On Fri 29 Jul 2005 11:09:06a, Monsur Fromage du Pollet wrote in
rec.food.cooking:

> Recently I took a look at the old cookie sheet/jellyroll pan that was
> religated to the general purpose cooking sheet...It's appearance
> shocked me...Time for a new one...While browsing the jelly pan aisle it
> occured to me ...smaller pan means less cooked...less cooked means less
> eaten. A true relvalation! So I now have help in limiting food eaten.
>
> Sure I'd been told use smaller plates...but never mentioned was use
> smaller cookware.

The plate thing didn't work for me. After all, there was all that "extra"
food sitting in the kitchen. We use smaller containers and bakeware when
I'm just cooking for two. I try my best to cook only the amount of food we
should be eating.

> I'm gonna celebrate! cod cooked in a foil package for supper tonight.
> Of course on the new smaller pan. Sidedish... mixed brocolli and
> cauliflower with onion and mushroom slices.

How will you cook the cod, apart from the fact that it's in a foil packet?

>
> While in the gizmo aisle I had to buy my mandatory jar opener...This
> one uses a screw-down metal band attached to a handle to aid in lid
> removal...Looks like it will work...if you're patient enough to screw
> the metal band big enough to fit the lid and then screw the band tight
> for lid removal...then screw the band in, for storage.

Just sounds like a lot of screwing to me! :-)



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