mint Posted November 14, 2010 Author Share Posted November 14, 2010 Interestingly, Pacha, I did try "dough box" and sometimes they are just small wooden boxes that sit on the table. Then I went back to "pétrin" or "maie" and I even found a brand new one, LOL!I reckon that it would be nice to have at least one because they must get rarer as time goes by and some of the oldest get bashed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 Check out 'petrin' on Aquitaine leboncoin, it might be useful:http://www.leboncoin.fr/annonces/offres/poitou_charentes/?f=a&th=1&q=petrin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted November 14, 2010 Author Share Posted November 14, 2010 I just love the ones with the sloping sides and I guess that must be the traditional shape. Some have straight sides and don't look anything like as nice.PS: PM for you, Wools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 My ex-wife slept in one as a baby; war time, not much else about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted November 14, 2010 Author Share Posted November 14, 2010 When I saw them, I did think they'd make super cribs. I bet babies look sweet in them. After all, they are nearly always fat like that dough boy on the flour packets. Can't remember what brand of flour![8-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 'Dough Boy' Flour?[:P] PM'd you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 The advert wasn't much good then was it?The whole idea is to make you remember the name I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted November 15, 2010 Author Share Posted November 15, 2010 Can't blame the advert: it's my brain, it seems to be permanently in reverse gear these days![:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Pilsbury ?Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 [quote user="sweet 17"]Can't blame the advert: it's my brain, it seems to be permanently in reverse gear these days![:(][/quote]Perhaps its Seasonal Affective Disorder, affecting your circadian rhythm, ''SAD sufferers are more likely to be women and younger persons''; exactly your profile Sweet[:D]All you need is more Sunlight! (I'm pretty sure there's more there than here!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted November 15, 2010 Author Share Posted November 15, 2010 RH, your brain is clearly working better than mine. Yes, I do believe it is Pilsbury.JJ, is it Sunlight, as in Soap?[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 I couldn't possibly comment, but after the composmelly only you can say if you have finally stopped washing everything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Watching the Edwardian Farm where they have just shown how to preserve a pig in a salt trough, guess what, a doppleganger of the pétrin ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 Have you got your coffee table sorted yet Doux?I made 2 of the 3 that we have in our lounge. One is totally English elm, a cross cut about 2 foot by 18" with a natural edge. I made it in about 1970. The other is English elm and Cornish slate that I made a few years later. The third was bought in Salvasa, Carcassonne, cherry wood and beautiful. Coffee tables are lovely, useful and something that I have always liked. I don't have any photos of them at the mo, but I will see if I can get a couple in the day light.There are some lovely coffee tables on sale in the furniture shops here. Maybe a bit more expensive than the U.K. from Argos/Ikea, but much better quality me-thinks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted November 20, 2010 Author Share Posted November 20, 2010 Whoops, sorry, posted in error! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 Pretty Good and perfect for salting a pig[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted November 20, 2010 Author Share Posted November 20, 2010 Er.....does that mean you like it? And have you a use for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 Er... Yes and No, that is I like it, though don't expect to need to salt a pig anytime soon, but what a great bit of history, and I want one, though maybe, well, more used, that one does look a bit too pristine for me.[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 AntiqueLouisXVpetrin I didn't know Royalty was into pig salting, dough kneading and grain storage!I do so hate things without prices on, yep I know, if you have to ask . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted November 21, 2010 Author Share Posted November 21, 2010 Yes, but I don't want one that is too tall to use as a coffee table, LOL!I wouldn't mind a really battered looking one in which to keep hats and scarves in the hall and maybe one without legs to keep shoes, etc. in.But, for a coffee table, I'd like a restored one that doesn't have too many splinters and doesn't smell of centuries old salt pig... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 ebay.fr -MEUBLES- Buy one for un Euro and cut the legs off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted November 21, 2010 Author Share Posted November 21, 2010 Hey, those vase lamps look suitably "recycled"!Yes, I suppose it's one euro to buy it and 300 euros to have it brought to me.....say, you weren't a used car salesman in a previous life, were you?[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 That's not a very nice thing to say Douce[:-))][:-))]Those lamps! I don't think I woud have them at any price you paid me..[+o(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 [quote user="sweet 17"] Hey, those vase lamps look suitably "recycled"! Yes, I suppose it's one euro to buy it and 300 euros to have it brought to me.....say, you weren't a used car salesman in a previous life, were you?[:D] [/quote]A, the lamps are a separate deal, [Www]B, they don't come much cheaper, [8-)]C, I could do the bringing for 10% of that price but not til next March. D I wish was I might have worked a bit less hard[;-)]E It is in the Pas de Calais, so en-route for many, a bit of networking might give you a result.F, The words gift, horse, and mouth spring to mind[:P]Incidentally I always insert the distance I'm prepared to travel into my e-bay search, and only buy cash on collection.Aren't you due for a trip out[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted November 21, 2010 Author Share Posted November 21, 2010 Trip out? Nah, I don't wanna go. OH has just returned from a funeral in Wales and I had to go get him from Bordeaux in pouring rain and nasty mist. When he said, thank you for coming to pick me up but now you're stuck with me.....I could only answer, well, I don't mind that, as long as I don't have to drive home from here (ie Bordeaux airport)!It's not the drive, that's a cinch, it's the French drivers who refuse to let you out of your lane because they are in the process of overtaking you so that they can come in in front of you again as it's their exit in a few metres!At least 2 occasions when I thought I'd meet my Maker prematurely.....[:'(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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