[Sca-cooks] Gytha's Cooking Safety Tip of the Day:

[Jim Fox-Davis]

Important safety tip.  Thanks for the help, Gytha!  <grin>  (I slipped
into Ghostbusters, but I'm back now) I'm glad everything's all right.  I
have to admit, though, that, when I'm in a hurry to do something, I
-don't- think about what metals our pots are.

Selene dearest, do we even -have- a double boiler?

Jared the easily confused 'cause he's autocratting tomorrow.

Erika Thomenius wrote:

>
> Never, ever use 2 pots of differing metals when jerry-rigging a
> double-boiler.  A small explosion may result.
>
> -Gytha "Facial scalds suck" Karlsdotter
>
> (To sum up:  I put an aluminum pot on top of a steel pot to make rarebit.
> The aluminum expanded faster than the steel, formed a seal, and exploded
> when the pressure built up.  Aside from some minor steam burns, I'm
> ok, the
> pot's ok, everybody's ok, but I got a hell of a scare.  And I'll be
> picking
> cheddar out of the cabinetry for years.)
>