Subj : Cookware
To   : Ruth Haffly
From : Dave Drum
Date : Sun Mar 12 2023 05:41:00

-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> I've never broken (except by bring butter-fingered and dropping on the
 DD> floor) any Pyrex. I've got a set of amber visions sauce pans I aquired

 RH> Basically how our pyrex broke, maybe one or two pieces by too hot or
 RH> cold a temperature on an old, weakened piece. I've got 2 amber visions
 RH> pots, one and one point five quarts. Used to have a set of the white
 RH> range toppers to go with them but replaced them with Calphalon. Kept
 RH> the visions because I could use them in the microwave.

My Visions are saucepans w/handles that make them awkward in the tight
confines of the nuker. I tend not to cook in the microwave anyway - just
re-heat or thaw. Except for "baked" potatoes or popcorn.  Bv)=

 DD> from a friend's estate sale. I always have to remember to use a
 RH>  "hot DD> pot" when cooking with them because hot glass looks very much
 RH>  like DD> cold glass and there are no insulated handles.

 RH> My current cookware is stainless steel with glass lids; I make sure I
 RH> grab a pot holder to protect my hands with them also. Making sure I
 RH> grab anything heavy with the left hand, give extra support with the
 RH> right as the latter isn't quite strong enough (still rehabbing) to be
 RH> comfortable using it as the main "grab hand".
 
I'm going to have to make an appointment with an orthopedis. I'm having
trouble with the trapezium or capitate bone in my left wrist. As I am
left-handed and it's my left wrist it is becoming a problem. Ah, well,
the joys of living this long ...........

 DD> This recipe calls for orange liqueur and tequila. TBH I don't see
 DD>  why. If I ever make it I'll likely sub orange juice concentrate
 DD> for the flavour and blow off the tequila altogether.

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

 DD>       Title: Giant Shrimp in Habanero Sauce
 DD>  Categories: Seafood, Vegetables, Chilies, Herbs, Dairy
 DD>       Yield: 6 servings

 RH> I'd probably go with a milder (but still on the warm side) pepper for
 RH> me, habeneros are too hot for me.

One Habanero in that quantity of food would be zippy but not overwhelming.

I made this for supper after finding a bag of corn niblets in the freezer
that had been there for who knows how long. And having on hand some cans
of generic/store brand cream of potato soup. I added in the can of Ortega
diced jalapenos at the last minute and they tried to light up my life.

The leftovers were much better the next day after the heat had been 
subsumed by the other ingredients. Next time I'll use the milder "Diced
Green Chilies" (Anaheim/NuMex) from Old El Paso.

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

      Title: Can Opener Corn Chowder
 Categories: Five, Vegetables, Chilies, Dairy
      Yield: 3 servings

     32 oz Bag corn niblets
 21 1/2 oz (2 cans) cream of potato
           - soup; undiluted
      4 oz Can chopped green chilies
      1    Soup can milk
           Fresh ground pepper

  Open the soup and dump into your crockpot. Add the corn
  and milk and stir. Add the chilies and stir again.

  Set the cooker on low and let it do its thing for about
  four hours. Just before serving grind pepper (to taste)
  into the soup and give it another stir to combine.

  Ladle into bowls and dig in. Refrigerate leftovers (if
  any) and nuke back to life for supper the next day.

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen

MMMMM

.... No food should be mocked --- except Jell-O.
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