Re: Range (was Gotta brag)

I believe that Bosch and Siemens are the same company now. So enjoy your new range! 

Theresa

Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:

I ended up buying a Bosch. I have been eyeing the higher-end ranges like
Wolf or Viking for a while but decided I didn't want to pay for it, and
I'm not exactly a gourmet cook so I don't really need that anyway. I
debated about the convection oven but again, I don't bake hardly at all
so I didn't go with that, although it might eventually have added some
resale value to our house.
They'll deliver after Labor Day, and hopefully won't have any problem
with converting it to burn propane. I was a little concerned because the
sales staff didn't seem to know what to do when I said we're on propane,
but I think they figured it out. I made sure to have them deliver on a
day when we're both going to be home just in case.
I dunno. We could just have had the old one repaired and it would have
given me some time to do more research, but I'm a great one for waffling
on stuff like this and I'd probably still be researching five years from
now. Bosch seems to have a fairly good reputation and I didn't have to
drive all over southern California visiting appliance stores.
I have never even seen the Siemens brand...looks like they are more of a
British thing?

Cyndi


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of Theresa W
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 5:51 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Gotta brag

Hi Cyndi-

I absolutely love the Siemens range I got last year.  If you can find
one at a good sale price, you might want to consider it.

Theresa

Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:

Doesn't pay to get too puffed up though. This morning our kitchen was
absolutely infested with ants. Husband sprayed but that stuff is just
noxious, I had to clean everything again and wipe it all down so I
could breathe. Went out and picked a huge basket of Anaheim peppers,
all ready to run them under the broiler to blacken the skins, peel and



freeze. After about 20 minutes I realized the broiler isn't broiling.

In fact the oven doesn't work at all.

Husband looked at me baffled (I was shocked, he can do
ANYTHING...except ovens, apparently...and icemakers). We went looking
at ranges because this one has definitely seen better days but I

wasn't in the buying spirit I guess.

Came home and discovered mama cat had found the steaks I set out to
thaw in the sink and ripped open their not inconsiderable packaging,
now we have no dinner. Well...we have the makings for chicken

enchiladas...ooops no oven.

Okay, there's all those peppers, chile rellenos it is.  I roasted
peppers on the BBQ grill, which works, but isn't quite as handy as the



broiler. On the other hand, there are no ants out there: they're
lurking in my kitchen, wandering out one at a time hoping I won't

notice.

You gotta laugh.  I do have to make a decision about the range - we're



busy enough that dinner is pretty much hit or miss these days but
eventually I'm going to need an oven.  Of course if I don't cook maybe

the ants will go away.

:-)

Cyndi


________________________________

From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net on behalf of Donna
Sent: Sat 8/25/2007 4:40 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Gotta brag



Congrats!  Whoo HOO!.. best of division too!

You  have the right to brag.....
nice job!

Donna


----- Original Message ----
From: Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95
CG/SCSRT <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Sent:
Saturday, August 25, 2007 2:01:43 PM
Subject: [CHAT] Gotta brag


We went to
the fair opening night to see all my entries. I'm pretty pleased, out
of 14 total items entered I got eight first place, two second, two
third, and two nothings. And one of the first place, my rose jelly,
also got the best of division award. Woo-hoo!

But we did think the total number of entrants in all the craft
categories, including the garden areas, was quite a bit lower than in
the past. I suspect it is a combination of the change in the way the
fair displays them along with a shift in people's hobbies - if you
spend all day playing video games or surfing the web, you're not
making stuff.
Ah well.

But
I did pretty good this year, I'm happy.

Cyndi
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[demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef which
had a name of winmail.dat] Doesn't pay to get too puffed up though.
This morning our kitchen was absolutely infested with ants. Husband
sprayed but that stuff is just noxious, I had to clean everything
again and wipe it all down so I could breathe. Went out and picked a
huge basket of Anaheim peppers, all ready to run them under the

broiler to blacken the skins, peel and freeze.

After about 20 minutes I realized the broiler isn't broiling. In fact
the oven doesn't work at all. Husband looked at me baffled (I was
shocked, he can do ANYTHING...except ovens, apparently...and

icemakers).

We went looking at ranges because this one has definitely seen better
days but I wasn't in the buying spirit I guess. Came home and
discovered mama cat had found the steaks I set out to thaw in the sink



and ripped open their not inconsiderable packaging, now we have no

dinner.

Well...we have the makings for chicken enchiladas...ooops no oven.
Okay, there's all those peppers, chile rellenos it is. I roasted
peppers on the BBQ grill, which works, but isn't quite as handy as the



broiler. On the other hand, there are no ants out there: they're
lurking in my kitchen, wandering out one at a time hoping I won't

notice.

You gotta laugh. I do have to make a decision about the range - we're
busy enough that dinner is pretty much hit or miss these days but
eventually I'm going to need an oven. Of course if I don't cook maybe
the ants will go away. :-)


Cyndi


________________________________

From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net on behalf of Donna
Sent: Sat 8/25/2007 4:40 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Gotta brag



Congrats!  Whoo HOO!.. best of division too!

You  have the right to brag.....
nice job!

Donna


----- Original Message ----
From: Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95
CG/SCSRT <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Sent:
Saturday, August 25, 2007 2:01:43 PM
Subject: [CHAT] Gotta brag


We went to
the fair opening night to see all my entries. I'm pretty pleased, out
of 14 total items entered I got eight first place, two second, two
third, and two nothings. And one of the first place, my rose jelly,
also got the best of division award. Woo-hoo!

But we did think the total number of entrants in all the craft
categories, including the garden areas, was quite a bit lower than in
the past. I suspect it is a combination of the change in the way the
fair displays them along with a shift in people's hobbies - if you
spend all day playing video games or surfing the web, you're not
making stuff.
Ah well.

But
I did pretty good this year, I'm happy.

Cyndi
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