Do you have the sticker that tells you not to use the drain rack as a
griddle? If you have the sticker, then you once had the drainer/one-use
griddle.

By the way, while we are on the subject, I remain surprised that
Westfalia didn't make the drain rack out of better/thicker/non-stick
coated material such that it *could* be used both as a drain rack and as
a cooking utensil. That would have been really smart.

Developing business and guiding change since 1996,

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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of David Brodbeck
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 2:18 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Stove grate

On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Doug Alcock wrote:

> The Canadian Westies don't have the dish drainer --- apparently our
gov't
> thinks we would use it as a griddle (doubtlessly for back bacon) and
wants
> to save us from ourselves.  ;-)

Hmm...interesting.  As far as I know my van is a U.S. model, but because
title history laws didn't really kick in until 1983 I don't have a full
history on it.  It has an MPH speedometer and everything, though.

Maybe my dish drainer has just been removed by someone, somewhere along
the line.  (Perhaps after trying to use it as a griddle. ;) )

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