"DreadfulBitch" > wrote in message
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> On 1/4/2014 2:47 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>
>>> They make pasta pots that have strainers built into the lid. The lid
>>> "locks down" so when you're ready to drain the pasta it won't fall
>>> off.
>>
>> I had two such. Mine did not work.
>
> I have to ask... How can those pots *not* work? And you had *2* that
> didn't work?

I can't remember the particulars of the first one. Although I do think the
holes were such that when I used it for spaghetti, the spaghetti was thin
enough to slip out as it drained. And you had to cook the pasta with the
lid on so you couldn't tell when it was done. I don't think you could remove
the lid as it cooked.I tried to use it a couple of times and it rusted.

When I complained of this to someone, they misunderstood and thought I
wanted a second one. This was one of those As Seen On TV products and they
claimed to have improved it. So I tried the new one. The lid got stuck on
it. As in could not be removed unless perhaps I had some sort or power tool
that I did not own. Plus it was a crappy pot. Not really big enough IMO
for a pasta pot and made of really thin material. I had no trouble lifting
it while full. Just getting the lid off.

Now there could be others that are different. But this was a design I did
not like.

On 1/4/2014 11:05 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> Psycho lady is truly offended that you won't go there just to appease
> her suggestion.
>
> I couldn't give a rat's ass about going there either.
>
> -sw


Too many Mayo-covered sammiches to photo?

On 1/4/2014 10:04 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> [Pee Wee Herman Voice] I know you are but what am I?
>
> -sw

Suits you too...

zxcvbob wrote:
> SWSRN bought some dishtowels there. (I know this from the labels.) I
> have no idea how they managed to make 100% cotton cloth so nonabsorbent.
> Even after a couple of machine washings to remove all the sizing they
> are totally useless -- except maybe to look pretty hanging in the kitchen.
>
> Bob

Oh no! The ribbed Sur la Table towels were the only absorbent ones that
I found a few years ago. Of course, I didn't want to spend the money to
get more, and now you say this. :-(

--
Jean B.