Pico 32002 Stainless Steel Asparagus Steamer w/Removable Steamer Basket

Description

Up for your consideration is a stainless steel asparagus steamer made by the PICO Corporation that specializes in sturdy stainless steel kitchen items, and they are most known for their stainless steel lunch boxes with brightly colored painted steel lids on them. This specialty item is great for the chef in your home as it is designed for steaming asparagus upright in it's accompanying steaming basket that fits inside the steamer, and lifts out of it when asparagus is done steaming in it. The stainless steel steaming basket is made from medium gage wire that is sturdy enough to hold several pounds of asparagus at a time in it.
This item is a specialty item as it is designed for cooking asparagus upright in it, and I suppose, carrots, turnips, and other stalk vegetables that would do well steamed in an upright position too. If you don't have one you're probably boiling your your asparagus in a pot of boiling water, and when you choose this method you are boiling all the essential vitamins and minerals out of your asparagus. Steaming vegetables, especially upright, where steam can whirl 360 degrees around your asparagus allows you to achieve that 'tender crisp' sensation when you bite into a piece of fresh steamed asparagus knowing all the essential vitamins and minerals have not boiled out of your favorite vegetables. Timing? That's up to you as this steamer won't be too time saving but; who cares if your getting the essential vitamins and minerals in your vegetables that you deserve.
To operate this asparagus steamer 1) simply fill the 2.5 quart pot almost full with fresh cold tap water, 2) place your bundle of asparagus, spears upright, into the steaming wire basket, 3) put the lid on the pot and bring the water to a rushing boil inside the pot, 4) grasp the handle on the wire basket lift it up off the kitchen counter and drop it into the pot of fresh boiling tap water in the pot, 5) steam for five to ten minutes or until the asparagus in the pot reaches the doneness you prefer, 6) lift the basket out of the pot of boiling water and place in the kitchen sink, and 7) spill your asparagus spears into a vegetable bowl, season, and serve tableside. Pretty simple right?
So, for the chef that has everything why not add another specialty item, like the asparagus steamer in this listing, to her/his entourage of appliances. If you cook exclusively with stainless steel cookware this gadget will be a perfect match to your set. If you like colored cookware and you have stainless steel appliances like a micro wave oven, stove & refrigerator again, a perfect match. Besides the pot having a highly polished stainless outer covering the handles on the lid and either side of the pot are hollow core handles, that won't get too hot while your asparagus is steaming, and you won't burn Grandma's pot holders either.
The pot measures 10 1/2" tall X 9" from handle to handle X 5 3/4" in diameter across the opening at the top. The wire steaming basket, that fits inside the pot, is slightly smaller to fit nicely and securely inside the pot for maximum 360 degree steaming of all your favorite stalk vegetables. This item is in 'near-mint' condition absolutely clean inside, and there are just a few surface scratches on the outside of it, no worries, they are barely noticeable to the naked eye. This item can be used on a gas, electric, and because it holds a magnet, on an induction stove too.
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This would make a Father's Day gift if the man of the house does most of your cooking.