I don't have the lid on tight either, but somehow I just miss the point to stop it going over. I am usually filling the kettle, concentrating on another pan, setting the places for eating the meal etc etc. I am watchful, but seems at the wrong time - or perhaps it is the problem with multi-tasking!!!!! Liz -----Original Message----- From: Sue [mailto:trivvie@btinternet.com] Sent: 24 May 2006 19:03 To: GEN-TRIVIA-ENG-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TRIVVIES] Hob Cleaning We very rarely have pasta or rice boil over Howard --- we don't have the lid on all that tight - & only have it sat on a medium gas heat --- maybe that's the answer ... Or we're just very watchful ... Sue Thinking - this mail aint half tempting fate .. :-))) ... Liz, It's one of the laws of Dear Mother Nature. No matter how watchful you are, it is NOT possible to boil pasta - or rice - without it boiling over! As for cleaning the burnt result off a ceramic or glass hob... Bron has a gadget with a razor blade in it and she pushes this at the mess to 'slice' it off. Howie ==== GEN-TRIVIA-ENG Mailing List ==== RANDOM TAGLINE - GEN-TRIVIA-ENG - MAILING LIST Keep up to date with the current Rules for this List at - www.trivvies.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.7.0/346 - Release Date: 23/05/2006

We boil a kettle full of boiling water first - and then put it in the saucepan ... After it's reboiled - we add the pasta - and at this point - lower the light to a fairly fast simmer ... BTW - did Peter get the "leaning-engine" .. ? ..... Sue I don't have the lid on tight either, but somehow I just miss the point to stop it going over. I am usually filling the kettle, concentrating on another pan, setting the places for eating the meal etc etc. I am watchful, but seems at the wrong time - or perhaps it is the problem with multi-tasking!!!!! Liz