Re: Snow on the way

I was at a complete loss when my spare stove in the basement broke two years
ago. I cook for a ton of people so we are talking two turkeys, a honey ham,
a big old roast, and then all the trimmings. I broke down and got one of
those Nesco <sp> roasters which has been a godsend. My dream kitchen will
have three ovens - two built ins and the range. Of course, my husband thinks
I am nuts because they will only get used about 5 times a year LOL. I'm not
big on regular day to day cooking, but I love entertaining and serving a
crowd. So we do all of the holidays, then big summer BBQs and sometimes the
"just for the hell of it" gatherings. Our two families combined are over 30
people so then you throw in a couple of friends, etc. and well, it is a full
house.

Maureen
"Margie" <nomoremargiesjunk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:qf0on1d1jgdkard7e838l6bm19kc5pbgqd@xxxxxxxxxx
>I wish my mom had something that nice. I'll be cooking Thanksgiving
> dinner for 9 in her mobile home kitchen, with the world's smallest
> oven. A 16-pound turkey goes in, and nothing, absolutely nothing,
> else will fit until the turkey comes out. It's quite a challenge,
> trying to have everything ready at the same time. I do a lot of stuff
> on the stove top and/or ahead of time. I've done it enough times
> that I'm pretty used to it by now, but I sure would love to once cook
> Thanksgiving in a kitchen with two ovens.
>
> Margie, glad to be with family even in the world's smallest kitchen
>
> On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 21:05:08 -0600, "Maureen"
> <maureen.galvin@comcastdotnet> wrote:
>
>>when we bought this house, all the appliances and things like furnace,
>>water
>>heater, central air unit, were just about original to this 40+ year old
>>house. The inspector said - life expectancy - don't expect more than a
>>year
>>out of any of them. So I took out the home warranty.
>>
>>The fridge promptly died <thank you thank you> and I was able to purchase
>>one of those armoire styled fridges and I love having the freezer on the
>>bottom and the double doors.
>>
>>I jumped for joy the day the furnace stopped working when I turned it on
>>thinking WooHoo, I'm getting a new furnace. NOT!! Damn thing had a reset
>>button on it and the tech showed me how to reset it.
>>
>>The air unit is rusting through and there are actually holes in the
>>casing,
>>but the damn thing just keeps on running and cooling.
>>
>>Of course they are not the most energy efficient units I'm sure and my gas
>>and electric bills are outrageous, but I don't have $5k + to replace them
>>at
>>this time so I cross my fingers and pray for a quick death.
>>
>>Now my stove, I love my stove. It has six burners, the griddle top
>>thingee
>>for the one side, two ovens, two broilers. Does a great job for holiday
>>parties. They don't make these any more. When the ovens both died and
>>two
>>burners, I called the warranty people who promptly sent out a repair
>>person.
>>They offered me $600 or repair it ($50 service charge for each call). The
>>repair guy said don't be stupid - just fix it. When it dies they have to
>>replace it with a like kind - Viking, or give me quite a sum to replace it
>>with something else. Cost him almost $700 to fix it and it works like a
>>charm. It is just ugly as sin. We like to call it well-seasoned like a
>>cast iron griddle LOL!!
>>
>>Honestly, I can live with it. I just want a new furnace and air
>>conditioner
>>at this point. And when the water heater dies, I plan on adding a second
>>water heater to the house cause with two teenage girls who have to shower
>>every time the phone rings (yep, just about every 10 minutes it seems) we
>>are sorely lacking in the hot water department too.
>>
>>Oh well.
>>
>>Maureen
>>
>>"Tallulah" <tallulahbankrupt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>news:1132195896.057509.26190@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Might take a while...if you want them to die, they never do. I've been
>>> waiting 9 years for a refrigerator to die - DH had it when we got
>>> married and we've moved it from house to house...thousands of miles
>>> between. It's probably got more miles on it than my Explorer. Stupid
>>> thing WILL NOT die! It doesn't even have an ice maker. He won't buy
>>> me a new one until it dies. Anyone know how to ...Kavorkian-ize it?
>>>
>>>
>>> Maureen wrote:
>>>> GRRR!! LOL!! Damn appliances just wont die for me. I abuse them, I
>>>> use
>>>> them, I abuse them and still they just keep firing up. I'll probably
>>>> spend
>>>> the equivalent amount keeping this home warranty every year that I
>>>> would
>>>> if
>>>> I just replaced them on my own, but...... I cant afford a Viking on my
>>>> own
>>>> :)
>>>>
>>>> Maureen
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "LizzieB." <blahblah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> news:3u276dFutiu5U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> > Maureen wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >> BTW, if she needs or wants off the base for Thanksgiving, I have
>>>> >> room.
>>>> >> I've got about 20 people coming so a couple more wont hurt
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > You're just out to abuse your stove so badly your warranty will
>>>> > replace
>>>> > it
>>>> > with a Viking.
>>>
>>
>


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