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Skriven 2013-07-12 07:36:00 av Dave Drum (68311.cooking)
   Kommentar till text 2348 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
Ärende: Tiny Stoves
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-=> RUTH HANSCHKA wrote to NANCY BACKUS <=-

 ->  ->  -> It has the usual two shelves, IIRC.  :)

 ->  ->  SR> One of which had to come out to roast a chicken? (LOL)

 ->  -> No, not really...  For a small turkey, maybe... ;)

 ->  SR> I have to do it for large turkeys, but not otherwise.  Some
 ->  SR> tabletop ovens  will hold one of those too.

 -> This stove wasn't really big enough for a big turkey, probably... but
 -> then, one wouldn't likely need to do that, since there wasn't room for
 -> the people to eat such a big bird... :)

 SR> At that it was bigger than the ovens in some New York apartments; some
 SR> folks rip the kitchens out entirely.  They eat out all the time and the
 SR> place is too small for a dedicated kitchen area. All those folks need
 SR> are a bitty fridge and a coffee maker. Maybe not even that.

It's amazing what one can do with a single element hot-plate and some
imagination. Sammy Zito (brother to Frank and Tony of Appalachin FBI "fame"), a
retired coal miner, lived in my friend Dennis' mother's flop house in downtown
Springfield. He would trap pigeons on the roof and make all manner of hot
Italianesque things with their carcasses - using a single element hot plate and
a few old tin pots. Sort of a localised Urban Peasant. 

I asked Sammy once, "Why don't you let Frank set you up in a nice little
house?" 

And he told me, "They my brothers. But, they are crooks. I don't take nothing
from them. I sleep good at night!"

Me, I'm fancy - since my cook top's last working coil died I have been living
with a two-burner electric hot plate. You can do some amazing things with one
if you just apply the old noodle to the problem. 

Years ago I lived in an "efficiency" apartment that had, in the kitchen area a
manufactured unit with a tiny sink, a two coil electric hot plate/cook top,
with a mini-fridge underneath. With a crock pot and a Bunn-O-Matic coffee maker
I got along just fine. The later addition of a small nuker really propelled me
into high-status.  Bv)=

http://tinyurl.com/BITTYKITCHEN will take you to a very similar unit (although
not the same name brand). Sinks/cook tops were/are available with sink on left
or right.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Pigeon Cacciatore
 Categories: Game, Herbs, Vegetables, Beer
      Yield: 4 servings

      4    Pigeons
           Salt & pepper
    1/4 c  Olive oil
    1/2 c  Beer; not LITE
      4 md Onions; sliced
    1/4 ts Oregano
      1 cl Garlic; smashed
           Flour
      3 tb Chopped parsley
           Celery salt
      1 lg Bell pepper; diced
      8 oz Can tomato sauce

  Sprinkle pigeons inside and out with salt, pepper and
  flour. Heat oil in skillet and brown birds on all sides.
  Add tomato sauce, beer and remaining ingredients. Stir to
  spread seasoning. Bring to a boil, cover and cook over low
  heat 30 to 45 minutes or until pigeons are tender. Serve
  over spaghetti or other pasta.
 
  From: http://www.recipesource.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

MMMMM

... Strawberries are the only fruit whose seeds grow on the outside.
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