[R-390] Fowler

[Barry Hauser]

Hi Mark ...

Now I remember, Lums.  I get it confused with a wurst restaurant, one of 
which (maybe the only one) was on street level of the Pan Am, now 
MetLife Building in NY.  They had bloodwurst, bratwrust, thiswurst, 
thatwurst, and franks, and maybe some kielbasa.  And all kinds of beer.

BTW -- I vote for Dinkelacher (sp?) -- last time I had a frosty one was 
at the World's Fair in NY - - when I was in college.  Actually I think 
that's where Lums first turned up.

Figures you'd go to the trouble of using a variac and an ammeter -- and 
thereby the die was cast -- which destined you to become an R-390 man.

That all gives me an idea of what to do with an otherwise unrestorable 
R-390x or other boatanchor.  Use the chassis -- put a variac behind the 
KC knob/shaft, a mechanical timer on the MC.  Rig a vernier drive on the 
KC to variac.  Put some rails on top with spikes and a hatch.  The 
meters will be missing, so install suitable voltmeter and ammeter.  
There will be plenty of room left over, so install a beer tap setup with 
hose running out the back to the keg of suitable brew.

Once fully tricked out that way, should fetch a few G's on the E.

Barry (H)


Mark Donaldson wrote:
> I belive the resturant in question was Lums. In
> college we used the high tech method a, nail inserted
> into each end of the hot dog with line cord soldered
> onto each nail and the line cord plugged into a variac
> with an ammeter on the variac so the current through
> the dog could be precisely controlled for optimal
> results.
>
> Mark WA1QHQ
>
> --- Barry Hauser <barry at hausernet.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Back in the 70's, we had one of those hot dog
>> cookers that consisted of 
>> a heat resistant plastic box with a clear lid, two
>> pot metal rails with 
>> five spikes on each, angled in, and a line cord. 
>> You stuck the hot dogs 
>> on the ends of the spikes across the rails, closed
>> the lid, plugged it 
>> in (no switch) and waited a minute or two for the
>> dogs to sizzle.  It 
>> might have had a power interlock in the lid hinge, I
>> don't recall.
>>
>> It is rumored that it was common practice to cook
>> franks with nothing 
>> more than a line cord.  I suspect though, if you
>> installed five lengths 
>> of kielbasa and fired up that whiz-bang appliance
>> thing ... it would 
>> probably trip the breaker.
>>
>> The franks cooked up and tasted pretty good, but not
>> as good as when 
>> boiled in beer.  There used to be a chain of
>> restaurants that featured 
>> hot dogs boiled in beer -- anybody remember?
>>
>> Barry
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Roy Morgan wrote:
>>     
>>> At 10:03 AM 7/20/2007, Les Locklear wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Technical discussions? Oh, like Ballast Tubes and
>>>>         
>> Keilbasas? Or Dead 
>>     
>>>> Horses?
>>>>         
>>> Les,
>>>
>>> It has been well established that a ballast tube
>>>       
>> will heat a kielbasa 
>>     
>>> to eating temperature. Also, kielbasa should NOT
>>>       
>> be made from dead 
>>     
>>> horses.
>>>
>>> Now where is that crock of Moutard de Pommerey?
>>>
>>> All suggestions on the proper b**r to have with
>>>       
>> kielbasa are welcome.
>>     
>>> Roy
>>> who just got hungry and thirsty!
>>>
>>>       
>>     
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