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Saturday, December 20, 2008

Baked

We broke down and quit struggling with our gas range. The oven actually. It just wouldn't heat up. Replaced the igniter. Cleaned the inner workings. Replaced the breaker feeding the oven.
So we've gone without an oven for several months. It was an easy adjustment at first. Pizza can be done on the electric pizza cooker. Some casseroles are adaptable to the oh so convenient slow cooker. Bigger things like ham and turkey could be baked in the big roaster, just like grandma used to do when her oven was packed with other holiday deliciousness. Even the toaster oven can pitch in and handle batches of fries or popcorn chicken.
But
The pizza cooker took progressively longer each month. An 8 minute pizza has become 15 minutes. Slow cookers are really that convenient for many recipes running the typical 10 hour day from assembling to consumption. Stuff just dries out, burns, or gets mushy. There's a reason grandma's turkey was half burnt and half raw. Toaster ovens are fine for one person, maybe two. Not four.
But nothing matches a big oven for biscuits. Homemade cookies. Quick breads. Cake. Dinner rolls.
We've missed those baked delights oh so much.
Within an hour of delivery, a double batch of biscuits was slide into the cavity and gravy was being mixed up on the stove for dinner. Next dinner was shepard's pie. The following morning, made from scratch double chocolate muffins filled the house with a yummy aroma. A dutch apple pie is on deck. A real pizza to follow.
Aahhh. The luxury of a working oven.
What would you make first?

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