Stock pot with fitted strainer basket

A method for cooking and draining food, said method comprising the steps of:

• a) obtaining a food cooking system which comprises a container and a strainer-basket, wherein the container has a top opening, a floor, a side wall and an inner cavity within which liquid may be placed such that the liquid partially fills the inner cavity;
• wherein the strainer-basket is insertable through the top opening and into the inner cavity of the container;
• wherein support members on the container configured to engage at least one engagement surface on the strainer-basket, wherein the strainer-basket is initially insertable to a submersed position within the inner cavity such that a lower portion of the strainer-basket becomes submersed within liquid that partially fills the inner cavity;
• and wherein the strainer-basket is subsequently moveable from said submersed position to a draining position wherein the support members engage at least one corresponding support member engaging surface on the strainer-basket so as to support the entire strainer-basket above liquid that partially fills the inner cavity;
• b) partially filling the container with a cooking liquid;
• c) placing food in the strainer-basket;
• d) inserting the strainer-basket to the submersed position within the inner cavity of the container;
• e) heating the cooking liquid to cook the food;
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• f) moving the strainer-basket from the submersed position to the draining position and allowing the food to drain.