[Magdalen] How do you buy a stove?

[Jay Weigel]

I was terribly spoiled by having a wall oven for many years. Now I'm back
to a regular stove with a front opening oven and I wonder what idiot
thought those were a good idea.

On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 5:07 PM, Charles Wohlers <charles.wohlers at verizon.net
> wrote:

> No natural gas anywhere in Vermont other than the Burlington area. *Lots*
> of people use propane.
>
> Chad Wohlers
> East Bridgewater, MA USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Jay Weigel
> Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2015 4:55 PM
> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] How do you buy a stove?
>
> I *hate* my glass cooktop stove and would cheerfully go back to the other
> kind of electric, or to gas. However, the stove came with the house (and
> with S/O) so I deal with it and try not to curse it too loudly. There isn't
> a prayer of getting a natural gas pipeline up here and S/O does not want to
> deal with propane, so there we are.
>
> On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 4:45 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Lynn, is your propane tank inside or outside? If it's outside, there
>> shouldn't be a problem; if it's inside, check with the propane company to
>> see if you can hook a stove up to it. The stove needs some kind of
>> modification to use propane rather than natural gas, but it's easy to have
>> that done before it's delivered.
>>
>> On August 1, 2015, at 3:23 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Gas is my favorite..... can't  have it where I live as there are no gas
>> lines running into condo community AND using propane from my 'storage
>> area'
>> located exactly next to the back side of the kitchen is most probably a
>> no-no.
>> L
>>
>> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>>
>> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
>> a
>> single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
>> attributed to Erma Bombeck
>>  "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk
>> by Richard Rohr
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Charles Wohlers" <charles.wohlers at verizon.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2015 1:46 PM
>> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] How do you buy a stove?
>>
>> > Our house in Vermont came with the kind of stove that Lynn describes I
>> > completely agree with what she says. It probably looked really nice when
>> > new, but, it's impossible to clean thoroughly, takes a long time to heat
>> > up (& cool down), and non-flat pots don't work so well. Oh, yes, the big
>> > pot one uses for canning jam takes f-o-e-v-e-r to heat up to boiling.
>> Down
>> > here in Mass. we have an old gas stove, and it's infinitely superior,
>> even
>> > tho it doesn't look quite so nice.
>> >
>> > We once visited Judith Jones, Julia Child's editor and a big cook in her
>> > own right, who has a summer place near us in VT. She has an old gas >
>> stove
>> > running off a big propane tank buried in the ground outside. She knows
>> > what she's doing.
>> >
>> > Chad Wohlers
>> > East Bridgewater, MA USA
>> > chadwohl at satucket.com
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Lynn Ronkainen
>> > Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2015 2:29 PM
>> > To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>> > Subject: Re: [Magdalen] How do you buy a stove?
>> >
>> > Look carefully Susan - most all of the electric stoves today have the
>> > smooth
>> > glass top. I am an avid cook and I do not like mine (it was brand new
>> when
>> > I
>> > moved into my condo)... slow to heat up, easily stained by high sugar or
>> > high acid (think spag sauce) items that could never be removed with the
>> > 'polish' that you have to buy to clean it. This happened to me 6 months
>> > into
>> > using it - finally had to resort to 'not recommended' ways of removing
>> > damage, which made it more susceptible to continued damage. Also not
>> > supposed to use cast iron on it, AND if your pots are not totally smooth
>> > on
>> > the bottom, the lack of complete 'contact' with the heated surface may
>> > cause
>> > the heat to go on and off....the only thing I like about the stove is >
>> the
>> > 'theoretically' easy to clean surface, but mine, after 8 years looks >
>> like
>> > it's been through the wars...
>> >
>> > If you are a baker/oven user more than a stove top user, or have no
>> > unusual
>> > needs for stove top (jam making, cast iron searing, large pots cooking
>> > large
>> > batches of tomato sauce...) the smooth glass top might suit your needs.
>> >
>> >
>> > I have failed to find a high quality electric stove with the coil >
>> burners
>> > at
>> > any of the 'big box' stores like Best Buy, my usual go-to place for
>> > appliances.
>> >
>> > Lynn
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>> >
>> > When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have
>> not
>> > a
>> > single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave >
>> me."
>> > attributed to Erma Bombeck
>> > "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a >
>> talk
>> > by Richard Rohr
>> >
>> > --------------------------------------------------
>> > From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
>> > Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2015 11:59 AM
>> > To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>> > Subject: Re: [Magdalen] How do you buy a stove?
>> >
>> >> You look at the ratings online first, and check the various forums.
>> >> That's
>> >> what we did when buying our dishwasher.
>> >>
>> >> On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 12:49 PM, Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> My electric oven quit on me the night before I left on vacation.  It
>> was
>> >>> old when I moved in this house 15 years ago, I've replaced stove top
>> >>> elements several times and I don't want to spend any more money on it.
>> >>> I'm
>> >>> headed out to look at what's on the market.  I don't even know what
>> >>> questions to ask.  How do you buy a stovetop/oven combo these days?
>> >>> I'll
>> >>> try Best Buy and Lowes I guess.
>> >>>
>> >>> Susan
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> Before enlightenment pay bills, do laundry.  After enlightenment pay
>> >>> bills,
>> >>> do laundry.
>> >>>
>> >
>>
>>
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