SC - diffuser, was Cooking Frumenty

[Jeff Botkins]

Actually, I myself have 2 kinds of diffusers...
One's basically the bent and shaped "wire" as described, which is used
for Electric ranges (generally) and the other is the kind that's a 2
layer, 1/2" think sort of deal with the holes, which I use for open
flame...

I've never used a coat hanger, tho, and I can see the point about the
toxicity...
I picked up the little copper wire ones for lik $.50 or so...

Just my 2 pence...

Jeff

Micaylah wrote:
> 
> Allison said...
>  Bend an unpainted wire coathanger into a
> >four-armed star shape, and you've got one that's pretty close.  It just
> >needs to keep the bottom of the pot from direct contact with the heat
> >source.  The heat areas on my ceramic top are much hotter that regular
> >electric coils--can't get a low simmer, much less a
> >hot-but-not-even-bubbling-at-the-edges.  I'll have to find that diffuser.
> 
> Allison I have to disagree with you here.  A bent coat hanger is not, IMO,
> a heat diffuser. Doesn't even come close. Perhaps a trivet of sorts.
> Further, the coating used on even unpainted coat hangers, is quite toxic
> (speaking from experience).  At any rate, the general description that
> everyone seems to have is pretty par for the course. Mine is about 1/2"
> high, very similar to two pie plates facing each other, with holes poked in
> it. It is about 50 years old and made of some sturdy metal that can
> withstand really really large full pots. Now if I could just find another
> couple or so like it!!
> 
> Micaylah
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