On Tue, 5 Aug 2014 14:33:10 -0700 (PDT), Michael Nielsen
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>On Tuesday, August 5, 2014 1:45:11 AM UTC+2, Brooklyn1 wrote:
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>> For a stew (anything liquidy) can slide the pot part way off the
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>> flame.
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>My MIL would never agree to that. if the flame goes outside the base of the pot, she said the pot will break.

No accounting for MILs...