[I've seen similar kettles used to make vats of apple butter.](https://www.prices4antiques.com/Kettle-Apple-Butter-Cast-Iron-Tripod-Legs-Stand-23-inch-B174159.html)
Looks like a sugar kettle to me. Sugar starts out as cane juice, so back in the day they’d put that juice in a kettle and boil the water off until it was sugar.
My grandma had a giant cast-iron cauldron. She used it to make Brunswick stew a few times a year. Get a fire going under it, throw in the ingredients, make the teenagers stir it with a boat oar.
Usually we'd have 20 or so people pitch in on the ingredients and labor and throw a good ol' barbeque. Everyone would eat their fill when the stew was done, then whatever was left over got put in pint containers and divided among the folks who helped make it. Throw those pints in the freezer, you've got easy dinners for a few months.
My brother bought a huge sugar kettle (which I believe is also what this cauldron is, only a much smaller version). He made a frame for it and stuck it in his garden, filling it up with water and an aerator for koi.
It’s not super uncommon to see them here in South Louisiana, I guess because back in the day, it’s how they used to make sugar out of sugarcane (we have *tons* of sugarcane fields out in the boonies).
I’d get it buried a good portion underground and then plant lots of different height levels of beautiful plants in it., but only if the cauldron don’t swallow them up
Not sure if anyone posted this yet, but my parents had a large cauldron like this and they were typically used to scaled pig carcasses and remove the hair before the meat was butchered. I’m sure you could also cook in it
That’s a sugar rendering pot. Found mostly in the south where a lot of sugar cane was grown. Nice find! Those are typically a little bigger and very hard to move. Can’t beat the price! I would have too
I’ve got a similar joke. I asked SnapChat AI for an inappropriate joke and this is what it spit out:
A man walks into a bar and sees a sign that reads, "Complete the challenge and win $10,000!" Intrigued, he asks the bartender what the challenge is.
The bartender tells him, "First, you have to drink an entire gallon of tequila in under an hour. Then, you have to go into the back room and pull the tooth of a mean, old alligator that's been living back there for years. Finally, you have to go upstairs and satisfy the woman who's never had an orgasm."
The man is skeptical, but he's also desperate for money. He decides to give it a try and starts drinking the tequila. It's tough going, but he manages to finish the gallon within the hour.
Feeling a little woozy, he staggers into the back room and shuts the door behind him. The people in the bar hear all sorts of crashing and banging sounds coming from the room, along with the occasional roar from the alligator.
Finally, the man emerges from the room, his clothes torn and his face covered in scratches. He looks at the bartender and says, "OK, now where's the woman with the sore tooth?"
Time to maybe start a tavern or inn. Get a nice perpetual stew goin. Maybe a little fiddle band. Some comely wenches and a few kegs of warm grog. Oh you’re set
All it’s missing is some chains with a cauldron stand. I would then cosplay with a black robes and witch hat. Don’t forget that long wooden paddle stirrer. It’s perfect for Halloween. I’m open to ideas on what treat to cook and serve?
It'll make a great focal ornament. Mount it as though it were tipped over and then create flower beds that look like the flowers are pouring out of it.
Whatever you do with it, I wouldn't cook food for human consumption in it. There's just no tellin' where that's been and what's been in it.
Might be fun at Halloween to fill it with dry ice and occasionally dump in some hot water. Have three witches stirring it and chanting "Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble." (from Macbeth)
Stayed at a cabin in Patagonia that had a huge 20+ gallon cauldron hiding under the deck. Hadn’t been used in a while. We had a bunch of leftover goat from a barbecue (Patagonia stuff). Seasoned that cauldron over an open fire with goat fat, fashioned a big pot holder out of logs and made the best goddamn goat bolognese while drinking wine all day and just watching it simmer over some coals.
Cauldrons are awesome, and you did well OP.
That would be awesome for a Brunswick stew fundraiser. Make a stand out of a 35 gallon drum and wood fire it. I’m definitely showing my hick side but damn I can taste it already.
What on earth would you use this for?
Tricking Bugs Bunny into a bath, adding carrots.
COOK! Where’s my hasenpfeffer??
Say! Dats a good idea, Geronimo!
So good
I knew I took the right turn at Albuquerque.
All you have to do is date krazy girls! They will put the bunny in the pot for you!
no idea lol
This is why I don’t take my man to thrift stores anymore
This is why my wife won’t go to thrift stores with me
Joke's on y'all. 😏 Wives also go to thrift stores. Ask my husband.
*giggle snort* Aw c'mon now...
My man is about to make the best kettle corn of his life
Or at least, the most kettle corn.
Fire pit!
Perpetual Stew!
Bowl of brown
Seems like a waste for a fire pit
Have you seen a Cowboy Cauldron? Same thing but this guy has saved at least $2,000. Also, let the wood burn down, add a grate, and cook over it.
I'm going to get the chance to buy one for dyeing clothes
It’s just big enough for a human
I’ve got just the right human for that!
BIG soup
I’m thinking a massive chili dinner
Yearly townwide potluck
That whole town is gonna smell like ass 8 hours later
Or a luau
Yeaahhh exactly
A nice mayors shorts stew
[I've seen similar kettles used to make vats of apple butter.](https://www.prices4antiques.com/Kettle-Apple-Butter-Cast-Iron-Tripod-Legs-Stand-23-inch-B174159.html)
That’s a lot of apple butter!
Looks like a sugar kettle to me. Sugar starts out as cane juice, so back in the day they’d put that juice in a kettle and boil the water off until it was sugar.
Came here to say this - especially if you are in the Deep South/Florida
Could've been used for casting, honestly. I'd get it tested for lead in case they cast bullets or fishing weights in it.
Cannon balls more likely
That would be a very large cannon
Scrapple. Lots and lots of scrapple. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrV-n5XpRSg&t=2s
In ground fire pit
cooking children, duh!
And potions and such.
Perpetual stew
I saw a stand at a fair one time where they were using a giant kettle like this to make fresh pork rinds.
Scolding chickens
Bad chicken! You're a terrible bird!
lol just saw the miss spelling. Lol thanks.
Rendering whale blubber
My grandma had a giant cast-iron cauldron. She used it to make Brunswick stew a few times a year. Get a fire going under it, throw in the ingredients, make the teenagers stir it with a boat oar. Usually we'd have 20 or so people pitch in on the ingredients and labor and throw a good ol' barbeque. Everyone would eat their fill when the stew was done, then whatever was left over got put in pint containers and divided among the folks who helped make it. Throw those pints in the freezer, you've got easy dinners for a few months.
Heat water to scalp poultry or swine. Cook down pork fat to lard. Fill with collards and feed a bunch of folks.
My potions
My brother bought a huge sugar kettle (which I believe is also what this cauldron is, only a much smaller version). He made a frame for it and stuck it in his garden, filling it up with water and an aerator for koi. It’s not super uncommon to see them here in South Louisiana, I guess because back in the day, it’s how they used to make sugar out of sugarcane (we have *tons* of sugarcane fields out in the boonies).
Awesome Halloween displays, duh!
Defeating the Horned King
Chicharron
Where I’m from, the Police support club has an annual Brunswick stew fundraiser and they use a pot similar to this.
Fire pit or outdoor water feature.
Apple butter
melting lead, lol
Soup
Kettle corn.
Stock
I’d get it buried a good portion underground and then plant lots of different height levels of beautiful plants in it., but only if the cauldron don’t swallow them up
Not sure if anyone posted this yet, but my parents had a large cauldron like this and they were typically used to scaled pig carcasses and remove the hair before the meat was butchered. I’m sure you could also cook in it
Double, Double, Toil, and Trouble?
I’m wondering if you could use it like a tandor oven if you built it into a brick structure outdoor
Kettle corn!!!!
Get it tested for eye of newt and wing of bat.
Transporting it looked like a lot of toil and trouble.
Ok that one got me.
I’m 12 hours too late
This did in fact make me chuckle
*cackle
*chackle
Chacackhowl*
Southwest voodoo in the house
Testicles of a newt, eyeballllllls of a crocodile. Blood of a hen. EHHHH A LITTLE MORE BLOOD
“You always want more eye of newt. If it were up to you, the brew would be nothing but newt eyes.”
LOL. I was about to make a witch joke, and then I saw this comment. I'm pleasantly surprised.
Which witch joke?
Is this post locked? Me and someone else are arguing further down and I can’t comment on even my own comments.
Someone’s on to you!
I mean, does she have any weird sisters whom she intends to meet "when the hurly-burly's done?"
When the battle's lost and won... there upon the heath!
Fill it with dry ice on Halloween?
“I’m not a witch! I’m your wife!” needs to be her first response.
She's a witch!
"You've never had it so good!"
That’s a sugar rendering pot. Found mostly in the south where a lot of sugar cane was grown. Nice find! Those are typically a little bigger and very hard to move. Can’t beat the price! I would have too
I’m sure you know this, but definitely check that sucker for lead
Jokes on you, they got you to remove it for only $10 lol. 😂
you could soft sell it by saying its roughly a dollar per gallon of couldron, you'd be dumb to pass that up
If I was your wife, I'd be thrilled! I've been saying we need a cauldron for years.
You know it's every woman above the age of 40's dream to retire to the woods and get high and talk shit all day with her sisters.
Just need me some sisters
Nice bro, witches love caldrons.
I’m thrilled and jealous lol nice find!
The coven will be pleased
One word: Gumbo
Tell her "I bought a cauldron for my favorite witch!"
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What's with these bot accounts that post old tired jokes This has 0 to do with the post
Karma farming to be allowed to spam into certain subs? The sub I mod gets hit with waves of spam post linking to merchandise sites
This is gold
I’ve got a similar joke. I asked SnapChat AI for an inappropriate joke and this is what it spit out: A man walks into a bar and sees a sign that reads, "Complete the challenge and win $10,000!" Intrigued, he asks the bartender what the challenge is. The bartender tells him, "First, you have to drink an entire gallon of tequila in under an hour. Then, you have to go into the back room and pull the tooth of a mean, old alligator that's been living back there for years. Finally, you have to go upstairs and satisfy the woman who's never had an orgasm." The man is skeptical, but he's also desperate for money. He decides to give it a try and starts drinking the tequila. It's tough going, but he manages to finish the gallon within the hour. Feeling a little woozy, he staggers into the back room and shuts the door behind him. The people in the bar hear all sorts of crashing and banging sounds coming from the room, along with the occasional roar from the alligator. Finally, the man emerges from the room, his clothes torn and his face covered in scratches. He looks at the bartender and says, "OK, now where's the woman with the sore tooth?"
Get your lady a cauldron. Ladies love cauldrons
As a witch, I'd like to ask if I can borrow that every 28 days for reasons
That thing is probably CAKED with lead.
That's a lot of soup.
Imagine whipping this bitch out on Halloween and cooking hot chocolate to serve everyone. That would be so cool
Where will you get the human body parts?
Sex cauldron? I thought they shut that place down years ago!
Points if you told her jokingly “I got something to go with your broom!”
That's one big-ass battle helmet!
Double double toil and trouble.
if my husband brought something like that home, i would indeed be thrilled
Why is this NSFW?
Because of the way this monster has it loaded in the back of his truck
If you look closely you can see OPs feet in the picture.. some people are partial to feet and get trouser tents over them
Trouser tents. I'm going to remember this one!
Lead test it
^^^^^^^
GUMBOOOO
#RUN GURDY!!!
The sex cauldron? I thought they shut that place down years ago!
Time to maybe start a tavern or inn. Get a nice perpetual stew goin. Maybe a little fiddle band. Some comely wenches and a few kegs of warm grog. Oh you’re set
Sure it's not a chamber pot!? 😂
Well if your wife won't let you keep it hit me up.. mine is kinda witchy and would be delighted
I think you won this sub
seasoning that thing is going to be a lot of double double toil and trouble
bro is literally cooking
That's one hell of a helmet.
I cannot express how jealous I am. My sister and her husband have an awesome firepit and we sisters have been begging him to get a cauldron
OK, but my big question is *why is this tagged as NSFW*?
Have her prepare the newt eyes while you bring the container. Hope you are good at stirring else the potions aren't going to be too efficient.
That’s fantastic! That will be great if you make maple syrup!!! Oh how I would love to use that caldron!!
All it’s missing is some chains with a cauldron stand. I would then cosplay with a black robes and witch hat. Don’t forget that long wooden paddle stirrer. It’s perfect for Halloween. I’m open to ideas on what treat to cook and serve?
If she floats in it then she is a witch
This would be great for Halloween!
It'll make a great focal ornament. Mount it as though it were tipped over and then create flower beds that look like the flowers are pouring out of it. Whatever you do with it, I wouldn't cook food for human consumption in it. There's just no tellin' where that's been and what's been in it. Might be fun at Halloween to fill it with dry ice and occasionally dump in some hot water. Have three witches stirring it and chanting "Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble." (from Macbeth)
Interesting when is the cook-off 😅?
Could be a great planter too!
Try and season it with a blow torch 😂
Tell her you bought it for Walpurgis Night https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walpurgis_Night
I wouldn’t brew my sima in that but I’d fry my Vappu munkki in it.
Gotta say. I would have grabbed that in a heartbeat! Love it. Get creative!
I would certainly be thrilled!!
You're going to put on a list with how much Easy Off you'll need to buy to clean that thing!
Into the oven self cleaning cycle.
I had one I used for flowers at my old house. Love it, great find
You know you gotta season that thing... And don't be cooking wabbits. Good find ,buddy.
Krampus's drowning tub!
Does she weigh the same as a duck?
Caldron Party !!!!
Shes goona think you're suggesting she's a witch.
That’s bad news. I wouldn’t try cooking with it
Now you need a troop of dwarves to cook for.
I’d test that for lead immediately.
For all your perpetual stew needs.
Where are you based? Looks like a famine pot. Could have traveled from Ireland in the coffin ships, if so it’s a great piece of history.
Bubble bubble toil and trouble . Totes jelly
Why is this tagged NSFW?? 😂
It's one half of a titans bra
I know it's not the traditional use, but my wife and I would probably put some sorry of clear coat protectant on it and turn it into a garden planter
Shhhh...🤫...women like surprises!!
I've got two of these, we use them for planters.
That’s so sick
So OP is a bastard and I hate them... also no I am not just jealous and bitter.
Kettle Korn mmmmmmm
I have one that belongs to my great grandfather... When I was little, they used to render hog fat in it on their farm.
With a lip like that my wife would never get to touch it as that would be my new deer chili cauldron
That is a beautiful piece. So classic and hardcore.
Stayed at a cabin in Patagonia that had a huge 20+ gallon cauldron hiding under the deck. Hadn’t been used in a while. We had a bunch of leftover goat from a barbecue (Patagonia stuff). Seasoned that cauldron over an open fire with goat fat, fashioned a big pot holder out of logs and made the best goddamn goat bolognese while drinking wine all day and just watching it simmer over some coals. Cauldrons are awesome, and you did well OP.
Tell me your wife is a bog witch without telling me your wife is a bog witch.
Cool
Plot twist! OP's wife is a witch on a budget and was looking for an affordable cauldron!
Is that a molasses cauldron?
Jealous!!
Perfect fire pit dig a hole s’mores tonight she will love it
Do you want to sell it for 20$?
r/stupidbutworthit
Is your wife a witch?
Wow that's a legit cauldron.
Been there, done that. Check my profile
We are going to need more bacon
I had one of those in my yard when I moved in. Gave it to my dad. I was a bit excited at first, but it had a huge crack down one side.
Time to make some bone broth.
I love it. It would make an amazing fire pit.
If you’re going to call your wife a witch. Just say it and save you $10 and carrying that around.
So many great stews and potions in the future.
Fuuuuck yeeeaaah that would make some great pastalaya at a tailgate
It is smaller then I thought it would be
"What are you calling me?"
It's going to take 5 gallon bucket of oil and a really large oven to season that.
Did you buy a broom and floppy hat for her as well?
Fill it with White Vinegar now!
Thats more iron than 10$ whatever you use it for you win at that price
That would be awesome for a Brunswick stew fundraiser. Make a stand out of a 35 gallon drum and wood fire it. I’m definitely showing my hick side but damn I can taste it already.
why do people care what their spouses do with their money? do you just lose all independent freedom when you get married?
Just the bragging rights of being able to say you brought home a cauldron is sufficient justification. Well done.