Subj : I cover everything.                                      [1]
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Mon Apr 15 2024 11:55:26

Hi Dave,

 RH> Depending on time of day for the meal, if I'm eating by myself or in
 RH> the living room (watching the news), I usually want a plate as it's
 RH> easier to hold than a hot pie pan.  Also, no dogs around to clean up
 RH> the remains.

 DD> I am almost always eating by myself as Dennis' and my mealtimes seldom
 DD> coincide. I don't watch the glass teat unless there is a Formula One
 DD> race on oneof the broadcast channels. Usually I'm in front of the desk
 DD> holding my confuser set-up, banging in recipes, doing r-mail or
 DD> reading news feeds and looking up arcane or ambiguous references on my
 DD> Bing search engine.

Steve eats at his computer desk sometimes. Since my net book sits in my
lap, I can't put a plate or bowl there at the same time. I'll grab a
tray to set the food on, on a side table if I need to use the computer
during one of those meal times.


 DD> So I've usually let five or more minutes elapse between the ending
 DD> chime for the cookig cycle and the opening of the door. The plate is
 DD> usually
 DD> too hot to handle comfortably but the pot pie may be easily picked up
 DD> by spanning the top to use the rim. I carry it yo my confuser desk and
 DD> chow down as I pursue wharever I'm working on.


 DD> Oh, I do. If I'm feeling "sporty" I'll pierce the tater on one end,
 DD> then on the opposite size on the other end. Sometimes it causes the
 DD> potato to spi like a top from the escaping steam.

 RH> Fun, if you've got the time to watch it. I'm usually doing something
 RH> else for the meal at the same time.

 DD> I don't do it often. And sometimes I'll make "regular" potatoes, like
 DD> for potato salad by poeeling and dicing the spuds and putting them in
 DD> a shallow bowl w/water and covering the bowl with a plate or saucer to
 DD> steam the potatoes in the nuker.

I usually stove top cook the potatoes for salad, and yes, I also cut
them up beforehand. Peeling is optional, depending on what kind of
potatoes I'm using--russets get peeled but yukon gold and red don't.

 DD> It's one of the very few complex things I cook in the microwave. I
 DD> don't count "steam in bag" veggies or similar as cooking, just hotting
 DD> up.

 RH> I think ours gets used mostly for rewarming tho I know Steve likes to
 RH> do "baked" apples from time to time.

 DD> I've never done baled apples except in a pie or cake. O prefer to
 DD> "tooth" of a fresh Cosmic Crisp or Pink Lady to the soft mushiness of
 DD> baked.

I'll go either way. We discovered Empires when we came back from Germany
in 1992, still a favorite of ours. I also use a lot of Honeycrisps in
different things, both raw and cooked.


 DD>   Place potato on microwave-safe plate and microwave 7

 RH> A paper towel works just as well, especially if you use the plain white
 RH> ones.

 DD> Or, for that matter, since it's just a washed, clean potato - the tray
 DD> without a diaper.  Bv)=

True.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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