"pavane" > wrote in message
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> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>> "notbob" > wrote in message
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>>> On 2012-03-01, jmcquown > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Um... a salamander isn't a hand tool.
>>>
>>> Um... yeah, it is:
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>>> http://tinyurl.com/85be72j
>>>
>>> nb
>>>
>>>
>> Sorry, but I can't tell by looking at that what the heck you'd do with
>> it.
>
> Pretty tough, Jill. You might actually have to get onto the Internet
> to do a google search and find out.
>
GEE! Where did you think I got that link I posted that you *conveniently*
deleted, pavane?

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grilling#Salamander
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>
> "Modern electric or gas salamanders take their name from the
> earlier salamander, an iron disc on a handle which is heated and
> placed over a dish to brown it, which in turn is named after the
> legendary salamander, an amphibian that was mythically
> believed to be immune to fire."
>
> pavane
>
Sorry, it looks like a branding iron to me. I wouldn't find it could take
the place of a toaster oven. Maybe he'd like to start chopping wood and
cooking on a wood stove, too.

Jill