On Feb 14, 11:22*am, Chip C wrote:
On Feb 14, 10:19*am, Cindy Hamilton
wrote:

On Feb 13, 11:27*pm, Van wrote:

I mean the average residential oven. *I've never seen one with a temp
gauge. *Is it because the oven manufacturers don't want you to know
how inaccurate their ovens are compared with the setting on the knob?

Probably because consumers aren't interested in paying for it.

At the risk of sounding sexist, women don't want that much
information.

Gosh, don't they understand that the success or failure of a roast
depends on sampling temperature to three significant figures every 30
seconds for two hours? Don't they understand that having more numbers
in front of them validates their intellect?

Next you'll tell me that many of them don't know what power factor
their fridge is running at or what perils await if the counter outlets
are installed ground-pin-down. They sure are lucky they've got us
around. Now excuse me, I see a switch plate that doesn't have its
screw slots lined up. Hey, did you move my tools? I've been keeping
them right here on the counter next to the sink.

Old recipes often refer just to a "slow" oven or a "fast" oven.

For "fast" you opened the draught and threw in some coal. Even more if
someone was drawing hot water.

Hot water? You had hot water? We had to boil it on the stove!

Just so we could get cleaned up to walk to school uphill.
And walk uphill home again.

Cindy Hamilton