[Sca-cooks] Valentine's Dinner

[AEllin Olafs dotter]

This is why we like Stefan... he's honest... *G*

I've never seen that, and, tell the truth, would not have been looking 
for it, either.  I like it, though - I never use the broiler, because 
cooking down around my ankles is too much of a nuisance for me! The only 
time I ever really used a broiler was the only time I was curs... um... 
expanded my horizons with an electric stove. This was the one and only 
thing I liked about it...

AEllin


Stefan li Rous wrote:

> Since my wife was staying with my brother's kids so he and his wife 
> could have a special valentine's day elsewhere, I chose to cook some 
> items my wife would not eat.
> Santa Fe Chipotle soup
> Broiled Portobello mushrooms topped with gorgonzola cheese and chicken 
> and apple sausage.
>
> The soup was from a mix from Bear Creek but I added chicken and 
> jalapenos. It came out rather spicy and sinus clearing.
> The idea for the Portobello mushrooms came from a pair of messages on 
> this list in January. I'd never had stuffed Portobella mushrooms 
> before. They came out rather good, although next time I will use less 
> olive oil.
>
> However, they were more baked than broiled. :-( This is the first time 
> I've tried to use the broiler since we moved into this house last 
> October. And when I went to put the baking tray in the oven, I found 
> out that the compartment beneath the stove is apparently a storage 
> area and not a broiler like I had in my last house and my apartment 
> before that. But the oven knob on the stove had a "broil" position.
>
> There is something that looks like it might be a gas burner on the top 
> of the oven compartment. Is this supposed to fire up when the knob is 
> set to "broil"? It never came on. Anybody ever had a problem like 
> this? The stove is a Kenmore.
>
> #@$%&!!! Lol. Okay, I'm going to leave the last two paragraphs in and 
> you can laugh at Stefan. To check the brand name of the oven I went 
> into the kitchen. And I noticed that there are *two* knobs on the 
> stove that say "broil". One is the standard oven temperature/self 
> cleaning knob. The other one, which I didn't notice before now, says 
> "bake", "time bake", "broil" and "clean".  When both are set to 
> "broil" the upper burner in the oven does indeed come on and the lower 
> one does not.
>
> Well, at least now I don't have to spend time figuring out what is 
> wrong or call a repairman. And next time I will have "broiled" stuffed 
> Portobello mushrooms.
>
> Stefan
>