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Skriven 2010-11-09 21:26:41 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 3579 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
Ärende: dream kitchen
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Hi Nancy,

 RH> I meant 11 o'clock, 6 o'clock, 1 o'clock as for the position of the
 RH> dial indicator.

 NB> I understood that.  :)

Sorry, too much writing where points have to be clarified. (G)

 RH> that there are no gradations. I think my mom's "new" (now over 30
 RH> years old) stove is labeled low, medium low, medium, etc so it probably

 NB> To be a little more exact, my pushbuttons are labled HI, 2, 3, LO,
 NB> WM... The electric stove I learned on (pretty sure that it moved with

My mom's stove had those push buttons too.

 NB> least from PA to NY so it was at least 40 years old when my parents
 NB> moved down to Lydia's) had the dials, but I think that they might not
 NB> have been gradated either.... there were, however more options than my
 NB> pushbutton has.

 NB> it takes low to  NB>> keep things simmering.  I tend to use 3 for most
 NB> things... it may  NB>> take a little longer to come to a boil, but
 NB> eventually it gets there.

 RH> That can get a bit boggling--do I want this part of the coil on or
 RH> not?

 NB> Just to confuse things more, I think at least one of the smaller
 NB> burners has the inner/outer reversed...  (G)  Actually, one gets used

But can you imagine a group like ours coming in and wanting to cook on
the stove?  I can just visualise the discussions as to what the various
settings are, actually and perceived.

 NB> pretty quickly... And, as I said, I tend to use 3 for most things, and
 NB> LO is the second most used one.  :)

I think, other than Off, my mom used HI and Lo all the time.  I can't
remember her telling me to turn something to 2, 3 or WM.  This stove was
in the house when she had a stove top coffee pot; many of those were
melted as she wouldn't always verify she had the right coil turned on.
Eventually one of her sisters gave her an electric perkolator.


 RH> And sometimes the pieces you think might be worth something are
 RH> nothing but junk and the ones you may write off are the high value

 NB> That's where the research comes in... if one really gets serious about
 NB> selling/disposing of the stuff...  As long as one is just letting it
 NB> sit, it doesn't much matter... (G)

That your retirement nest egg? (G)

 NB>  RH>> appliance, gadget, stirring & cutting impliments, etc, etc, etc.

 RH> So what are your favorite gadgets and small appliances?

 NB> Lately...?  It's probably the microwave... I keep finding new things I
 NB> can cook in it... (G)  Still can't live without a wooden spoon and a
 NB> good paring knife, and my old aluminum/wire egg slicer (that can cube
 NB> an egg, just by turning and slicing 3 ways)...  And my portable
 NB> Swing-A-Way can opener...  I've got lots of other stuff, but that's
 NB> what gets used.

 NB> Of course, I'm in a somewhat dormant phase...  ;)

You're breaking out of the fully dormant stage, just by hanging around
us.  My favorite small tool is either my chef's knife or a wooden spoon;
they both get a lot of use. Small appliance is a toss up between the
rice cooker and the Kitchen Aid Professional stand mixer--or is the
latter a large item?  Definately the microwave ranks high; it gets used
several times a day for various jobs.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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