[Sca-cooks] Valentine's Dinner

[Sue Clemenger]

My current apt has a pretty decent gas stove, and I've actually gotten 
used to using it (being, by nature and training, one of those 
Philistines Who Prefers An Electric Stove), but I hadn't used the 
broiler thingy until a couple of weeks ago. Found out that I don't like 
cooking around my ankles, either, and I also don't like the way I 
couldn't adjust the closeness of my dish to the flame.  I ended up 
setting off the smoke alarm.  Twice.  And I really miss the extra 
storage space.
--maire

AEllin Olafs dotter wrote:

> 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
>>
> 
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