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Skriven 2010-11-02 17:26:41 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 3373 av NANCY BACKUS (1:261/1381)
Ärende: dream kitchen  was: s
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Hi Nancy,

 RH> button and the "message" getting to the coil & the inherent lag of
 RH> electric stove's reaction time, you could have a big boil over if you
 RH> weren't careful.  That's one of the reasons I like gas better for

 NB> It's all in what one is used to... :)  Except for boiling water, I
 NB> rarely use the high button or 2 (sometimes, only if I can be right

I'm usually right there if I've got something on high.  Either that or
there's enough head room in the pot that what's in it won't get out.


 NB> there watching the whole time...), preferring to just take a little
 NB> more time with 3, and let the pot come close to a boil, then turn
 NB> things off and
 NB> use the residual heat to finish the cooking...  that doesn't require
 NB> constant watching, and rarely produces a boil over.  :)

I've got some things I like to cook for hours--marinara sauce for one.
I'll bring it to a boil for starters but then crank it way down,
stirring every so often.  Other things go in between; the lentil stew I
made last night was on about a low-medium (about 8 o'clock).  My dial
goes low (about 11), medium (6) and high (1)--all else is just
guesstimation.

 NB>  NB>> Nah... and still have lots of the junk still cluttering,
 NB> especially in  NB>> the basement...  But some of the "junk" they left
 NB> was actually good  NB>> stuff, that I'm glad they didn't just throw

 RH> The old "one man's trash is another man's treasure" adage was true for
 RH> you then?  Some of it could now have some value on the antique market.

 NB> Yup... and quite possibly true, though we'd have to do some research
 NB> to find out how much and whether.

You might have an antique worth thousands or you might have junque worth
nothing. (G)


 RH> Yes, and working long enough for us to use it up until the very end.
 RH> We took the big (18.1 cubic foot) freezer with us as it was newer but
 RH> freezer just had a dent in the top.  My brother bought it off us and it
 RH> lasted him a good 20+ years.

 NB> We bought a big upright freezer about a year after we replaced the
 NB> original fridge.  That is still working well, also stored in the
 NB> basement... gives room to take advantage of sales, and stock up on
 NB> frozen stuff.  That's got to be at least 30 years old now... ;)

We're on our 3rd freezer.  Had that one, then after several years in AZ
we got a 10 cubic foot one.  That stayed in HI with a military family
that needed one.  In GA we got a 7.5 cubic foot one, our current one.
Sometimes that's a bit too small but it fits our house best.


 RH> Ours is set so that I can open it from where I sit at the table and
 RH> grab something.  Handy at times but it means the kitchen really could
 RH> use more space.  I guess if we didn't have so much cooking stuff, we'd
 RH> have a bit more room. (G)

 NB> That's for sure...  probably a common failing around here... (G)

This is the Cooking Echo after all. We all have our favorite appliance,
gadget, stirring & cutting impliments, etc, etc, etc.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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... I hit my CTRL key, but I'm STILL not in control

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