I used to fight with metal, but vinyl's the only thing that really works on a tight curve.

Your town still prints a recycling guide?

Oh man, I feel that wait in my bones! I read a cooking blog that said letting a stew boil with the lid off is the old-school trick. It lets all that extra water steam away way faster than just simmering. I tried it last month with a beef stew and it went from soup to thick in like twenty minutes. Saved me from a very grumpy frozen pizza dinner.