Jerry Avins wrote:

> Joseph Littleshoes wrote:
> ...
>
> > I have been meaning to post this for some time but never got around
> to
> > it, its more a curiosity than anything else, but i actually spent 50
>
> > dollars on an old book press so as to be abel to make the following
> > recipe. Only later to have it pointed out to me that i could have
> put a
> > brick on a plate to the same effect.
> >
> >
>
> Well, maybe almost the same thing with a weighted plate,

I expressed myself poorly, rereading my post i can see how some one
might think i was comparing the sandwich to a "brick on a plate"

> but think how
> much more elegant the press is! In mind of unusual cooking tools, I
> met
> a steamfitter* who had some pipe fittings connected like a funnel that
>
> allowed him to cook rice and other foods for his lunch.

At my request a metal worker friend fabricated for me a steel box with
a tightly fitted cube of metal to go inside that i can use in my book
press to simulate a "duck press". The only authentic versions of which
i could find were elaborately decorated antique versions costing
hundreds if not thousands of dollars (Sheffield plate vs. pure silver)
it 's great for making a quick pate. Took me a bit of time to get the
metal seasoned but now it works just fine, though i still get the
occasional question about making my own books when people see the old
book press in my kitchen.
--
Joseph Littleshoes