"Wallace" > wrote in message
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> "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.
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>> 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.
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>> Lights flickering now --- oh, oh.
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> 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.
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> how about a butane burner for such purposes? Or a propane grill?



Thanks everyone. I believe it is the butane burner for me.

Ah, yes. Flickering lights, 24"+ snow, and an overnight low in the single
digits keeps one alert.

That's what I like about the South.
Dee Dee