Subj : Cookware [1] To : Dave Drum From : Ruth Haffly Date : Sun Mar 19 2023 21:10:33 Hi Dave, DD> My first microwave had no turn table either. It was a Raytheon that I RH> Ours was a Kenmore, bought in San Angelo, TX where we were for one of RH> Steve's post basic training schools. Used it for 2.5 years, got told we RH> couldn't take it to Germany so put it in storage. Got to Germany and RH> found we could have brought it so replaced it. When we got back RH> Stateside 6 years later, we gave my sister the original microwave as we RH> had a newer, better model. DD> There have always been step-down transformers to bring the European DD> standard 220 volt current down the the North American 110 volts. But DD> AFAIK none of them do anything about the 50HZ vs 60HZ difference. And DD> some of the early nukers had rather unsophisticated electronics - so DD> one had to adjust the cooking times. Newer models are not frequency DD> dependent. We bought a small microwave when we first got to Germany and ran it off a transformer. It did ok, but when we moved to Berlin, we got housing that had a couple of 110 circuits wired in. Replaced that microwave with a better one, one that could run on 50 or 60 cycles. Used that until the week before our daughter Rachel got married, so about 8 years and 2 military moves. DD> picked up at the bankruptcy auction of a local hotel. It was tall and DD> narrow rather than the short and wide models being sold today. My RH> Beat having no microwace, no matter what shape, tho your choice of RH> cookware was more limited. DD> It would fit a saucer/salad plate but not a dinner plate. Cereal bowls DD> or paper plates were the norm. Still, you had a microwave. I'd be hard pressed to have a kitchen without one now, tho I could manage. DD> brother left a spoon in the cup of coffee he was reheating and it shot DD> sparks clear across the kitchen. Neither of us ever made that mistake DD> again. RH> OOPS! BTW, when we bought the original microwave, we bought some Anchor RH> Hocking hard plastic cookware for it. We're still using one of the RH> original 4 pieces, a small square container with a lid. Very handy for RH> reaheating a wide variety of things. DD> If I'm re-heating I tend to use whatever red-neck Tupperware I used to DD> store the leftovers. And go in 1 minute increments so as not to melt DD> the thin plastic container. And *always* with some manner of cover so DD> as to contain any splatters. We have some plastics that don't go into the microwave, just on G.P. Other containers, no problem--and yes, we cover everything too, but still get occaisional "explosions". RH> frozen ones I had so probably the longest "work" part of making that RH> pot pie was doing the gravy. Just took a while to get it all pulled RH> together but the taste was worth it. DD> I quite like puff pastry - but, like pasta I prefer the store-bought DD> over the home-made. I can (and have) made my own pasta and puff pastry DD> but I'm eighty and prefer to spend my remaining time on more fun DD> things. I've made pasta a few times, more work than worth for the most part. Never used puff pastry tho have eaten it. DD> If I want to be more eabourate I may try this one I saved from one of DD> Taste of Home's Top Ten listings. It calls for store-bought pie DD> crusts. I am perfectly capable of making me own. Store bought crusts don't come in whole wheat; our flour of choice. RH> I debated using potatoes and onions but had enough "fill" with the RH> veggies I had on hand, with a generous amount of chicken and enough RH> gravy to hold it all together. DD> I know the words to that song, too. DD> Lasy night's supper was a 1# chub of Dos Rios pre-cooked taco meat and DD> a 15 oz can of Old El Paso refried beans in the little crockpot. A DD> four ounce can of chooped green chilies stirred in once things heated DD> uo. At suooer time some pre-made flour tortillas, shredded cheese and DD> a shake DD> or two of Cholula - et voila' - supper. No muss, no fuss, minimal Sounds good. We went to a local Mexican place for lunch today. Steve had chicken in a chipotle cream sauce; I had a chicken breast with chorizo topping. Both came with rice & beans, flour tortillas and mine had a small salad also. As usual, from that place, very good. DD> clean up. Heck the dogs pre-washed the crockpot for me. Bv)= Clean as 3 Rivers can get them? C'mere 3 Rivers. (G) --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... ... I categorically deny ever having written a word of this. --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .