On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:21:21 -0500, zxcvbob >
wrote:

>I have an old pasta cooker with a lift-out strainer. Thin aluminum
>thing. It works a lot better as a tamale steamer than it does as a
>pasta pot, except the bottom of the insert is too close to the bottom
>so I have to watch it really close to keep it from boiling dry.
>
>It makes an even better strainer (there's a technical term for it but
>I don't remember it) when I'm done mashing the malt and getting ready
>to boil it to start brewing beer.

Good for you Bob! That's multi-purposing.

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I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.