Рецепт Camping with Corningware - 4 cup Stove Top Percolator (P-124)
I love to camp and fish. Not necessarily both at the same time (cause fishing can happen at any time), though I am not opposed to it (As was evident when I took off to the snake river for a week). I am not, however, a big fan of the usual "camp" coffee. Nope. I usually grab my French press and pack it extremely carefully, or my stainless steel Moka Pot, or my Nepolitano or some other variation of coffee extraction. It's not just me... My dad has this awesome Coleman Drip Coffee Maker that sits on the burner of a Coleman and literally functions like an Auto-Drip, sans electricity. Which, to me, is just about the niftiest coffee brewing gizmo I have seen since the Handpresso hand pump espresso machine.
Let's face it, I am just not a Percolator fan. I'm Sorry... I keep trying, but I just don't like perked coffee.
This is where the insanity irony comes in. Yesterday, I rescued YET another Percolator from the Thrift Store. (It looked SO depressed sitting on the shelf and being ignored by everybody) It's the very small, and if I may say it, very cute, 4 cup P-124. It's so tiny! The best part, though, is that it has the pyroceram spout on it, like the teapots, and not the chrome one. This means that it was never part of the recall because the handle is "clamped" on instead of being epoxy'ed.
It looked OK, from the "front" side, but turn it around and it appears that someone has used it for camping, cause it's burnt up the sides and all over the bottom.
It IS an excellent size for camping, I must admit, but tsk tsk. Obviously someone was in desperate need of morning caffeination, cause the flame on this was WAY too high.
It had some coffee staining on the inside, but I have seen a lot worse on other pots I have rescued.
Luckily, a little Barkeepers friend cleaned everything up like a charm.
Now, this beautiful pot is going to be repurposed. And while I am not a big fan of percolated coffee....
I will simply store the perking siphon in a box somewhere, although it really is cool the way the lid clamps onto it.
Because this 4 cup Percolator (P-124) is the PERFECT size for making Hot Chocolate (not hot cocoa).... The glass perk knob simply twists, and can be removed, leaving the perfect size hole to insert a moulinet (molinillo).......
and make some deliciously rich, frothy and satisfying Hot Chocolate.
Simply remove the molinillo (moulinet) and replace the glass knob to serve. And what is the best time to serve hot chocolate? Around the campfire...! So I guess this little dude is still going to be roughing it in the wilderness from time to time. I promise to keep the flames on the low side.
Where is your Corningware??