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oil heat is almost unheard of int he west. Heating with heating oil is almost unheard of in the west. From the stats I have seen, fewer than 1% of the people in Denver use oil heat, and once you get out of town, it's probably lower. That "<1%" is probably for folks who use kerosene heaters on...

while I wouldn't want this either... ...I'm reminded of the invention of the adhesive that has led to post it notes.

canning Unless you live at sea level please don't can in a pressure cooker UNLESS it is a canner. Example: I had several conversations with Kuhn Rikon, because they kept telling me their pressure cooker heated to 15 psi. Something about what I was reading in the UK and US sites did not jive...

it coudl be as early as 1946. My last house had one of them, though the dishwasher portion long didn't work. (I used to drain my modern dishwasher into it). It had an install date of 1946 written on the inside of the door. Funny, that was the exact model.

i was on compuserv... but don't remember the ID. This was in (gasp) 1982. However I was too poor to be online much so I dropped it. The Source I think is what became prodigy but I am not sure.

it's amazing They are so unbelievably fast. Mine takes about 2tbs of water, comes up to pressure quick and a pot of broccoli is steamed in 3 minutes. What's not to love? LOL.

what a nice look! Are the Euro smart cars significantly different than the North American counterparts? Before I bought my Toyota Yaris, I looked at them; they called for premium gasoline in the specs I read, and the mileage was about 36 miles to the US gallon, or about 15 kilometers per...

what a beautiful stove! That stove is gorgeous.

Electric skillets are great! I love 'em. Found one very similar to that at Goodwill. It joined my 80s vintage Presto that I bought from Sears new, and my 2 Corningware Electromatic skillets.

@qualin I have a zojirushi rice cooker I've had for nearly 10 years. It cost me a bundle then (>$100 IIRC) but it was the only one I could find that cooked brown rice as well as white rice. They are awesome.

@angus I had been thinking this very thing. (Even if I do hate Tide too, lots of people love it.)

that was no doubt... ...to increase GE profitability, and not to pay the tax on medical devices in whatever the real name of the bill that is popularly called "Obamacare." When I heard 'no jobs were lost' I thought "What?" And this guy is the jobs Czar for the administration? What? Oh...

iron with a boiler BTW this is the iron that I mentioned. See attached link. Interestingly enough I have it but still dont' have time to iron much. It DOES take only about 5 minutes to iron a cotton shirt rather than 10-15. These days I've been mostly wearing Sir Pendleton wools so no need...

LOL! Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my Miele oven. But they are just an appliance company, and given complaints on Garden Web these days, are suffering from some of the same quality issues all manufacturers do. But it's just an iron and an ironing board! Having said that I DID spend $100 on an...

in defense of bread machines... I think they are great for folks on allergy diets. My gluten free, egg free, and dairy free wife means that we use her bread machines 3 times weekly. (It is a 1 pound loaf, and she eats bread with almost every meal now that she can). I am dairy free and use...

well... What else is it other than an ironing board? and an iron?

cycle time variations I'd be curious to find out if your cycle time will vary. On my Bosch, when I start it up as an Autowash with Sanitize, it starts at at 143 minutes (2 hours, 23 minutes). But it then senses the dirt in the water, and adjusts, usually to between 80 and 100 minutes. Does...

or find an old slow cooker... ...with a pyroceram insert. (One of the Corningware slow cookers, in other words). Goodwill was my friend a while back :) The sad thing is mostly I pressure cook these days but sometimes I do use slow cookers.

yes, you will... If you decide to bake and cook by weight you will need a new cookbook. Personally I am a big fan of "Delia Smith's Complete Illustrated Cookery Course" And someone else on this thread mentioned _The Cake Bible_ if you are doing cakes. (Also, I would love to take credit for...

regional differences even intra-USA One thing that makes baking different, and might be why folks like mixes, is that there are regional differences in ingredients, even inside the USA. When I moved to New England from the NYC area, I noted that sugar was quite different. The grains were...