Re: Friday Night Vittles? 7/11/2025

On 7/11/2025 6:31 PM, Bruce wrote:

On Fri, 11 Jul 2025 23:00:03 +0100, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
 

In article <104rtlu$1mlt6$1@dont-email.me>,
Bruce@invalid.invalid says...

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On Fri, 11 Jul 2025 20:38:02 +0000, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net
(ItsJoanNotJoAnn) wrote:
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Oh, that sounds good, mmmmmmm haddock! I'm dreading that oven.
Not the actual cooking just turning that dial knowing my kitchen
will feel like a blast furnace for over an hour.

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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 ebergy consumption etc

 Yes, it must be something like that. Poor insulation.
 

Certainly old ovens were.  On the north, the heat would be welcome in winter.
Mine is 6 years old and really don't notice, even on hot day, but I also have central AC that takes care of it.  There is venting though.