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> On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 13:10:32 -0500, "Dee Dovey" >
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>>"Chemiker" > wrote in message
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>>> On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 11:35:57 -0500, "Dee Dovey" >
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>>>>> On Sat, 6 Feb 2010 17:50:40 -0500, "Dee Dovey" >
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>>Thanks again, Alex.
>>DH's cousin moved recently from Virginia - originally from CT - to the
>>Houston area and they "really" like it.
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>>As I am re-heating yesterday's nice cabbage soup, I can visualize heating
>>it
>>on my new burner!
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>>Dee
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> Great. Two OK brands are Iwatani and Wang Globalnet, the former made
> in Japan (but Iwatani butane cylinders are made in Korea) and the
> latter made in Korea (imagine that). They both use the same cylinders,
> available in 3/4-packs. Except for cosmetics, they are identical. I
> looked at Amazon and I see you've found the right ones. Better to do a
> hands-on, though, as some are *very* lightly constructed and
> susceptible to dents and dings in shipment. Such damage can make
> proper insertion and lockup of the cylinders impossible or, worse yet,
> possible but dangerous.
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> The two brands I mentioned are among the more robust units. Iwatani is
> imported by Jaccard out of Orchard Park, NY, and Wang is all over the
> place.
>
> Have fun with your cabbage soup. I'm getting ready to make a pot
> myself, with lamb and tomato - a legacy dish that's nominally
> Hungarian (I suspect it's Croat!)
>
> Alex, who points out you CAN make a pot of cabbage soup on one of
> these butane-fired puppies. If you can get a deal on 2, you have a
> 2-burner portable kitchen. Who could ask for more?


Thanks again. I printed out your information for my next shopping trip.
Dee Dee