I has an oven!
It has been a few years now since I have been able to bake. My oven died on me, though I could still use the grill and stove top. I finally found a plumbing firm I could trust, but the plumber told me that he couldn't fix it because the problem wasn't with the gas, it was with the appliance. Contacting some appliance fitters I was told that they didn't do that model, too old, presumably. And, by the way, I can't even get a new oven unless I'm prepared to remove my cupboards above the stove because the regs now say you have to have a range hood and it has to be at least 60 cm above the stove; my cupboards are 55 cm above. That would require a carpenter and new cupboards too high for me to reach without a chair. And that's BEFORE I even start looking for the new oven, because they won't install it without the aforementioned 60 cm and range hood.
I love baking. Cakes, scones, bread, biscuits, muffins... Love it! I've found ways around this, but you just can't make those things in the microwave - I did try a mug cake, which was nice, but not cake, more like pudding, and you had to eat it out of the mug. I've learned to make pan bread, including a very nice pitta bread recipe. BUT - no new recipes to try from books or magazines that didn't start "preheat the oven to 180'..."
My new oven isn't anything exciting, it's a gift from a friend who bought it three years ago and never used it, so no warranty, but who cares? It's one of those round glass things that look like a toy. It cost her around $49 at the time. But it bakes cakes, bread, etc. It does roasts if you want them, but I can't put in my lovely baking dish. No room. And you're supposed to put the meat and veg straight on to the rack. So much for chicken and apricot nectar or tomato juice. But I don't roast much. I'm a baker for the most part and I can still do some things such as chicken and tomato on the stove top, if I want to.
I've bought some cake mix to experiment with; it's so long since I made my cakes from scratch, I just want to play first and be sure of what my new toy can and can't do.
I can bake again!
I love baking. Cakes, scones, bread, biscuits, muffins... Love it! I've found ways around this, but you just can't make those things in the microwave - I did try a mug cake, which was nice, but not cake, more like pudding, and you had to eat it out of the mug. I've learned to make pan bread, including a very nice pitta bread recipe. BUT - no new recipes to try from books or magazines that didn't start "preheat the oven to 180'..."
My new oven isn't anything exciting, it's a gift from a friend who bought it three years ago and never used it, so no warranty, but who cares? It's one of those round glass things that look like a toy. It cost her around $49 at the time. But it bakes cakes, bread, etc. It does roasts if you want them, but I can't put in my lovely baking dish. No room. And you're supposed to put the meat and veg straight on to the rack. So much for chicken and apricot nectar or tomato juice. But I don't roast much. I'm a baker for the most part and I can still do some things such as chicken and tomato on the stove top, if I want to.
I've bought some cake mix to experiment with; it's so long since I made my cakes from scratch, I just want to play first and be sure of what my new toy can and can't do.
I can bake again!