On Mar 16, 12:28*pm, Omelet > wrote:
> In article >,
> *sf > wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:14:21 -0600, Omelet >
> > wrote:
>
> > >In article
> > >,
> > > Dan Abel > wrote:
>
> > >> In article >,
>
> > >> Big juice cans worked fine also. *I don't remember what we used 50 years
> > >> ago. *Cut off the top and bottom, add holes with the church key. *Add
> > >> crumpled newspaper and briquets. *Light with a match through the holes. *
> > >> Use a pair of offset pliers to lift the can off when the coals were
> > >> ready.
>
> > >What a cool idea! *How many holes? Just around the edges or what?
>
> > Just put them along the perimeter at the bottom. *You can't make them
> > too close or else you won't have individual holes.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Dad does get canned juices from time to time, so I have them available
> periodically.

Just buy a real one. They are not that expensive:
http://www.cooking.com/products/shpr...ROOGLEBC168831

One time of burning myself because I used a channel lock because I was
too cheap to buy a replacement for the one whose handle had fallen off
taught me.
Those new Webers are nice. They're large and have the extra handle
for easy pouring. I use mine to start both charcoal and wood.

> --
> Peace! Om

--Bryan

On Mar 17, 6:07*pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
> bulka wrote:
> > On Mar 17, 12:23 pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>
> > I'm for sure not going to do without fresh
> >> tomatoes most of the year.
>
> > Um, yes you are. *How fresh *do you figure those things are, flown in
> > from Brazil? *Do you even taste those red things from the supermarket
> > in February?
>
> I buy Uglys from Florida. *Or I used to get those Camparis at
> Costco, they were nice. *Nothing beats fresh out of the garden,
> but there are acceptable substitutes to canned.
>
> nancy

I get grape tomatoes, which are readily available and pretty good
in the winter. They can even be sliced (with caution) and put on
a hamburger.

Cindy Hamilton

Cindy wrote on Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:42:41 -0700 (PDT):

> On Mar 17, 6:07 pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>> bulka wrote:
> >> On Mar 17, 12:23 pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>>
> >> I'm for sure not going to do without fresh
> >>> tomatoes most of the year.
>>
> >> Um, yes you are. How fresh do you figure those things
> >> are, flown in from Brazil? Do you even taste those red
> >> things from the supermarket in February?
>>
>> I buy Uglys from Florida. Or I used to get those Camparis at
>> Costco, they were nice. Nothing beats fresh out of the
>> garden, but there are acceptable substitutes to canned.
>>
>> nancy

> I get grape tomatoes, which are readily available and pretty
> good in the winter. They can even be sliced (with caution)
> and put on a hamburger.

A serrated knife (like a bread knife) is the safest thing in my
experience for all tomatoes unless your knives are razor sharp and even
then!

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Mar 17, 6:07 pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:

>> I buy Uglys from Florida. Or I used to get those Camparis at
>> Costco, they were nice. Nothing beats fresh out of the garden,
>> but there are acceptable substitutes to canned.

> I get grape tomatoes, which are readily available and pretty good
> in the winter. They can even be sliced (with caution) and put on
> a hamburger.

I've done that, too! I know the cardboard tasting winter tomatoes
well, but I think that there has been a lot of progress on that
front since I was younger.

nancy

On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:06:41 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:

> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Mar 17, 6:07 pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>
>>> I buy Uglys from Florida. Or I used to get those Camparis at
>>> Costco, they were nice. Nothing beats fresh out of the garden,
>>> but there are acceptable substitutes to canned.
>
>> I get grape tomatoes, which are readily available and pretty good
>> in the winter. They can even be sliced (with caution) and put on
>> a hamburger.
>
> I've done that, too! I know the cardboard tasting winter tomatoes
> well, but I think that there has been a lot of progress on that
> front since I was younger.
>
> nancy

there seems to be no lack of cruddy tomatoes in the grocery store even in
summer.

your pal,
blake

blake murphy wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:06:41 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> Cindy Hamilton wrote:

>>> I get grape tomatoes, which are readily available and pretty good
>>> in the winter. They can even be sliced (with caution) and put on
>>> a hamburger.
>>
>> I've done that, too! I know the cardboard tasting winter tomatoes
>> well, but I think that there has been a lot of progress on that
>> front since I was younger.

> there seems to be no lack of cruddy tomatoes in the grocery store
> even in summer.

I certainly didn't say there weren't a lot of awful tomatoes in
supermarkets. Just that you can find reasonable alternatives to
them, when years ago (not even that many), you had no choice.
I don't buy many tomatoes in the winter months as it is, but if
I see a nice Ugly tomato, I pay the price.

nancy

On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:01:27 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:

> blake murphy wrote:
>> On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:06:41 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
>>>> I get grape tomatoes, which are readily available and pretty good
>>>> in the winter. They can even be sliced (with caution) and put on
>>>> a hamburger.
>>>
>>> I've done that, too! I know the cardboard tasting winter tomatoes
>>> well, but I think that there has been a lot of progress on that
>>> front since I was younger.
>
>> there seems to be no lack of cruddy tomatoes in the grocery store
>> even in summer.
>
> I certainly didn't say there weren't a lot of awful tomatoes in
> supermarkets. Just that you can find reasonable alternatives to
> them, when years ago (not even that many), you had no choice.
> I don't buy many tomatoes in the winter months as it is, but if
> I see a nice Ugly tomato, I pay the price.
>
> nancy

i'll have to keep a sharper eye for those next time i'm at the store.

your pal,
blake