Paradisical Kitchen.
As you may or may not know, the litany of woes - sorry, the litany of potential positives in our lives is ever giving.
Two days before becoming the recipients of the Civic, V's car departed the going concern dimension and we entered the market for his dream car.
The universe provided one for him.
Several months ago, components on the stove started to give out, highlighting the extended warranty was over, baby, and it was time to start making the tipping point ponderings on the large white box.
One of the hurdles in our way is the dream of an open, airy kitchen offering an interactive experience with the whole family - and our inability to address this given the bathroom hurdle, the office hurdle, the floor coverings hurdle, the paint hurdle, the staircase hurdle and the fly overseas and spend some awesome time with V's family hurdle.
But last time - last time, darn it, we bought to our conditions and limited ourselves to what fits in the bright yellow cocoon of isolation that is the current kitchen - and last time was only 7 years ago and we hope to goodness that those hurdles are surmounted by the time the replacement for the stove we need to get swings around.
So this time...
this time we are throwing the old "buy to your conditions" rulebook out the window...
We are allowing ourselves the supreme indulgence of the stove WE WANT...
to give us hope that all of our dreams may well come true...
and even though it is still couched in chrysalis confines...
we can almost see the future from here.
6 comments:
How exciting - a shiny, new stove!! Now you can resume your role as an internationally known food blogger! I look forward to seeing what you whip up on this new baby. ;)
Isn't it shiny? Shows fingerprints most excellently, so can do a CSI if required. Thus far we have slow cooked a shoulder of pork and vegetables - still learning it, but it was yumbo!
Oooooooooohhh....aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!! So shiiiiiiiinnny! Slow cooked? Over here that is something that you do with a crock pot, an electric pot with a crock liner that cooks food over a several hour period. Your stove does that? You'll have to discuss this stove's features for your international followers.
I do use a slow-cooker on occasion, but this was more a "cook at high enough to start the crackle for a half-hour then turn down low for another few" recipe.
http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/pork-recipes/6-hour-slow-roasted-pork-shoulder
Oh. I see. I can do that with my stove too. I was hoping that this one might do tricks.
Haven't tested all of its wizardry yet.
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