I Got The "Bleu"s - French Bleu Collection Complete Recipe
French Bleu is fairly hard to come by, as it was only produced from the fall of 1983 to fall of 1984 (basically 1 year), so my collection has been growing somewhat sporadically. For years, all I had was the 10 inch (24cm) Quiche dish
that I purchased off eBay. I was actually about to give up on ever
seeing another piece, because that seemed to be the ONLY piece ever on
eBay.
Then I got lucky one day. I had crossed the Columbia River and
invaded Vancouver, WA back in December of 2013 and found both the F-5 & F-1. A couple months later (February 2014) the F-6
showed up in Clackamas, OR. That is what spurred my first post about this pattern back in March of last year (2014)... About 1 month ago, I found the final piece in Portland, OR... The 2 1/2 quart Casserole (F-2-B).
So, as with the French Bisque from yesterday, here is the "not quite so large" family of French Bleu...
- Left to right... F-5-B - 1 1/5 quart Souffle in LE-F5-R cradle, F-2-B - 2 1/2 quart Souffle in LE-F1-R cradle
- F-3-B - 10 inch Quiche
- Left to right.... F-2-B - 2 1/2 quart Casserole in LE-F2-R cradle, F-6-B - 1 1/2 quart Open Roaster in LE-F6-R cradle
It should be noted, that all 4 pieces I purchased were adorn with the pinwheel lids... Though I didn't not believe they were available in the early 80s, I find it odd that all of them would come with said pinwheel lids from various thrift stores in several cities in 2 different states.
An interesting coincidence; especially since all of my Classic Black came with plain lids (1990-94)
Where is your Corning Ware??