Re: Friday Night Vittles? 7/11/2025

On Fri, 11 Jul 2025 22:31:03 +0000, Bruce wrote:

On Fri, 11 Jul 2025 23:00:03 +0100, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
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Americans here often say that their oven heats up their kitchen if not
half their house.

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Always strikes me as very odd too
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I've never noticed much heat coming of an oven

unless I stand almost against it.

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 Same here. Possibly there's more regulation in UK and
Aus  about insulation to reduce energy consumption etc

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Yes, it must be something like that. Poor insulation.
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Remember this banana bread picture?  Look behind that
can of Bakers Joy and you'll see a black and sort of
silver line running horizontally.  That's the oven
vent.  I made the mistake one time of sitting a pot
on a back burner that was off, but the oven was on.
Quick as lightning I jerked my hand back from the heat.
There's no heat escaping around the oven door, it's
the vent releasing the heat into the room.
https://i.postimg.cc/QM6pY8NJ/Banana-Bread.jpg
Thankfully, no stovetop cooking today to add to the
heat.