Comments on: my top three non-registry wedding gifts

By: homemade bread » Mary Dougherty Photography – Rochester New York Wedding Photographer

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:05:40 +0000

[...] done to eat with it. It cooked in our enamel cast iron pot (another reason I added that pot to the top 3 things I think newlyweds should register for) and when we pulled it out of the oven it was better than we could have ever imagined. The two huge [...]

By: Beth

Beth — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:24:41 +0000

these are going on my registry ASAP! …… thanksforthetips! :) and…… if you have your pizza / potato recipes, i’m all ears!

By: Mary Dougherty

Mary Dougherty — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:12:31 +0000

haha I love that you finish all your old fruit off with chocolate -that’s a really good idea! let’s go shopping together for kitchen stuff :)

By: Mary Dougherty

Mary Dougherty — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:11:32 +0000

wow thanks for sharing the alternative gift registry with us molly! sounds like it worked great for you. As far as a dutch oven goes (I’m not sure mine is exactly a dutch oven) but anyways, I think there is a pretty big difference. If you’re working with meat you can sear it and do some things first that aren’t as easy in a crock pot. Prob depends most on what recipes you are following + like

By: Molly

Molly — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:35:03 +0000

I have been thinking of getting a dutch oven but don’t really know that I need one since I have a crockpot. Is there a big difference between them?
Instead of a registry of specific things, I used http://www.alternativegiftregistry.org/ You create a list of things you need, and then enter the number of them you would like. You can be as specific or as vague as you want and I got SOOO many complements on it because people didn’t feel they needed to buy a specific brand of something, but they still knew what we truly needed. You can embed links in the description if there is something specific or an example of what you need. If you want to see how it turns out, go to the site and type spateholts in the find box and take a look :-) It was so easy because I didn’t have to go around to different stores or websites and neither did my guests.

By: meg

meg — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:16:32 +0000

i’m right there with ya on the need for quality cooking ware and kitchen utensils. it is one of my downfalls to wander through the kitchen sections of any and every store thinking about what i would like when “i grow up and have my own kitchen…for real.” i sure hope my collection includes the above items as i have already had great experiences with cast iron annnnnnd i make “chocolate fondue” by heating milk and two handfuls of chips in a mug in the microwave…just to make me finish all the fruit in the fridge. (everything’s better dipped in chocolate) that’s pretty much the best way to get in a serious chocolate fix while feeling decent about it. and yes, for a more sophisticated, party style, sharing fondue event, the electric pot does wonders! do you have to wait until you’re engaged to start a registry? :D

By: Sarah Knight

Sarah Knight — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:09:13 +0000

Good idea! I got a bunch of stuff that wasn’t on my registry AND I never used;) These seem like pleasant surprises, hooray!

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:48:11 +0000

Thanks for these suggestions! Rory and I are working on our registry now – and it can get really overwhelming sometimes! I think we’ll definitely add these items, though!