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Skriven 2008-02-07 20:42:12 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Jim Weller
Ärende: IT COLD HERE! 80207
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 -=> Quoting Jim Weller to Janis Kracht <=-

 JK> That's good -  When we lived in Louisville, we had to keep water
 JK> dripping in the kitchen to keep the kitchen pipes from freezing over
 JK> (they weren't well insulated at all, it was a very old historic house).
 JK> Does that kind of thing not work when the temperature gets as low as
 JK> it does up there? To me, it would seem like that would be the case...

 JW> Yes, it does but.... we have two line water systems: an inlet, a
 JW> re-circulating pump and a return line to the city main. The constant
 JW> motion keeps the water from freezing. When the power went out, the
 JW> circ pump stopped running. We ran water through a tap which saved

Now that is when you _really_ need a standby generator.

 JW> the in line but not the out line. When the power came back on, we
 JW> turned off the water and then the in line froze too and the circ pump
 JW> burned out. I could have saved the system if I had thought to turn
 JW> off the valve on the in line and left the out line open. The city
 JW> water pressure would have forced the circ pump to spin backwards
 JW> and I could run water though that lines, alternating between lines
 JW> every 10 minutes or so. I didn't, to my regret.

Couldn't you have left both lines partly open so that water would come
from the main through both pipes into the sink?  By adjusting the in
and out valves you could get sufficient flow in both lines to prevent
freezing, checking the temperature of them alternately with your hand.

 JW> The steamer showed up but couldn't get the water going. The in line
 JW> has a split in it (below the floor but above ground) that has to be
 JW> repaired before he can go further. He thawed 120 feet of the outline
 JW> but came up about 10 feet short of the main, where there seems to be
 JW> an obstruction, possible a partially squashed line from way back
 JW> when it was installed. The next step is to apply electricity to the
 JW> last ten feet of copper line to thaw it out. But my two lines touch
 JW> in several places causing the power to loop back. I will have to get
 JW> the split repaired, then partially steam both lines, and then call
 JW> the city to bring in it's huge heavy duty "buzz box" and thaw out
 JW> the ends of both lines simultaneously with electricity. That won't
 JW> happen until Monday, so I am melting more snow on the stove in my
 JW> biggest pasta pot so I can flush a toilet and have a sponge bath.

Poor you!  I presume you then recycle your bath water into the toilet
cistern?   It would certainly be an "interesting" experience for you to
accommodate and entertain a dozen or so Echo guests at a time like that!

You could dream of warmer climate dining, like:

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: CHARGRILLED CROCODILE TAIL WITH BUSH TOMATO CHUTNEY
 Categories: Mains, Seafood, Preserves, Aboriginal, Australian
      Yield: 4 servings
 
      1    Crocodile tail;from 5ft croc
      2 kg ; chicken, instead
           Salt and pepper
      2 tb Olive oil; OR
      2 tb ; canola oil
           ; BUSH TOMATO CHUTNEY
      2 c  Bush tomatoes; dried
      2 tb Olive oil; OR
      2 tb ; canola oil
      2    Onions- red; sl thin
      2    Apples- green; peel/diced
      1 c  Mango pulp
      1 c  Vinegar- cider
      1 c  Sugar- brown
      1 tb Ginger root; OR
      1 tb ; ground ginger
      1 ts Chilli powder
      1 c  Dryf- raisins
 
  Cut crocodile into small fillets, 2 hand-sized pieces to a portion.
  Season with salt & pepper.
  
  Lightly burn crosses into the croc meat with heated skewer or fencing
  wire.
  
  Heat oil in bush pan or on BBQ plate. Fry croc for 4 or 5 minutes both
  sides, or till cooked (time will depend on thickness of fillets).
  
  Serve with bush tomato chutney.
  
  TO MAKE THE BUSH TOMATO CHUTNEY: Chop dry bush tomatoes into small
  pieces.
  
  Heat oil in pot. Add red onions & cook till clear. Add bush tomatoes,
  apple & mango. Stir with wooden spoon & cook till soft. Add cider
  vinegar, brown sugar, ginger & chilli. Cook on low heat till a syrup
  forms. The liquid will thicken like jam. Stir for about 10 minutes.
  If chutney thickens too quickly, add water.
  
  Finally, add the raisins & cook till soft.
  
  From: WALKABOUT CHEFS By: STEVE SUNK & DAVID HANCOCK ISBN:
  0-9751800-1-0 Scanned by: KEVIN JCJD SYMONS  SEPTEMBER 2007
 
MMMMM
 

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