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infrogmationKitchen update
I got some new cookwear. A big white enamel-clad Le Creuset pot with lid. At $30 it cost about as much as the rest of the stuff together, but it is a thing of beauty, the monarch of the range top, and a bargin at that sale price. I'd already had an enamel-clad pot for stuff like making big batches of red-beans or jambalaya when I have friends over; that one has given some 20 years of service and seems likely to give much more, but the Le Creuset is clearly much more solidly made. For those who havn't used them, note that you can't use metal utensils on enamelwear; use wood or plastic.
I also got a pair of cheap Mexican enamel-clad steel sauce pans, and a set of Tramontina stainless steel pots & pans with glass lids.
Historic cooking materials pondering
Wondering: Does anyone here use copper cookwear? I occasionally see it at places like World Market, but with tags saying it is for "decorative" use, and that it has a coating you need to strip off if you wish to actually cook with it. I guess it used to be in fairly common use from what I've seen at garage sales and junk shops. I occasionally see old brass pans as well. Anyone ever cooked with brass? Was brass the equivilent of cheap aluminum for the early 20th century, or did it actually have any advantages?
Marching musicians
One more pic from the "Jazz Funeral for Democracy" peace protest last month; I got this in the mail from a friend yesterday:
Shannon Powell, Nita Hemmeter, snare drums; Mikey B., sousaphone, and yours frogly with the slip-horn.
larger vanity pic of me for my fan club
Carnival
Last couple of days of Carnival activities were pretty much rained out. Fortunately we had nice weather Sunday. I went over to my old neighborhood on Napoleon Avenue to catch the daytime parades. I had two friends in King Arthur, and got so many beads I decided not to stick around for the third parade in the row, calling it a day before I was weighed down with more beads than I could walk with.
Mardi Gras Day is supposed to be cool, but clear. Yay!
I got some new cookwear. A big white enamel-clad Le Creuset pot with lid. At $30 it cost about as much as the rest of the stuff together, but it is a thing of beauty, the monarch of the range top, and a bargin at that sale price. I'd already had an enamel-clad pot for stuff like making big batches of red-beans or jambalaya when I have friends over; that one has given some 20 years of service and seems likely to give much more, but the Le Creuset is clearly much more solidly made. For those who havn't used them, note that you can't use metal utensils on enamelwear; use wood or plastic.
I also got a pair of cheap Mexican enamel-clad steel sauce pans, and a set of Tramontina stainless steel pots & pans with glass lids.
Historic cooking materials pondering
Wondering: Does anyone here use copper cookwear? I occasionally see it at places like World Market, but with tags saying it is for "decorative" use, and that it has a coating you need to strip off if you wish to actually cook with it. I guess it used to be in fairly common use from what I've seen at garage sales and junk shops. I occasionally see old brass pans as well. Anyone ever cooked with brass? Was brass the equivilent of cheap aluminum for the early 20th century, or did it actually have any advantages?
Marching musicians
One more pic from the "Jazz Funeral for Democracy" peace protest last month; I got this in the mail from a friend yesterday:
Shannon Powell, Nita Hemmeter, snare drums; Mikey B., sousaphone, and yours frogly with the slip-horn.
larger vanity pic of me for my fan club
Carnival
Last couple of days of Carnival activities were pretty much rained out. Fortunately we had nice weather Sunday. I went over to my old neighborhood on Napoleon Avenue to catch the daytime parades. I had two friends in King Arthur, and got so many beads I decided not to stick around for the third parade in the row, calling it a day before I was weighed down with more beads than I could walk with.
Mardi Gras Day is supposed to be cool, but clear. Yay!
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You know,
Date: 2005-02-02 10:35 pm (UTC)Re: You know,
Date: 2005-02-02 11:03 pm (UTC)I have never before been accused of turning into Charles Nelson Reilly. Should I apply for a regular slot on tv game shows?
Chicago ARKPLE
Date: 2005-02-03 05:05 am (UTC)Re: You know,
Date: 2005-02-03 04:20 pm (UTC)Any recipes for jambalaya you'd like to share?