[Magdalen] Medical update (& honestly, getting' a little scary).

[Jay Weigel]

I detest pressure cookers (actually I'm afraid of the damn things) but am
eyeballing an "Instant Pot" which is an electric version of the same thing
that promises to be quicker and without some of the hazards of the stovetop
versions.

On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 12:48 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 5/6/2016 11:43:07 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> michaudme at gmail.com writes:
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> A friend  redid his kitchen (at great expense) a few years ago and I was
> astonished  to discover that, despite the fact that he had loads of room in
> that approx  10' x 20' space, he installed a kitchen range. A range is
> (IMO)
> a  space-saving device, inconvenient, awkward, and  dangerous.
> -M>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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> Funny what can prompt a kitchen redo.  In the mid 1940's  pressure
> cookers (made in nearby Eau Claire, Wis by the Presto Co.) were
> a new phenomenon.  My mother apparently did not read the  instructions
> well, because she was making split pea soup in a pressure cooker when
> the thing exploded (no one in the kitchen), leaving a pea-green  residue
> throughout the kitchen.
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> She decided she liked the pea green color, and redid the kitchen with
> that color scheme.  It was unchanged in color for more than 50  years
> when she died.
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> David Strang.
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