Hmmm.....interesting.  You really should try a steamer. They say it´s one of the healthiest cooking methods.  As for your boiling veggies...don´t you use the water left over from cooking? It is great for making broths.

I never deep fry anything, but I do stir fry often.  Stir frying is sort of a combination of sauteing and steaming.  The fire is only on under the food for a minute or so.  The rest of cooking is done by steam.

FWIW.....my frying pans are cast iron...and one is stainless steel.  I avoid teflon as I have read it leaks into the food.  If one seasons cast iron properly, they are the perfect none stick cooking pans. I have the one stainless steel for foods that are acidic and not to be cooked in cast iron.

I have one stainless steel pressure cooker,  a combination steamer sauce pan..(sort of like a double boiler but one pan has holes in it)a few staineless steel pans and the rest cast iron.  My favorite is my cast iron Dutch Oven  (I have two, one small for grains like barley or rice, and a large one). Sometimes I steam someting then glaze it in a frying pan.

I hardly ever use the oven as it heats up the kitchen too much.  The Dutch Ovens  function like an oven.  I also have a nice tajine to cook in, but only use it a few times a month as the cooking time is long............but so tasty!

No insult to Trudy in calling them Dutch Ovens, but that is what they are called here.

Well that was certainly a nice diversion....they sure have a lot of double boilers!......but do you use them?

I like to support local economy, so I try to make my purchases from local merchants.  I am not adverse to online shopping if things I want or need are not available locally.  I dd find one in a local shop, but now I have to bring it back because it has a serious dent in the bottom part....sigh....should have opened it before leaving the shop.

What may not seem beautiful to you now, were you not able to perform the functions yourself, would seem the most beautiful and precious thing in the world............

Something to think about. Thanks....I actually saw that on 6o minutes when it first came out.  They do have fabulous social services.

Well, I don´t know about the other things you have been called...but from your own testimony....given the proper circumstance, you would be a bear killer.

....ah...so you are not hyvan at all, but rather a romantic sentimentalist....the more earthy realities of life put you off?

Interesting....how do you cook? No steamer, no double boiler....what do you cook in? You say regular pot, what is a regular pot? What materials are your regular pots made out of?

The beauty of a double boiler is that things don´t burn or get scorched in them. The heat is even and things cook slowly and evenly. Of course, it is possible to boil all the water out of the bottom pot, which is a good way to ruin the pot.

Do you have any favorite kitchen cooking tools?  You know, things you have to have?

Don´t be silly, it was amazing! The mother elephant displayed so much delicacy and knowledge in the way she used her hoof and trunk to revive the baby. Another thing I noticed is the fact that the baby was in the breech birth position.  I wonder if that´s normal for elephant birth?

I use a double boiler, but mine wore out so I had to buy a new one.  In my search for a new one, I  found they are not common in shops.

A double boiler is an essential kitchen tool for me. How about you?

FWIW...I do not have a microwave.  They are very popular, but the way the cook leaves much to be desired in my opinion.

Quoting foka

Black bears are often considered among the most dangerous animals in North America, depicted down the years as ferocious predators threatening to man.

But, says one man, that perception could not be further from the truth.

For 43 years, Professor Lynn Rogers has studied wild bears, walking and playing with them, gaining amazing insights into their behaviour.

His studies reveal the bears as peaceful, playful creatures, which even hum when they are content.

The new understanding of wild black bear (Ursus americanus) behaviour unveiled by Prof Roger´s research is depicted by the BBC natural history programme Natural World: "Bearwalker of the Northwoods".

For the first half of my life, I struggled to control my fear of bears. But bears like June have taught me that they are not the ferocious animals we once thought Professor Lynn Rogers

As part of the programme, the BBC film crew working with Prof Rogers recorded wild black bears mating for the first time.

When the male bear mounts the female, his body shakes in a behaviour that Prof Rogers calls "fluttering".

Contrary to popular opinion, mating bears aren´t particularly dangerous.

In all his years observing the black bears, he has never been threatened by a black bear that is attempting to attract or mate with another ........

 

rest you could read in here http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8320000/8320414.stm

What a wonderful article Foka...thanks.  I suspect it has more to do with the professor´s attitude.  In the video he seemed to have a healthy respect for the mother bear.