blake wrote on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:10:59 GMT:

??>> "KevinS" > wrote
??>>
??>>> On Aug 13, 6:40?pm, Nancy Young wrote:
??>>>
??>>>> How do you accomplish that? [steam vegetables].
??>>>
??>>> I have an old, small Farberware pot with a lid and a
??>>> perforated insert. Think of a pasta pot with a strainer
??>>> insert only much smaller. I've had the Farberware
??>>> pot for a long time but don't remember buying it.
??>>
??>> Thanks for all the answers, everyone. Very interesting.
??>> I'm thinking of picking up something, perhaps I'll get the
??>> collapsible thing. Normally I use the microwave. I have
??>> a double boiler insert, I always wished it was a steamer
??>> insert.
??>>
??>> nancy
??>>
bm> i don't often steam stuff, but the collapsible doodad works
bm> fine for me. they're pretty cheap, so if you don't like it
bm> you're not out much.

In case anyone thought so, I was not being sarcastic when I
repeated "one of those collapsible things". Does the thing have
a real "official" name? It is a long time since it was bought.


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
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