On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 16:38:44 -0600, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:

Larry Jaques fired this volley in
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I boil water or bring a meal to temp. What's to simmer?

My stainless steel camping percolator. It likes a barely turnin'-over
percolation rate to get good coffee AND not boil over with a full pot.

You BOIL COFFEE, you heathen bastid? No wonder your karma is bad.
A sane man does NOT perc coffee, he drips it.


That two-step knob just won't give a good rate.

I have continuously variable flame capability in mine, just like a
propane torch. I just can't figure a reason to simmer anything during
a power outage.

--
Make the best use of what is in your power,
and take the rest as it happens.
-- Epictetus