Joyce Lee on fri 14 nov 03
I know this isn't what you mean by "label," but
the most successful written information that I
add to my pots seems to be any kind
of recipe. I can have almost identical bowls
sitting side by side; one will have a recipe
nestled inside ....... the other does not; the
one with recipe will sell first every time.
Recipes are ones I've used all my cooking
life so I know they work. They range from
vegetable soup or stews to fried okra to rice or
banana pudding ...... even as simple as
mashed potatoes (from scratch with real
butter and whole milk). Trays might have
peanut butter or chocolate fudge recipes=20
..... the
recipes that #1's family regularly displayed
on some ancient china trays that we
inherited. I sometimes have added a
paragraph about #1 as not much more than a
toddler climbing the china cabinet to gain
access to the candy hidden away from=20
those same pudgy fingers.
Bigger bowls will have cobbler
recipes... peach, apple, blackberry ... since
that's what I bake the cobblers in myself,
although I do deviate from the "old" theme
by using Bisquick, cooked on a cookie sheet,
not topping the cobbler until a few minutes
before removal from the oven. We like our
topping crisp without soggy bottoms.
It does seem that even the very
young folk like the concept of making the
"old" dishes. My own personal favorite
cheesecake
pan is a commercial one that has the
cheesecake recipe as part of the pottery,
glazed right over it. I use it often, not being
discouraged by the initial run when I didn't
copy the recipe ...... followed it right from
the pan/plate ..... of course when I filled the
bottom with crust, all other moves were
guesswork for that particular cake .... filling
was already completed, thank goodness ....
turned
out okay.......
Probably many of you make such information
part of your display, even more
elaborately than I. In case this is a new
concept for you, however, it does increase
sales and stimulate talk about your
pots for a long time after the purchase.
Joyce
In the Mojave
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