Cradle Your French White/Bisque/Bleu & Classic Black in Comfort Recipe
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I promised that I would write up a post on the French White Cradles, so that people would know what to look for the next time they are out questing for Corningware. To date, the only ones I have mentioned are the Platinum Cradles simply because those are my favorite and what I have the most of. The Platinum Cradles were not the first, nor would they be the last. For today, though, I think I will just stick with the French White/Bleu/Bisque & Classic Black cradles.
Behold... The French White Cradle. (Also available, contrary to book publications, with selected pieces of Classic Black)
They are really a fairly simple design, being a single piece of wire, bent ingeniously and then welded where the ends meet underneath so…
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