but i happily forgot that evaporated water will COLLECT in a receptable. i ended up with vegetable soup instead of steamed veggies.
ok darn this just looks like i plucked grass out of the gardens and put it into a bowl.
MUCH better. tadah! i never knew how yummy steamed rather than fried-to-death fresh vegetables could taste. michelle you can show this to mum and dad. and that's some other funny herbal tea that i found, it says it'll deal with anything from rheumatism to high blood pressure to headaches to dull eyes to heatiness to polio to dizziness to ringing in the ears to sore throats-- what the hey, i bet it cures hair loss and cancer too. sheeesh.many thanks to eisen for keeping me virtual company while i felt mortified about not knowing how to operate the hot plate and awkward about running into my corridor mates, repeatedly; and to xf for the hint about vegetables! :).