Redware Pipkin

I bought one of these a couple of years ago. Only today did I try it. I am preparing for an upcoming reenactment in early October. I built a cooking fire in my portable brazier. After letting it die down, I put some refrigerated leftover soup in the pipkin and let it warm up while I worked in the yard. In about ten minutes, it heated up to a good eating temperature. I highly recommend this product.

Please allow me to shed a little light on the purpose of the pipkin. If cooked in an iron pot, highly acidic foods, such as fruits, will react chemically with the iron in the pot and this causes the food being cooked to turn black. The pipkin is for cooking highly acidic foods as it is ceramic and will not react to acid. This makes the pipkin perfect for making jams, jellies, apple sauce and other acidic foods. Never use the pipkin on a stove. They are intended to be used over coals. Best to place the pipkin on a low trivet over hot coals.

It is adorable, but it isn't just a pretty face. It is perfect for melting butter, making sauces and heating a hearty serving of soup or stew (or two more moderate portions).

And Bryan is right: It feels great in the hand and the unglazed areas are amazingly smooth. (I found myself caressing the pot when I got it. LOL!)

I agree completely with Bryan's review.

My wife swooned for the pipkin on first sight during a YouTube episode.

What a lovely pantry item--almost unique, I should say, in the American modern pantry.

Although I bought this to thrill my beloved wife, ulteriorly I hope to enjoy the bounty of her culinary experiments.

It's pretty light but feels really sturdy in the hand. The inside glaze is smooth and nice but the outside (unglazed) is surprisingly smooth and appealing to touch. My wife thinks it's cute.