Subj : Cookware To : Dave Drum From : Ruth Haffly Date : Mon Mar 13 2023 15:12:31 Hi Dave, 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. DD> My Visions are saucepans w/handles that make them awkward in the tight DD> confines of the nuker. I tend not to cook in the microwave anyway - DD> just re-heat or thaw. Except for "baked" potatoes or popcorn. Bv)= When we had a microwave with a temperature probe and I was making bread full time, I'd put the liquids in a Visions pot, pull the battery operated turn table out of the microwave and pop in the pot, temp probe set for 125. I could then measure out the first part of the flour, yeast, salt, etc while the liquids were heating without having to stand over the stove waiting for the temp to rise. Very useful, miss that feature at times. I use my microwave a lot for reheating sides for meals, heating water for this & that and other tasks, as needed. 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". DD> I'm going to have to make an appointment with an orthopedis. I'm DD> having trouble with the trapezium or capitate bone in my left wrist. DD> As I am DD> left-handed and it's my left wrist it is becoming a problem. Ah, well, DD> the joys of living this long ........... My finger is getting better tho I still can't quite close it into a full fist. I can use the sewing machine; picking up/putting in pins still isn't as smooth as before. I can stir a pot on the stove, switching off hands as they tire. All in all, better than it was, not quite as good as it was up until late August of last year. 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> Title: Giant Shrimp in Habanero Sauce RH> I'd probably go with a milder (but still on the warm side) pepper for RH> me, habeneros are too hot for me. DD> One Habanero in that quantity of food would be zippy but not DD> overwhelming. Still just a bit too much for me. DD> I made this for supper after finding a bag of corn niblets in the DD> freezer that had been there for who knows how long. And having on hand DD> some cans of generic/store brand cream of potato soup. I added in the DD> can of Ortega diced jalapenos at the last minute and they tried to DD> light up my life. DD> Title: Can Opener Corn Chowder DD> Categories: Five, Vegetables, Chilies, Dairy DD> Yield: 3 servings Of course a no go around here because of Steve's allergy. I had to cook for our small group at church yesterday. Since it was almost 3/14, I made a chicken pot pie--filled a 13x9 pan almost to the brim. Only had a single man, a married one (wife was sick) with his teen age daughter and Steve & me for lunch but a good dent was put into the pie. Served it with Caesar salad, (commercial) apple pie a la mode for dessert. I'd mixed the flour and fat for a crust; Steve added the water, rolled it out and topped the pie. He cut pi symbols as slits. (G) We brought home less than half of the pot pie, no salad, a bit of ice cream and about half of the apple pie as well as raves over the pot pie, especially from the single guy. Basically what I did for the pot pie--cooked 2 chicken breasts in about 2 quarts of home made stock. Pulled them out, chopped them up and put them in a bowl with about half a rotisserie chicken, pulled up. Nuked a 16 oz bag of frozen peas & carrots with half a bag of green beans, drained & added to the bowl. Made about 2 1/2 quarts (used a bit over 2) of gravy from the stock, added it to the bowl and mixed. Poured it into a lightly greased (Pam) pan & let it set in th fridge overnight. Next day Steve made the crust, baked it at 350 for about 35-40 minutes. Corn would be a good idea for the veggie mix for those that can eat it. --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... It's as easy as 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841! --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .