blackhead said...

> On 17 Apr, 16:50, Andy <q> wrote:
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>> > blackhead > wrote:
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>> >> Using a steamer will be more flexible, but at the very least I want
it
>> >> to:
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>> >> 1. Have a knob that controls the amount of power used to heat the
>> >> water since there is a minimum amount required that will boil the
>> >> water and there is no need to go over this.
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>> >> 2. Must be able to take a small amount of water, say 1/16 cup full.
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>> >> other hand, a steamer for a gas/electric hob satisfies 1. and 2.
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>> >> but will an electric steamer? Looking through the Argos catalogue the
>> >> electric steamers don't seem to satisfy any of the requirements 1, 2
>> >> above and so a hob steamer is my only option.
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>> > I would assume that an electric steamer will have a thermostat, thus
>> > only using enough energy to bring the water to a boil and then cycling
>> > to maintain it. *In other words, no need for a manual control.
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>> > As for requirement 2, I have no idea.
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>> > Bill Ranck
>> > Blacksburg, Va.
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>> LOL! One tablespoon of water?!? That's gonna be a mighty tiny steamer. I
>> don't imagine you'll be able to steam anything substantial in it. Maybe
>> wilt paper!
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> One tablespoon got me worried. It's more like 15 for what I want which
> is more like 1/3 rather than 1/16 a cup that I said wrongly before.


How exactly is 15 tablespoons equal to 1/3 cup?!?

And why didn't you just up it to 16 tablespoons and make it a cup?

If you're customarily using metric measurements there are conversion tables
everywhere on the web, before throwing out such ridiculously wrong numbers,
twice!

You're trolling, with way below average math skills to boot!

Andy