posted on December 16, 2000 07:17:51 AM
I'm stuck with an electric stove, there is no gas line to the house. It's the first I've ever used and I hate it. I am thinking about propane. If I can just ruin a few more meals I might get my husband to go for it.
I know I should never have bought a totally electric house, but the pool is beautiful.
[ edited by december3 on Dec 16, 2000 07:21 AM ]
posted on December 16, 2000 07:31:04 AM
Dec3 - You do get better at it over time. Just remember you can't get a quick change. You need time to heat up and time to cool down unlike a gas range where you can get a big adjustment in seconds. I still don't LIKE it.
posted on December 17, 2000 09:28:45 AM new
An Aga (no all-caps necessary) is indeed the best stove ever made...as long as you live in a climate where your kitchen can handle an uninsulated behemoth that's "on" all the time. When I worked in a Devon manor-house bed-and-breakfast, I used the big'un every day - 18 breakfasts a day, 15 dozen scones a week. A first-timer can bake perfectly using one of these things, and the warming oven is great for drying flowers and herbs, too. Almost impossible to scorch anything.
It helped, of course, that the kitchen was 30' square and that the Aga was set into the old 8' hearth. However, there is a very small version out that's only about 1 meter wide, which we had in the manor cottages. The low level of dry heat kept the place from molding over Ours ran on oil, although you can use virtually any fuel except (I think) electricity. I wouldn't use a woodstove for either heating OR cookiing unless I had somebody else to clean out the ash! (OTOH, if you can afford the $4K for the small Aga, I guess you can afford a kitchen maid too)
posted on December 17, 2000 02:48:09 PM new
Nothing beats a microwave except a convection microwave Mine has combination settings that alternate between convection/micro, which makes it possible to get a real roasted roast - rather than some grey wiggling thing - in about 1/3 the time, and it doesn't heat the house up in August. (This is the way I start my ribs - then we finish 'em in the smoker with pecan wood.)
Ours ran on oil, although you can use virtually any fuel except (I think) electricity. I wouldn't use a woodstove for either heating OR cookiing unless I had somebody else to clean out the ash! (OTOH, if you can afford the $4K for the small Aga, I guess you can afford a kitchen maid too)