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OK, FRiends, just typed this recipe out for someone else, so thought I'd toss it out there in case anyone wants to follow one of my mad creations. In any case, so far we've had a challenging year but we've made it through some tough times, so I'd also like to praise the God of Israel, that even in these lean times, there are still things for me to be thankful for and I'm sure many of you as well. FReepers needing prayer, recipes, thankfulness, whatever. I'm off to do other things. Got potatoes sliced up roasting in the oven...

Did North Carolina potteries use uranium oxide glazes in the pre-WWII art pottery era? For a long time many students of North Carolina art pottery have held that they did, but this author has been unable to find any verifiable example of such a glaze. There are many examples of chromium oxide red-orange glazes, of course, and the colors of these glazes can be very similar. However, chromium oxide is not radioactive -- uranium oxide is, even in a glaze -- and chromium oxide does not glow under ultraviolet light, while uranium oxide glazes often do fluoresce in the presence...

North Carolina's vintage art pottery shops usually had a glaze referred to as "Brown Sugar." These rustic-looking glazes were popular with tourists and were in demand by the candle-making operations which purchased large numbers of small wares. The most distinctive "Brown Sugar" glaze - - one that is widely associated with North Carolina pottery - - is the lead-rutile matte glaze in shades of tan and brown . . . . {Many pictures)