• macarthur_park@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        How you would use one to prepare a tinned cheeseburger I cannot fathom.

        You’d be making the variant known as steamed hams. It’s an Albany expression.

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      6 months ago

      A double boiler, sometimes called a “hot water bath”.

      Basically a container with what you’re cooking inside over the top of a pot of heated water.

      It heats things up evenly and gently.

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      It’s a lower pot that you boil water in with an upper pot that you put the food in. No water gets near the food, it’s meant for applying even, indirect heat