Monday, August 29, 2005
Electric Sucks
One of the things we took for granted in Chicago was the fact that we had a gas oven. You don't realize how superior they are to cook with until you get electric. Guess what? We now have electric.We haven't cooked much in the month (I can't believe we've been here a whole month!) that we've been down here because it's hot as hell and humid to boot. When we have attempted to cook, though, everything burns. At first I thought this was simply because we weren't used to cooking with electric and because the oven isn't exaclty from this decade (or the last one....or the one before that). But, when the California Pizza Kitchen frozen pizza that I was attempting to bake the other night simply refused to do anything but burn on the top and get soggier and soggier on the bottom, I decided to investigate further. I realized that when the button was turned to "bake," only the broiler came on. I figured that the button was removed when someone cleaned it last, so it was now upside-down and "bake" was really "broil." So, I took the button off and put it right-side-up. Now, when I tested "broil" it really did broil. But when I tested "bake" nothing happened. Just a cold, dark oven blinked back at me.
A broken oven - not good news for people who like to cook and entertain. I actually hope that it won't be something the landlord can fix though because we'll get a new one! heh heh.
Broken or not, electric ovens suck. |
