"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> "John Kane" > wrote
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>> On Aug 13, 11:25 pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>>> "James Silverton" > wrote
>>>
>>> > Nancy wrote on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:40:50 -0400:
>>>
>>> > NY> How do you accomplish that? Do you use a special pot? Or
>>> > NY> those little collapsable things? Just put a little water
>>> > NY> into a container and microwave them?
>>>
>>> > NY> Or what.
>>>
>>> > I've used "one of those collapsable things" for 20 years!
>>>
>>> Funny, last time I had one of those was 20 some years ago!
>>> They were all the rage then. I wasn't sure they still made
>>> those anymore or if there was some newfangled thing.
>
>> James, give Nancy back her steamer.
>
> (laugh!) You know that's what I was thinking.
>
> I really appreciate all the ideas, I've read them all. I don't
> know what I'll settle on, it helps to know what youns use.
>
> Or is it y'all? I forget.
>
> nancy
>

Those folding steamers are probably made in China, which means they're
probably made out of cadmium from recycled god-knows-what. It'll leach into
your food. At best, the damned things will corrode and never really look
clean.

Go for the Farberware. Real stainless.