a curse upon the bloodline
Mar. 12th, 2026 10:33 amEvery time my mother steams something she boils the pot dry--
--look I know this sounds like the beginning of a recipe blog but it's important context. anyway--
--boils the pot dry, using Farberware aluminum-clad pots on an electric coil stove, with ill effects ranging from "it's fine" to "the vegetables are mushy and the pot's a little scorched but it's nothing you can't recover from."
So you can see why I thought this would not go the way it did. ( Read more... )
--look I know this sounds like the beginning of a recipe blog but it's important context. anyway--
--boils the pot dry, using Farberware aluminum-clad pots on an electric coil stove, with ill effects ranging from "it's fine" to "the vegetables are mushy and the pot's a little scorched but it's nothing you can't recover from."
So you can see why I thought this would not go the way it did. ( Read more... )