Post by: prairie dog on December 04, 2014, 09:08:22 PM
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/Sells/Rendezvous/005-1.jpg)
The corn boiler on the left will hold 6 cups, the small boiler on the right 3 1/2 cups or one can of beans.
Bob's web site says orders will take eight weeks. Mine took twelve. Bob does nice work but he must be swamped with orders. Be aware and plan ahead if you are thinking of getting something.
Post by: TallTexan on December 04, 2014, 10:40:06 PM
Here's another tip that I learned while a Boy Scout. Rub a thin film of liquid dish soap on the outside of your pot before putting it on a fire. That way the soot from the fire just wipes right off with just a little water.
Post by: Loyalist Dave on December 17, 2014, 07:39:19 AM
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Post by: prairie dog on December 17, 2014, 08:19:16 PM
I used the small boiler at the rendezvous this past weekend to heat a can of black eye peas. (To go with the fired venison backstrap, biscuits, gravy, fried taters and onions we cooked for dinner.) It worked perfectly!
Yes, I did make cotton bags to put each boiler into before nesting them. Keeps everything nice and neat.
Post by: Bison Horn on December 24, 2014, 04:11:52 PM
Post by: prairie dog on December 25, 2014, 11:07:34 PM
Looking forward to Frozen Foot.
Post by: Loyalist Dave on January 16, 2015, 07:47:34 AM
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Post by: prairie dog on January 22, 2015, 12:45:23 PM
They are not as difficult to maintain as it may sound. But you can't treat them the same way you would stainless steel cookware.
I have two nice copper pots I bought used. They need re-tinning and I thought it would be a simple thing to do. I was wrong.
Post by: sse on January 25, 2015, 09:14:47 AM
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They need re-tinning and I thought it would be a simple thing to do. I was wrong.Is this a DIY project? I think I've heard of a having it done...
Post by: prairie dog on January 25, 2015, 11:49:04 AM
These are the two pots. They are in good condition other than having some tin scrubbed off in an overzealous cleaning by a previous owner.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/Sells/DSCF1518.jpg)
I would be interested in trading them if anyone knows how to re-tin or has a use for them as is.
Post by: Loyalist Dave on February 22, 2015, 11:15:50 AM
Copper pots and brass pots are tinned these days for marketing to modern buyers...it is not necessary.
Perhaps you've heard, "Cooking in copper that is untinned will make you sick." Perhaps you've heard it this way, "Cooking acid-foods in copper will make you sick." A lot of people have heard either or both, and so the copper smiths have to tin their copper or brass kettles.
BUT...Apple Butter is highly acidic, and it is ALWAYS made in untinned copper kettles, so why doesn't that kill all those people who buy apple butter at the craft fair? Beer is brewed in copper vessels....then there's distillation in copper stills, and when you get rid of the methanol from the distilling, folks aren't still poisoned by the use of the copper...
The truth is...it's not the copper that is toxic. When copper tarnishes it forms verdigris, a green colored tarnish, that is made up of one or more these: copper carbonate, copper chloride, or copper (II) acetate. Those compounds are what make you sick, not the copper coming into contact with the food. So you will find that copper kettles for beer, or for apple butter, or for distilling, are very clean and bright...no verdigris = no worries. So don't leave coffee, tea, lemonade, pickled anything (vinegar is very quick to form verdigris), tomato sauce, or apple butter , in contact with the copper overnight and you won't get verdigris forming, and you won't get sick.
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Post by: Three Hawks on April 26, 2015, 09:08:48 AM
If you get something burned on or in a pot or pan, try wiping it off with acetone or coleman fuel.
Three Hawks
Post by: Loyalist Dave on June 23, 2015, 07:21:45 PM
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