"Dee Dovey" > wrote in message
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>
> I'm try to determine if there is something like a chafing dish (in that it
> is used a fuel burner/candle-like underneath it to keep food warm), for
> actually warming soups/dals or even braising onions,. In other words,
> something that gets hot enough to boil or braise.
>
> I find myself without electricity twice today; so it is a thought.
> We have a small generator, but it is probably enough for only keeping the
> furnace going, and the refrigerator running, but not both at the same
> time.
>
> Lights flickering now --- oh, oh.


Dee, the answer to your generator load concerns can be found in old episodes
of Green Acres. I trust you a bit more mathematically inclined than Mrs.
Douglas.

how about a butane burner for such purposes? Or a propane grill?