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Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Popcorn Pots
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DD> If I make "stove-top" popcorn I use a three or four quart pan
DD> with a vented lid and shake the pan as the kernels start to
DD> pop. This method has worked for me for over sixty years. Bv)=
RH> But I didn't want Steve to use my good pots (pans) for making popcorn.
RH> Before we got our first air popper, we had a "grunge" pot that we used
RH> for stove top pocorn making. Our kitten kne when we were pulling out
RH> that pan--she would pester us from that point until she got her (Steve
RH> sized) handful or 2. When Steve was in Korea, I sent him a sauce pan
RH> I'd picked up at a dollar store; when he came home, Rachel took the pot
RH> when she got married. We looked for another cheapy one when we moved
RH> to GA, couldn't find one so ended up with the crank popper.
Well, yeah. You don't want to use a good pot - or a non-stick one for popcorn.
My favourite was a three quart heavy aluminum thing with a vented rim on the
lockable lid that I found at the Sally Anne's Op Shop. One day my wife burnt
the popcorn (and isn't that a deeeee-vine odour?) and stuck a bunch of kernels,
etc. to the darned thing. So, I undertook to clean it up - inside and out. By
the time I discovered what a chore I had set myself and that it would have been
easier to go get another pot and bin the one with the stuck-on popcorn - a bad
case of the stubborns took over. A week or so of off again - on again work and
a couple boxes of Brillo pads later the darned thing looked too good to use for
popcorn. Which is how I made my first acquaintance of the West Bend Stir Crazy
electric popper.
DD> That's the way they do it at the movies ... or did, last time I braved
DD> the crowds of screaming chirrun or weirded out teenies and twenty
DD> somethings. Of course they don't use real butter as you and I would do.
RH> Nope! It's all chemical laden goop now. We had a gift certificate
RH> booklet for 2 admissions, popcorn and drinks given to us while we were
RH> in HI; that was the first time we had movie popcorn in decades and
RH> haven't had any since. Haven't been to any movies since we moved here;
RH> all the theaters are in Raleigh (closest) or beyond.
DD> You say that to a person living in a mobile home of modest dimensions
DD> (650 sq ft - more or less). I know about being short of counter and
DD> cabinet space and playing the put & take game to bring various things
DD> into play. Heh.
RH> We have 2 people in about 1000 sq ft--and do plenty of the shift this
RH> to get to that game. Steve will get out my Dutch oven tomorrow; he can
RH> "stand on his head" better. It's in a lower cabinet, bottom shelf,
RH> about as far back as it can go. The kitchen is worse than the one I
RH> had in GA but we're surviving. (G)
Yeah, but, you're not infected with (or have been cured of) the pack-rat gene.
I'm still fighting my affliction. Bv)=
RH> We've talked about replacing our roughly 30 year old waffle iron (cord
RH> is beginning to show signs of needing replacing) with a George Foreman
RH> but don't have the space without a serious re-arrangement of what we
RH> have. Now if we could find an old fashioned small appliance repair
RH> person........................
DD> Replacing cords is very easy. Takes a couple screwdrivers (if the
DD> screws are different) a couple pliers - one with a side cutter (wire
DD> cutter) on it and a bit of native intelligence. There are few repair
DD> shops left for small appliances these days. The cheap crap from China
DD> costs less to replace than it does to repair.
DD> But, if Steve wants to tackle the gig - all the supplies are available
DD> at your local hardware store for little cash outlay. Or, perhaps you
DD> could ask at your church. Many times folks are eager to perform a mitzvah
DD> AND knock the rust off unused expertise.
RH> Steve will probably look into it & figure if he has the tools or not.
RH> If he doesn't, then between church and the seminary, we're bound to
RH> know somebody who can do it. I'm doing a hemming job for a yung lady
RH> at church in exchange for a skirt that she had but couldn't use; it fit
RH> me and was the length/color that I need for our choir Christmas music
RH> presentation in a couple of weeks.
And that's the way "community" is supposed to work. Sadly, much of the world is
too taken up with a "Me First, Screw You" attitude.
DD> Of course now VCRs are dinosaurs and soon DVD players will be, too -
DD> replaced by Blu-Ray. FEH!
RH> Sigh! We bought our first DVD player the night of Sept. 10, 2001 (in
RH> HI).
I bought my first DVD player when the prices went under U$30. It got little use
until I Freecycled it after I bought a newer one that plays not only DVDs but
AVIs and DivX stuff, too. I'm not really looking forward to Blu-Ray taking
ver.
Still remember driving to work on the morning of 9/11 and hearing NPR break
into their regular newscast with a bulletin about the first plane hitting the
Trade Center. And thinking back to the bomber which flew in to the Empire State
Building back in 1945. Then as I pulled into the parking lot of the satellite
shop the second plane was announced as having hit the other tower. I told my
boss, "We're at war with someone!" and explained why I said so.
We tuned one of the big-dish receivers to Telstar 5 Transponder 14 for the raw
ABC news-feed back to the studios just in time to see them re-send the
slow-motion of the second plane hitting. And I wondered how Cousin Kenny was
doing - Anne Newsome's cousin was at the 1st Seattle picnic in 2001 and told us
about being there when the baddies set off the bomb in the basement and
escaping. I hoped (later found out) he had escaped unscathed.
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
Title: Tomato And Zucchini Gratin
Categories: Squash, Vegetables, Breads, Cheese
Yield: 6 Servings
3 lb Ripe plum tomatoes
3 lb Firm zucchini
1/2 c Dried bread crumbs
1/4 c Fresh-grated Parmesan cheese
2 tb Chopped fresh flat-leaf
- parsley
1 tb Chopped fresh thyme
1 tb Chopped fresh oregano
Salt & fresh ground pepper
1/4 c Fruity olive oil
Slice the tomatoes and zucchini into 1/4" round slices,
as uniformly as you can. On a cookie sheet or ovenproof
platter, overlap the tomato and zucchini in a decorative
pattern, like red and green shingles on a gingerbread
house.
Blend all the dry ingredients together, then scatter them
evenly over the tomatoes and zucchini.
Sprinkle the olive oil on top and bake in a 375øF oven until
golden and crusty, about 20 minutes.
Present the platter at the table, using a cake server or
metal spatula to slide several overlapping pieces onto each
diner's plate.
Recipe By: Michael Lomonaco, Executive Chef, Windows On
The World, Top of the World Trade Centre, New York, NY.
From: http://www.recipesource.com
Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
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ENJOY!!!
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