

| Subject: | Re: westy cookware |
| From: | Jason Willenbrock |
| Date: | Sun, 27 Aug 2000 22:25:54 EDT |
well, right now i am actually in a busy cooking environment. i cook at a very well known and busy restaurant in manhattan and another restaurant as a second job in new jesrsey. i do both of these to support my main focus which is being a student at the culinary Institute of america in hyde park new york. i am close to graduation and looking to line a job up in spain near the pyranees mts. i hear there is some killer snowboarding there which, when i am not cooking you can find me doing that, if weather permits. funny how one passion supports the next. if only i could find one that could support my vans. jason 82 westy 90 gl >From: "Mark Dorm" <mark_hb@hotmail.com> >To: pooncerelli@hotmail.com >Subject: Re: westy cookware >Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 17:54:03 PDT > >Were do you cook??? > > >>From: "Jason Willenbrock" <pooncerelli@hotmail.com> >>To: mark_hb@hotmail.com >>Subject: Re: westy cookware >>Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 20:49:41 EDT >> >>wow, induction burner in a westy! i never thought that would ever happen. >> i need to research this but if it is possible and you are willing to >>fork out the green, i would defintely go for it. induction heating is the >>wave of the future. i have worked on them before and they are amazing, >>and safe which is ideal when cooking in your van. i am not sure if all >>clad is induction ready i have ever tried mine on one. i think it would >>be safe to say that they are not b/c they would cost a hell of a lot more >>then they already do. do your homework and let me know about this i am >>very curious. let me know if you have any other cooking questions, this >>is one area i feel is neglected on the list. >>good luck >>jason >> >> >>>From: "Mark Dorm" <mark_hb@hotmail.com> >>>To: pooncerelli@hotmail.com >>>Subject: Re: westy cookware >>>Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 17:39:39 PDT >>> >>>Do you like Silga? www.silga.it - their technika line is imported here >>>under the Rosle label - and what about www.paderno.it (not to be confused >>>with the same name from out of canada, a different line of cookware....) >>>--- and what about induction burners --- cooktek.com has a unit that >>>might be able to go into the westy... and they sell pots/pans for >>>induction burners - and some of the paderno is induction ready.... All >>>Clad is or isn't - I forget... I think their lids bend too easily - and I >>>don't like the shape of their handles.. --- i think the cooktek unit >>>needs a 14 amp line ... I forget - I'd have to search old email in >>>another account... but I was always going to ask someone if that would >>>work in the vanagon... >>> >>> >>>>From: Jason Willenbrock <pooncerelli@hotmail.com> >>>> >>>>hey chris, >>>>i cook for a living and also love to cook in my bus. so when it comes >>>>to >>>>cookware i go all out. you're right in saying "no aluminum". aluminum >>>>not >>>>only sucks for heating purposes it can make your food taste funny, (also >>>>can >>>>turn green veg to an ugly army green color instead of bright green b/c >>>>the >>>>veg reacts with the aluminum-just a side note) anyways, when cooking in >>>>my >>>>bus i prefer the use of an 8" All Clad skillet for sauteeing and 2 qt >>>>All >>>>Clad pot for damn near everything else. now, these being completing >>>>stainless steel they can be a bit pricey. imho they are the most >>>>durable, >>>>best retention of heat, and easiest to clean. however, i cook rather >>>>extravegantly on the road. maybe your needs are simple. this being the >>>>case, pick yourself up a nice durable stainless steel 2 qt pot and 8" >>>>skillet and you should be set. they store very easily, cook side by >>>>side >>>>without knocking each other, and they will clean easily in the westie >>>>sink. >>>>while you are purousing your FLKSS look for a nice stainless steel >>>>kettle >>>>for you're tea. good luck and bon app�tit! >>>>jason >>>>82 westy >>>>90 gl >>>> >>>> >>>>>From: Chris Paquette <cp@ix.netcom.com> >>>>>Reply-To: Chris Paquette <cp@ix.netcom.com> >>>>>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >>>>>Subject: Westy Cookware >>>>>Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 23:32:32 -0700 >>>>> >>>>>Greetings: >>>>> >>>>>I recently returned from a week of camping in Big Sur, using the '88 >>>>>Westy >>>>>as a tent, riverside (sublime). We cooked a couple of nights (or at >>>>>least >>>>>reheated) and to do this I had brought a raggle-taggle pair of pans >>>>>which I >>>>>use every day to cook with at home. I decided that I would like a set >>>>>of >>>>>cookware to keep permanently in the bus. >>>>> >>>>>Any recommendations? My only criterion is that it should not be >>>>>aluminum. I >>>>>was down at the local Adventure 16 and didn't see too many choices. I >>>>>guess >>>>>the set should "nest" due to space considerations, but I'm not glued to >>>>>that >>>>>idea. I'd appreciate any thoughts or experiences. >>>>> >>>>>I'm also after a nice, non-aluminum kettle to boil tea water in (I'm >>>>>not a >>>>>coffee drinker). >>>>> >>>>>Chris >>>>>'88 Westy, "Rocinante" >>>>>Culver City, CA >>>> >>>>_________________________________________________________________________ >>>>Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at >>>>http://www.hotmail.com. >>>> >>>>Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at >>>>http://profiles.msn.com. >>> >> > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
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