Re: Friday Night Vittles? 7/11/2025

On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 09:12:17 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:

On 2025-07-11, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On Fri, 11 Jul 2025 21:49:48 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
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On 2025-07-11, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On Fri, 11 Jul 2025 20:38:02 +0000, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net
(ItsJoanNotJoAnn) wrote:
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On Fri, 11 Jul 2025 20:07:40 +0000, S Viemeister wrote:
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On 7/11/2025 8:37 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:

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What's appearing on your menu tonight?  Home cooking
or eating out or at someone else's house?
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We had mashed potatoes, carrots, and sugar snap peas, with haddock,
dusted with seasoned flour and sauteed in half butter, half sunflower
oil.
qQick, simple and tasty - it was too hot to do much cooking.
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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. I've never noticed much heat coming of an oven
unless I stand almost against it. Maybe we're talking about different
appliances.

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American ovens are poorly insulated.
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Physics tells us, though, that the heat from your oven will eventually
make its way out into your kitchen.

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Yes, it's gotta go somewhere, but maybe more gradually than through
deliberate vents.

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At least some Australian ovens have vents.
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Google's AI informs me:
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"Integrated Oven Vents: Many ovens have vents built into the appliance
itself, often located above the door, at the bottom of the control
panel, or at the rear. These may utilize a fan to recirculate air or to
direct fumes and heat outwards, according to Kleenmaid Appliances."

Maybe it's already so hot here that a working oven can't add much :)

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Bruce
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