1800s?
The AGA was invented in the early 1920s and was a great progress on the stoves that were used at that time. The progress was that you didn't have to have a maid that watched it all the time, it would keep burning on it's own for quite a while.
The story behind the AGA is that the Swedish Nils Gustaf Dalen noticed that his wife was busy all day to keep the fire of her stove burning. He designed a new stove that was easier to maintain and made cooking a much easier task for the housewife of that era.
But like it is with all techniques, they get older. The design is lovely, but it's not as practical as a modern stove. The AGA cooker became a cult object and a lot of people buy them without really knowing how to cook on it. Much to my amazement I recently saw an ad for expensive vacation homes that came with an AGA. So when you arrive in your vacation home you can't cook the first night because it must be heated up first...
The AGA was invented in the early 1920s and was a great progress on the stoves that were used at that time. The progress was that you didn't have to have a maid that watched it all the time, it would keep burning on it's own for quite a while.
The story behind the AGA is that the Swedish Nils Gustaf Dalen noticed that his wife was busy all day to keep the fire of her stove burning. He designed a new stove that was easier to maintain and made cooking a much easier task for the housewife of that era.
But like it is with all techniques, they get older. The design is lovely, but it's not as practical as a modern stove. The AGA cooker became a cult object and a lot of people buy them without really knowing how to cook on it. Much to my amazement I recently saw an ad for expensive vacation homes that came with an AGA. So when you arrive in your vacation home you can't cook the first night because it must be heated up first...
