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LChitman t1_je017hd wrote
Reply to comment by Junebug78 in My Grandmother’s oven, circa 1966. Many holiday meals were cooked with love here, right up until the day she passed. Aside from one shattered glass door that was replaced, everything still works! by _Mr_Roboto_
Not just that! It's also got loads of glass directly behind where you'll be cooking and hobs slightly too close to the edges.
Siren1805 t1_je00v0f wrote
Reply to My Grandmother’s oven, circa 1966. Many holiday meals were cooked with love here, right up until the day she passed. Aside from one shattered glass door that was replaced, everything still works! by _Mr_Roboto_
Are these as good at cooking as I think they are?
vidrar88 t1_je00nlq wrote
Reply to My Grandmother’s oven, circa 1966. Many holiday meals were cooked with love here, right up until the day she passed. Aside from one shattered glass door that was replaced, everything still works! by _Mr_Roboto_
That’s so neat, I’ve never send one like that before.
wollier12 t1_je00lpe wrote
Reply to My Grandmother’s oven, circa 1966. Many holiday meals were cooked with love here, right up until the day she passed. Aside from one shattered glass door that was replaced, everything still works! by _Mr_Roboto_
Meaning no Ill will or disrespect, what a horrible design and yet a cool piece of historical appliances. An oven door above your boiling pot of water…..brilliant.
x-Mowens-x t1_je00d44 wrote
Reply to comment by BaconJacobs in My Grandmother’s oven, circa 1966. Many holiday meals were cooked with love here, right up until the day she passed. Aside from one shattered glass door that was replaced, everything still works! by _Mr_Roboto_
Interesting. Considering when I was looking at houses no one had stand alone double ovens!!!
They existed, but were not common.
BaconJacobs t1_je001av wrote
Reply to comment by x-Mowens-x in My Grandmother’s oven, circa 1966. Many holiday meals were cooked with love here, right up until the day she passed. Aside from one shattered glass door that was replaced, everything still works! by _Mr_Roboto_
Dunno. I worked at GE Appliances for 5 years in gas cooking products and our freestanding and slide in double ovens were a huge seller.
I guess some people either want the silly little storage drawer under their oven or they don't know they exist.
TheFuzz t1_jdzzfj5 wrote
Reply to My Grandmother’s oven, circa 1966. Many holiday meals were cooked with love here, right up until the day she passed. Aside from one shattered glass door that was replaced, everything still works! by _Mr_Roboto_
My Wife and I purchased a similar one when we first got married at an estate sale. The burners fully retracted and were covered by a lid. Pull out to the first catch and two burners were exposed. Fully out all four were exposed. She misses that stove….
willnxt t1_jdzylpc wrote
Reply to comment by concentrated-amazing in My Grandmother’s oven, circa 1966. Many holiday meals were cooked with love here, right up until the day she passed. Aside from one shattered glass door that was replaced, everything still works! by _Mr_Roboto_
It’s like having a mini Waffle House in your kitchen and I need it.
ConfusionFearlessd t1_jdzyeb0 wrote
Reply to comment by concentrated-amazing in My Grandmother’s oven, circa 1966. Many holiday meals were cooked with love here, right up until the day she passed. Aside from one shattered glass door that was replaced, everything still works! by _Mr_Roboto_
I think those were issued to all grandmas by law
Flank_Steaks t1_jdzy848 wrote
Good for you
redditshy t1_jdzxr7f wrote
Reply to My Grandmother’s oven, circa 1966. Many holiday meals were cooked with love here, right up until the day she passed. Aside from one shattered glass door that was replaced, everything still works! by _Mr_Roboto_
It’s nice how the burners are spaced out, instead of right on top of each other.
KingoftheCrackens t1_jdzxmpg wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in My Grandmother’s oven, circa 1966. Many holiday meals were cooked with love here, right up until the day she passed. Aside from one shattered glass door that was replaced, everything still works! by _Mr_Roboto_
Most of them won't turn on remotely. You can get everything set and ready then you have to manually press the on button.
Vastarien202 t1_jdzwo9l wrote
psimian t1_jdzve4t wrote
You're doing the right thing. Maintaining that much leather by hand is going to be one hell of a chore.
The tradeoff with leather protectants is that things that penetrates (oils) are easier to apply, last longer, and offer better protection. But, they almost always change the texture and color to some degree. Waxes are harder to apply and wear off over time, but don't change the color/texture. I think there may be some new synthetic compounds that try to give you the best of both worlds, but my experience using those on other materials (wood, stone, fabric, etc.) is that once you use them, the natural protectants will never work correctly again.
mule_roany_mare t1_jdzvcll wrote
Reply to comment by Fryceratops in I bought this Breville sandwich iron when I left home at 18. I'm now 50 and she's ready to go. by befarked247
Invite me
mudokin t1_jdzv0va wrote
Reply to My Grandmother’s oven, circa 1966. Many holiday meals were cooked with love here, right up until the day she passed. Aside from one shattered glass door that was replaced, everything still works! by _Mr_Roboto_
It's a cool piece but I that thing must have the engery efficency of a v8 big block.
frankchester t1_jdzupde wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in My Grandmother’s oven, circa 1966. Many holiday meals were cooked with love here, right up until the day she passed. Aside from one shattered glass door that was replaced, everything still works! by _Mr_Roboto_
Probably for reporting heat, preheating remotely, notifications about finish times etc.
frankchester t1_jdzuis7 wrote
Reply to comment by x-Mowens-x in My Grandmother’s oven, circa 1966. Many holiday meals were cooked with love here, right up until the day she passed. Aside from one shattered glass door that was replaced, everything still works! by _Mr_Roboto_
Really? Double ovens fairly popular in the UK, if you are in a moderately large family home (which is probably equivalent to a moderately small American family home). Or a range cooler is still popular.
mrsbebe t1_jdzuck1 wrote
Reply to comment by x-Mowens-x in My Grandmother’s oven, circa 1966. Many holiday meals were cooked with love here, right up until the day she passed. Aside from one shattered glass door that was replaced, everything still works! by _Mr_Roboto_
Yeah I know what you mean. To be fair, the kitchens I designed were luxury so probably out of the price range of most people. Certainly out of my price range. My I do like my double oven range! The top oven is smaller but when I have hosted thanksgiving it is plenty of space to do what we need to do and it's an LG so it's not like it was expensive as far as ranges go
x-Mowens-x t1_jdzu147 wrote
Reply to comment by mrsbebe in My Grandmother’s oven, circa 1966. Many holiday meals were cooked with love here, right up until the day she passed. Aside from one shattered glass door that was replaced, everything still works! by _Mr_Roboto_
Sorry, I misspoke. I know they still exist. Haha. I just meant when I was looking for houses they were few and far between. When I was growing up, they seemed to be the rule.
njric71 t1_je01b03 wrote
Reply to comment by Secundus_Scipio in My first potato peeler (Sparschäler) I got this Sparschäler 10 years ago already used by my grand mother. It is still a mass product and you can buy it for round about 5 USD. But this one is made in West Germany so at least 33 years old and almost daily in use. by Secundus_Scipio
Sadly premade spätzle is not available near me. We can get egg noodles which taste very similar, but have a completely different texture and mouth feel. Fortunately spätzle is fairly easy to make.
Kartoffel kloesse on the other hand is such a major all day process that I don't make them nearly as often as I'd like to. There is a good Polish market near me. I wonder if they have anything similar. I know the kielbasa there is out of this world.
Speaking of sausage. I used to have a butcher shop, I wouldn't say NEAR me, it was a 50 mile ride but the 100 mile round trip was WELL worth it. I was run by an old German guy by the name of Gerhard who started his butchering apprenticeship in Germany in the 1950's He retired back in 2019 and sadly passed away a couple years later.
Oh the bierwurst, and landjäger, and even the beef bacon he used to make. I miss it terribly.. Although I once bought a beef heart from him and told him I was going to make sauerbraten with it and even he turned his nose up a little bit at the thought of it.