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| prairie_princess |
Posted - Mar 24 2010 : 12:26:18 PM
I have a pilot flame for my stovetop burners, so the middle stays warm all the time. I've found some interesting uses for that heat, including heating up my butcherblock oil in the bottle (it says on the bottle if it's heated up, it works better and easier and I don't have a microwave), keeping my coffee warm throughout the day, and to keep my butter melted if I don't need it in a recipe quite yet....Anyone else take advantage of the pilot flame? Maybe even the one in the oven? My mom used to put her bread dough in the oven to rise because it was a nice warm place (I do that on the stovetop, too, if it's cold in the house)
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Mar 29 2010 : 07:05:19 AM
Go for it, Lisa! Doesn't cost anything to try! I've actually got three old gas stoves and poor David probably lives in fear I'll drag another old appliance home any day. I've only got one old fridge, my GE monitor top. Just something about vintage appliances....maybe we could build a barn for storage...probably not. ;)
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| nubidane |
Posted - Mar 28 2010 : 5:29:51 PM
I just recently appraised an older Tudor style home with many German influences on the interior(bank owned property) It had an old GE stove in it that I wanted to steal!(6 burners, 2 ovens, pristine shape) After all, that is personal property, right??? I asked the realtor about it; & she knew the family that owned the property originally, & it was the original stove. Would love to work through the RED tape to get that sucker! |
| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Mar 28 2010 : 1:37:40 PM
My old Lindemann and Hoverson is green/yellowish and dates to the 1930's. I bought it from the original family. It had been passed down to the granddaughter of the original owner and she wanted something 'newer'.
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Mar 28 2010 : 09:06:39 AM
I have an old GE double oven stove. It has the extra work space and side by side ovens. I use the small one alot. When I make bread I use the big one. But stuff stays warm on the top. I can cook some things or at least heat things on the eyes when the ovens are on. I do wish it was a gas stove though. But this will work.
I was at a thrift store the other day in Summerville. They had an old green gas stove with the warming oven and the lids that pull down over the burners. It was beautiful! I wanted it so bad. It was $800. If I had that much I would have gotten it. But I will use mine til it quits working. I got it at a yard sale not long after we moved here. I paid $65 for it.
Kris
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| LakeOntarioFarmgirl |
Posted - Mar 28 2010 : 06:30:35 AM
Oh, how I miss my gas stove/oven! :( I had one for 15 years- the only time ever, but loved the pilot light for all sorts of thing!
We've been renting for a couple of years, and have an electric cooktop now.
But, we do have old fashioned radiators in this house, a couple of them have flat tops on them, so I can use those for dough raising, melting things, keeping my coffee warm!
Husband and I have been debating about buying a used gas stove to keep out in our woodshed, part of which used to be a summer kitchen.
Enjoy your vintage and/or newer gas stoves girls!
Brenda
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| prairie_princess |
Posted - Mar 26 2010 : 10:32:26 AM
1950... I loved how, when we bought it, the sellers thought it was a newer model, from mid-1950's. But when we were cleaning it up, DH discovered a brochure that we assume came with it that included recipes and order forms for fun things you could order to go with the stove that was dated 1950. How old are all of you ladies' stoves?
"Only two things that money can't buy, that's true love and homegrown tomatoes."
- Guy Clark
"The man who has planted a garden feels he has done something for the good of the world."
- Charles Dudley Warner |
| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 11:59:57 AM
I've done that 'softening the butter' thing, too, Elizabeth. I had forgotten that. I just love old gas stoves. How old is yours?
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| prairie_princess |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 11:00:51 AM
I was surprised and delighted with the fact that anyone replied to this! And with such good ideas! I will definately like to try your idea, Joanna, with my herbs this summer.... And what better way to spoil the pets than giving them warm food on a cold winters day? I could use that idea for my chickens when I give them scraps, too...
Also, along with keeping melted butter melted and warm, I've placed butter from the fridge on a plate or towel, put it over the heat to speed up the process of getting it soft.... instead of waiting 30 minutes for it to soften for recipes that call for soft butter, put it on that warm spot and rotate regularly... it will be soft in no time! I've also done that with something I need to thaw a little faster... just put it in a bowl or plate and keep rotating.
"Only two things that money can't buy, that's true love and homegrown tomatoes."
- Guy Clark
"The man who has planted a garden feels he has done something for the good of the world."
- Charles Dudley Warner |
| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Mar 24 2010 : 12:51:59 PM
I've taken the dog food can out of the fridge and sat it there in the morning to warm it up a little. I know it's weird, but I spoil the canine crew. I also laid one of those little apple pies from McDonald's on there when my dh got paged out of the house. It was nice and warm when he got home.
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"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
'Br.Dave Gardner' |
| JojoNH |
Posted - Mar 24 2010 : 12:31:00 PM
The pilot light puts off just enough heat to dry herbs with. So placing them on a tray in your oven, checking every 20 minutes will work perfectly.
Joanna #566
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