Tag: stove

  • Cooking by Feel

    Cooking by Feel

    The adhesive and numbers are flaking off rapidly on the stove. Luckily I’ve cooked enough on this thing that the numbers mean nothing – but I feel bad for anyone else that wants to simmer something, fry an egg or make pancakes. Or maybe its just proof that we don’t need 10 numbers to cook…

  • Stove Refresh

    Stove Refresh

    As far as I can tell, this stove is older than me. There is no real documentation and the internet is void if information. Someday it might need to be replaced, but for now, the occasional drip pan and burner replacement keeps this thing truckin. You just have to know where the burner dial is,…

  • Still Cooking

    Still Cooking

    Near 6 months later, a revisit to the control panel on our stove. After the last post I’ve started the search to try and put some indicator of heat/power whatever going on here. This stove has been working for about 50 years. I’ve decided if I replaced it, nothing would last so long again. I…

  • Cooking here.. a bit of a joke

    Cooking here.. a bit of a joke

    April Fools is every day, in This Old House. The stove is a little too old to get replacement parts it seems.. so cooking on it is very much a matter of opinion. Fun times. Probably an easy appliance to replace, too – just can’t quite bring myself to tackle this job.