How about this:
An electrical heated kitchen knife to cut just a piece of a frozen p�t�, pie, meatloaf, etc. for the microwave. Especially the ones containing a lot of water and that are just impossible to cut with a regular knife while they're frozen.
Does it already exist?
Since I don't have an intern from NYU and I'm very lazy, I hope someone else will do it for me, so I can buy it soon at the store :-)
Christian
On 30 Sep 2002 02:26:49 -0700, [email] (The Maestro) wrote:
We're "English" we don't eat p�t� or tortiere. Peut-�tre si c'est la jour de St. Jean Baptiste.
And we don`t thaw them out we just suck on them like a popsicle. (Woody Allen line)
:-) :-) :-)
TORTIERE ================== 1 lb. ground pork 1/8 tsp. sage 2 tbsp. finely chopped onion pinch of cloves 1 clove garlic, crushed 1 c. boiling water � tsp. salt 1/8 tsp. celery salt � tsp. pepper 2 med. potatoes, diced Mix all ingredients except potatoes in skillet. Cook till pork is done and � the liquid is gone. Add diced potato. Cover and simmer about 45 min. Mash all together. Put into pastry lined pie tin, add top crust. Brush with egg wash. Bake at 400� for 10 min. then reduce heat to 350� and bake another 20 - 25 min. or till crust is browned.
[email] (TheNewsGuy(Mike)) wrote in message news:...
Is there a word in English for p�t�? I searched in my Random House dictionnary before writing this message and there was an entry for p�t�, and no related real English word for it in the description.
So I guess as usual this one of my many ideas really belongs to Kramer, not Feldman. :-(
Meanwhile, I'm stuck with that damn chicken p�t� in my freezer. I'll make a stop by the Canadian Tire for an electric knife on my way back to work this morning. I have to shop anyway for a Remington 31 to wear over and protect my 400$ earphones this winter (and also to not ear at all the freakin flat bed trucks with their compression breaks):
http://membres.lycos.fr/cfecteau/sider6.jpg http://fog.imageg.net/@v=0212@/graphics/product_images/p583759dt.jpg
Do you think I'll get married this winter? :-) Maybe if I met Victoria in The Opposite...
Christian
The Maestro wrote in article ...
How about "patty" as in hamburger patty -- a small loaf formed of chopped meat. I would not be surprised if the English patty comes from the French p�t�.
Or, for that matter, meat loaf.
If these two are too course for you, how about liver (or chicken or beef) puree?
David (not Anne)
On 30 Sep 2002 22:03:44 -0700, [email] (The Maestro) wrote:
Most English just use the word "pate".
The deli's around here call it "Chopped liver".
If an English shop uses the word "p�t�" with the accents on the word then it will be a lot more expensive there. LOL!!
Like so many fine French things it is the same word in English.
Better explain "Remington 31" - most of our American friends will think it is a rifle. Is it?
[email] (TheNewsGuy(Mike)) wrote in message news:...
Click on the second link in my previous post: it's a pair of earmuffs for shooting. I will walk on the street with this on my head this winter. That's why I don't expect to meet a girl this winter! :)
Christian
I sure someone has tried it before, probably a patent or two out there. but do you even have a clue on how much wattage it would take ? It would still be very slow.
you could use an electric knife that saws, that would operate much quicker, and use much less electricity.
Ice really takes a lot of heat to "quickly melt it" Take a soldering iron, and try to melt a piece of ice, yes you can do it, but boy it is a lot slower than you think it would be.
This reminds me of the patent for heated tires for driving in the snow, and ice, "Totally Worthless" even if it did actually melt "some", it would make driving impossible, as a coat of water on top of ice is very slick indeed
There used to be a funny commercial and in it they reference a person who invented "the electric fork" that "didn't work out" - we never hear why but it is funnier to just imagine it.
How about a hot blade to shave with? "The Maestro" wrote in message news:[email]...