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Darval posted:
That's the one I have, it's the version that was updated in 2004.
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# ? Jul 17, 2012 18:24 |
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# ? Mar 28, 2024 20:39 |
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That thing on the bottom, the really curvy wire. Kinda looks like a lower-case M. That's every electric oven's heating element that I've ever, ever seen.
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# ? Jul 17, 2012 21:13 |
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Fluffy Bunnies posted:
The heating element is covered on the inside of my oven. The floor is just smooth metal for easy cleaning.
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# ? Jul 17, 2012 21:24 |
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I've never seen something with an exposed coil like that - really! Must be a bitch to clean? Also - researching ovens - I found this, and now I kinda want it!
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# ? Jul 17, 2012 21:35 |
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Happy Hat posted:I've never seen something with an exposed coil like that - really! Pfft, I live in an apartment, we don't clean the oven!
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# ? Jul 18, 2012 00:42 |
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Happy Hat posted:I've never seen something with an exposed coil like that - really! That's by far the most charming appliance I've ever seen.
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# ? Jul 18, 2012 02:20 |
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cleaning an oven is one of those things I've never understood. who does this, and why? I mean if something spills all over the place, sure, get out the scrubbrush and bartenders friend - but otherwise, everything just burns off as you use the oven right? If you're really wanting to "clean" it, just crank it up to 600 for an hour or two, right? this is what you all mean by cleaning the oven.... right? no-one like... scrubs down the sides of their oven on a regular basis.... right?
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# ? Jul 18, 2012 02:28 |
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mindphlux posted:cleaning an oven is one of those things I've never understood. who does this, and why? I probably go in once a year and actually clean the bottom and sides but otherwise, no, I don't. I have a gas oven if that means anything.
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# ? Jul 18, 2012 02:38 |
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mindphlux posted:cleaning an oven is one of those things I've never understood. who does this, and why? I live in Brooklyn during a pretty hot summer, if I actually put my oven up to clean I would probably die. Or crank my A/C and live with an obscene electricity bill but that is going to happen anyway :/
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# ? Jul 18, 2012 02:49 |
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mindphlux posted:cleaning an oven is one of those things I've never understood. who does this, and why? I have an electric oven with a covered bottom element and an exposed top element and I have to clean the sides and bottom pretty regularly because if oil / fat / detritus builds up too much then it starts producing an absurd amount of smoke and sets the smoke detectors off. I also have to cover whatever I'm cooking with foil otherwise the fat / oil gets on the top element and makes more smoke
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# ? Jul 18, 2012 03:55 |
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mindphlux posted:cleaning an oven is one of those things I've never understood. who does this, and why? I set my (electric) oven on fire in Okinawa, so I kinda had to pour a shitload of oven cleaner on it and sit there for an hour and scrape all the drat char and burn out of it. But yeah otherwise I just turn it up ungodly hot every now and then and sweep out any ash after it cools.
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# ? Jul 18, 2012 04:17 |
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cyberia posted:I have an electric oven with a covered bottom element and an exposed top element and I have to clean the sides and bottom pretty regularly because if oil / fat / detritus builds up too much then it starts producing an absurd amount of smoke and sets the smoke detectors off. the smoke is good though? I mean that's the whole "cleaning" part, right? I guess maybe in all my haste to deride oven cleaning, I sort of pinned myself as an oven-cleaner. If I turn my poo poo on to preheat to 550 or whatever to broil, if it starts smoking, I just let it finish smoking, because gotta carbonize that poo poo right? burn it off! this coming from the guy who purposefully left 20lbs of carrots in the oven at 550 for 5 hours to make vegetable ash. you could barely see to the other end of the kitchen through the haze before I set up some huge rear end fans girlfriend comes home from work "HOLY poo poo MINDPHLUX SOMETHING IS ON FIRE" *runs to oven to turn it off* and im all no no its ok!! im making vegetable ash!!! *turns oven back to 550* lol how do I even have a girlfriend with that sort of poo poo
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# ? Jul 18, 2012 05:48 |
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mindphlux posted:the smoke is good though? I mean that's the whole "cleaning" part, right?
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# ? Jul 18, 2012 08:29 |
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hahahaha this owns don't fry gnocchi
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# ? Jul 18, 2012 08:59 |
That was incredible.
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# ? Jul 18, 2012 09:55 |
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I clean my ovens
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# ? Jul 18, 2012 10:40 |
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I have someone clean my oven for me.
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# ? Jul 18, 2012 12:02 |
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Cleaning your oven is important for maintaining performance. You heat up the little box and the walls are meant to "reflect" (may not be the scientific term) that heat back into the box. If you have a bunch of crud on the walls/floor of your oven, they'll absorb the heat. That means your oven will lose heat more rapidly, the element will cycle more often, you'll use more energy, and your food will bake less evenly.
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# ? Jul 18, 2012 13:15 |
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therattle posted:I have someone clean my oven for me. Me too - but I don't trust them to do it properly!
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# ? Jul 18, 2012 13:22 |
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Oh god, Ecuador trip in just a couple more weeks. I'm currently listening to the following podcasts: Crimes Against Food The Dinner Party (I skip the music stuff, because it doesn't interest me, but everything else on there is cool) Do Ask Do Tell Let's Get REal Maangchi's Cooking Show The Naked Scientist Podcast Savage Love Podcast Spilled Milk Stuff Mom Never Told You Stuff You Should Know Tech it or Leave it TechStuff A Way With Words (MAJOR favourite of mine; the hosts are so friendly and funny) Yeast Radio Because a few of these update on a regular schedule, I know when to expect a new one. The others, however, are sporadic. The flight to Guayaquil from JFK is 6 hours straight. I'll have my computer, but I don't like to whip it out if I can help it, so I tend to stick to my iPhone for entertainment. And I don't really like background music, so podcasts tend to be my go-to entertainment. Anyone got and suggestions for new ones? (Bolded, so that if you don't care to read my rambling, you can just skip it.) I enjoy podcasts about food, but also about interesting trivia~ish stuff. The only GLBT run ones are the Do Ask Do Tell, and Yeast Radio, because they deal with stuff that isn't going to the gym, gossip, or spending hours talking about who got fat, and why. The podcasts I enjoy about food tend to not be run by douchey hipsters who won't shut the crap up about bacon. I get it. You like pork like products. That's great. There /is/ a whole other world out there for you to eat. It's why I love Maangchi's Cooking Show, and Spilled Milk so much: they talk about food, but there's a /lot/ of variety in what they cover. Haven't done much listening to the NPR stuff. Constant background music gets on my nerves pretty quick. It's why I couldn't listen to 99% Invisible, which is this pretty awesome show about Architecture and design and the like. The guy has a soothing voice, and seems to be rather nice, but the constant background music distracts me from said soothing voice. I love a good story. I did used to listen to that one podcast with all those storytellers, but stopped, because of the long plugs in the beginning before the story started. Help me, GWS, you're my only hope.
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# ? Jul 18, 2012 14:51 |
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BBC has two amazing podcasts which might be available in the US. 1) Desert Island Discs. A fantastic interviewer has well-known or interesting public figures on her show, and talks to them about their lives. They have to choose a number of favourite songs (8, I think), and talk about the memories, their importance, etc. Some are better than others; when they are good, they are excellent,. The recent Martina Navratilova one, for example, was superb. 2) In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg. Intelligent lay-man gathers three experts to talk about a chosen subject for 45 minutes. Again, some are better than others, but they are often extremely informative and interesting. It covers a very wide range of subjects with a particular focus on science and history.
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# ? Jul 18, 2012 14:55 |
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dino. posted:I love a good story. I did used to listen to that one podcast with all those storytellers, but stopped, because of the long plugs in the beginning before the story started. Help me, GWS, you're my only hope. It sounds like you are referring to The Moth, but if you aren't you should try it. I also suggest Radiolab and This American Life. Radiolab is an awesome science podcast that tells all sorts of stories about things hosts Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich are curious about. They recently did a very interesting episode about color. Any episodes with Carl Zimmer are gold. This American Life, hosted by Ira Glass, is a podcast that focuses on a theme for each episode with multiple people sharing stories on that theme. All three of these hosts have relaxing, soothing voices that make travel much more enjoyable.
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# ? Jul 18, 2012 15:32 |
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Hahah download a couple Art Bell Coast 2 Coast episodes and learn THE TRUTH about the aliens among us. I love old time radio so I plunder the 30's and 40's for shows like The Shadow, Sam Spade, Nero Wolfe, Sherlock Holmes and others. It's hard to go wrong with them because the production values are excellent and they tell great stories from the golden age of radio. For weirder it's always fun to listen to Negativlan's Over the Edge podcast. I especially like the 50's Space and 50's UFO shows they've done in the past. The Puzzling Evidence show is a sister show from the Church of the Subgenius that's also crazy as hell. Why not dig up the Hour of Slack and get some of that old time new time religion?
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# ? Jul 18, 2012 15:50 |
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This is the site to go to for the best podcast on earth. http://joefrank.com/index.php I used to listen to this show in the middle of the night on KCRW. My mind was blown every time. A small sample. Don't bother watching - just listen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6vVXzqOADo
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# ? Jul 18, 2012 15:59 |
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Youngest has found out that her iPod has video capabilities, and it is goddamn amazing stuff we get out of that - this will make for a perfect wedding presentation some day! So far we got: * An ode to 'Kasper' - 4 minutes of song and dance (Kasper is her baloon that is painted with a face) * A full 2 minute song about how goddamn annoying her older sister is, while filming said sister, and poking her (until this - she has always been 'cute', and her older sister the one who were blamed for everything) * A dance show with the hamster * Herself pooping This is amazing! (and this is Kasper)
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# ? Jul 18, 2012 16:20 |
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I need to see the Kasper music video. Please share this.
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# ? Jul 18, 2012 16:31 |
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Mr. Wiggles posted:This is the site to go to for the best podcast on earth. Oh man I forgot about Joe Frank. A friend of mine dubbed a few of his shows onto longass 120min cassettes back in the day. It's a mix of music and storytelling and entrancing craziness that builds and builds around a central theme. Amazing stuff. Right on Mr. Wiggles!
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# ? Jul 18, 2012 16:33 |
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HH you need to have about six more kids and start a traveling family band.
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# ? Jul 18, 2012 16:37 |
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Anyway last night I made this supper. I sauteed some onions (like 5 or something) in bacon grease until they started to just get brown, but before they took color I added lots of crushed caraway. Once the onions were done I did pork loin chops in the same pan with black pepper, salt, and whole sage leaves. Once they were nicely crusted and cooked I deglazed with cider vinegar and added the onions back in to heat up, and I served with home made egg noodles and watermelon on the side. It was really, really good. But I don't know what kind of food this was. Normally if I improv I do it in a particular style, and I suppose I was thinking something vaguely eastern/northern European-ish here, but I can't think of anywhere specific. So what country does a dish like that? Because I want to do more of it.
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# ? Jul 18, 2012 19:15 |
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Wroughtirony posted:HH you need to have about six more kids and start a traveling family band. ...the aristocrats.
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# ? Jul 18, 2012 20:37 |
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Ugh, caraway. I hate that stuff. Things I hate, by therattle: Caraway Dill Coriander For years I did not eat rye bread because I thought that rye bread tasted like caraway.
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# ? Jul 18, 2012 21:35 |
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therattle posted:Ugh, caraway. I hate that stuff. Things I hate, by therattle: Pickles make me want to throw up. Actually I like the smell but the thought of putting one in my mouth makes me heave.
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# ? Jul 18, 2012 21:52 |
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dino. posted:Anyone got and suggestions for new ones? The Smartest Man in the World with Greg Proops. Even if you didn't find him funny on any TV shows, he is amazingly quick-witted and hilarious. Each podcast is a taping of his traveling show where he reads the news, recites poetry, spins yarns about the Seventies, explores history, musicians, baseball, drugs and leftist politics. Here's the thread on it.
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# ? Jul 18, 2012 22:06 |
dino. posted:Anyone got and suggestions for new ones? So I've been super into Radiolab for the last year. It's pretty science-y and has a great conversational style. It has a lot of fancy sound production, but it's not really background music as such. I also dig Snap Judgement, which is on in the middle of the night on my local NPR station. Glenn Washington is like, ridiculously cool. The opening story on this episode is pretty great. I guess these both have that background music you don't really like, but it might be worth a shot. I think they're both great.
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# ? Jul 18, 2012 22:45 |
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dino. posted:I love a good story. I did used to listen to that one podcast with all those storytellers, but stopped, because of the long plugs in the beginning before the story started. Help me, GWS, you're my only hope. I like Big Ideas. This one here is awesome: http://podcasts.tvo.org/bi/audio/2031655_48k.mp3 It's Simon Winchester talking about the history of the Oxford English Dictionary.
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# ? Jul 18, 2012 22:50 |
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I just swallowed a plum pit. I feel silly now.
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# ? Jul 19, 2012 04:36 |
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You're gonna poop a tree! :iamafag:
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# ? Jul 19, 2012 05:23 |
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A tree will grow in your stomach
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# ? Jul 19, 2012 05:31 |
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Once the tree is fully grown and starts bearing plums all year round from the tropic conditions in your stomach, the plums will start to ferment in your belly, and you will be perpetually drunk. What have you done.
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# ? Jul 19, 2012 12:25 |
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An observer posted:A tree will grow in your stomach You idiot, that's chewing gum you're thinking of.
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