TheSnackHound

Ivory is the new color released by the Homer Laughlin Company for the popular Fiesta Ware line. Basics like the place setting (including coffee mugs), vegetable dishes, and disc pitchers are among the current offerings. Just in time for Christmas, there will be other pieces that have a fall release. I am curious to see what the offerings will be.

Since I have yet to see the new color in person, I am wondering how much of a yellow base it has. That thought did cross my mind. If the base is yellow rather than cream, I wonder how close it is to the original Ivory, introduced in 1936, which had a pale slightly “pastel side walk chalk” yellow with a cream tint to it. Vintage Ivory tends to photograph as white or off white if the aperture and flash are not just right, but in person it definitely is a nice, soft color.

Bealls and JCPenney are not yet offering the color for sale on their sites, so check live and in person in the store, or try one of the smaller shops on the web that seem to be getting the color in. Just FYI, right now, four piece placesettings at JCPenney in other colors are $26.99, while they are in the $40 range at other retailers.

There seems to be a split between themes for new Fiesta colors. There are many that are not even remotely similar to the original lineup and with others, such as turquoise, they are confusing to newer collectors. Of course, modern Fiesta pieces have much more “heft” to them, even if subtle to some, there are some that are more or less modern updates of classic hues.

We have been on two cruises in the past couple years.  Remember all of those commercials showing all of those 20-55 year old people that wear a size 4 dress?  We tried to look for those people there, and we were a little puzzled about where they all were.   A midweek cruise featured overtanned sixty year old women who complained that the cruise was too cheap and attracted “THOSE kind of people.”  My husband turned to ”Mrs. Twelve Pounds of Gold Jewelry Hide that the skin behind my sunglasses is 22 shades lighter than the rest of my face” and I could tell he was going to ask her if who “THOSE kind of people” are, and how does she disqualify herself?   The weekend cruises had a younger crowd of people who managed to get a long weekend from work.  That was to the Bahamas.   Next time, we might try Europe.There were many dining opportunities.   In fact, you could probably get a better assessment of listing times when and places where you COULD NOT dine.   With the midnight chocolate buffets and all day room service, one could potentially think Richard Simmons was getting ready to come “rescue them.”   On the contrary, my husband and I both lost weight on the cruise?

How?  We ate frequently, but ate small meals.  We ate a lot of fish, primarily salmon.   Along with that, we ate salad and other fruit and vegetables all the time also.   Our beverage of choice was water, with sometimes pineappele juice as a substitute.    So, while our dinner companions were missing as they could not handle the gluttony, we felt that we went away to the fat farm and came back healthy.

Tips for Cruising:
1) Eat frequent, small meals
2) Skip the pizza and hamburgers
3) The cruiseline usually brings food off the boat onto islands they own.  You can safely eat things that are normally a no-no at some destinations, such as citrus fruits, water, ice, and other produce.

Of course, luxurious destinations often feature restaurants and other amenties on shore that are perfectly safe to indulge at.   European and Australian destinations have many of the same health standards, even at the local haunts.  Still, be careful out there.  You might not be as likely to get Montezuma’s Revenge cruising down the Rhine on some fancy European river cruises, but watch out that no one tries to slip you haggis in the UK.   You won’t get sick due to the safety of ingredients, but your system may surely reject it!

(By the way, we were so incredibly healthy.  However, on the next cruise, we were not.  Some lady walked by and sneezed directly on me, and I caught a really nasty cold.  Actually, it was more of a flu with chills, etc.  I can’t believe she did that to me.  I was sitting and she was walking by and had to stand over me at an angle to do it!)