]

1/2 a litre is 7/8th of a pint.

[Jackdaw33]

I think we were agreed on that yesterday, Danny☺

[dannyk13]

Sorry, too much for me to read.:-)