You’ve seen them. Out of the corner of your eye, as you enter the store. You play it cool, pretending not to notice. Nonchalantly you head towards the gift cards, just to get closer. Your body shudders. God they look good. You reach out a hand and gently caress the outer bowl. You feel the contours, strong, defined. You cannot help yourself. You take it with both hands, staring deep into the bowl, eyes wide, admiring the smooth, silky expanse of white clay. You close your eyes and dreamily imagine the things you’d like to do with it and how good it would taste.

Your fantasy is disrupted.

‘Oi, you gonna buy that’, Samantha, the dream stealer barks. 

You find yourself back in The Queen's Pantry, holding a Mason Cash mixing bowl. And yes. You are going to buy it (because not only is it the perfect baking bowl, it is also remarkably well priced). 

The origins of Mason Cash are shrouded in mystery. Some say Mason Cash can be traced back to a pottery already operating at Church Gresley in Stoke on Trent, around 1800.The location was selected due to the local deposits of clay and coal. Mason Cash ceramic items were made from ‘white and cane’ glazed earthenware sometimes known as ‘yellow ware’ due to the colour of the local clay.

Others believe it was set up by fictional detective Perry Mason, and the Man In Black country-singing troubadour Johnny Cash, who when he wasn’t entertaining Folsom prisoners, was a keen baker, renowned for his spicy homemade sausage rolls (the secret was to use a Carolina Reaper pepper - giving him the inspiration behind his biggest hit ‘Ring Of Fire).

Whatever you believe, what isn’t in any doubt, is the quality. Strong, sturdy, and available in various sizes and colours, no kitchen is complete without a Mason Cash bowl.

Whether it’s to impress your friends, or to bake the perfect cake, fulfill your wildest dreams and head on down to The Queen's Pantry and get your hands on a Mason Cash bowl, you naughty little minx.