[Magdalen] How do you buy a stove?

Sat Aug 1 21:41:07 UTC 2015

I miss my double wall oven...
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

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From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2015 4:15 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] How do you buy a stove?

> 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.
>>> >>>
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>> 