OT, Again: Ping RC helicopteristi

It's actually (at least AFAICT) quite hard not to get them. OTOH they
don't seem to add much to the price any more.

Lots of the other stuff I agree. Built in things (like espresso
machines) worry me. Way too much hassle when things start leaking, plus
if they break, you need to find an exact replacement when, in fact, any
old Rancilio Silvia should do

IIRC ours is about 5 sq m

In other words 'yours is bigger than mine'


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Well obviously there's the coffee machine, the deep fat fryer, the
water filter, the kettle... But the food processor, the bread machine,
the microwave, are all consigned to other bits, which limits their
use, partocularly the FP which needs to be lifted onto a worksurface
to be used.

But anyway, I don't think we have. There's really only two bits, one
at 130cm, one at 110cm, plus a 40cm bit next to the draining board
which is only good for having the kettle on it. There was certainly
more than that in the smaller kitchen we left in MK.

 

We actually prefer it, as it's effectively got two full-size ovens.
Most of the 'range' style have one narrower one, which is too small to
fit our larger casseroles in, so completely useless, IOW.

Well it all depends on the layout, I guess.

 

What about that wooden thing in the middle of the room? My mum managed with
just a scrubbed pine table as a work surface for decades. We didn't have
fitted units until 1978...

 

As mentioned, we've ditched the worktop microwave with one of these
http://www.siemens-home.co.uk/our-products/cooking/compact-45-range/HB84E562B.html?source=browse

and the kettle's going as we've got one of these:
http://www.insinkerator.co.uk/products/shwt/hc-1100.aspx

 

They are separate units, installed one above the other. The
combination oven/grill/microwave isn't full size (see the link in my
reply to Ace) so it just looks like a slightly larger built-in oven.

 

Oh well, yeah, I guess. But no good at that height as 'work surface'
per se, especially not with my back.

Luxury. We had a formica top my dad built over the twin-tub washer,
and a big table in a corner. There were no cupboards at all, but a
step-down larder with thick marble shelves. Just as well, cos we
didn't have a fridge until the early 70's either.

 

Why the **** would anybody want something like that unless they were a
compulsive pie eater?

 

Interesting. I note that the Falcon's "multifunction" oven (still)
doesn't include a microwave. So we'll probably fight to just keep my
20-y-o Zanussi one, or another standalone one. I really don't see the
point on getting them built in.

Why? And what do you do when you want a litre or more in one go? Looks
like you'd need to put a jug under it and leave it running for three
or four minutes... 100 cups/hour == 4 minute per litre.

 

that looks like it could be interesting when rolling in after a night on
the Bishop's Finger. 98C when you were hoping for a nice refreshing glass
of cold, oops

 

We didn't get a phone until 1990!

 

Yes, I think that's what he has. Stupid little thing.

I could get a range in but if you opened the door, it would very nearly
hit the units on the other side.
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Convenience, a bit of "why not?" and as we're having a water softener
installed, we have a choice of hard & soft hot & cold water.

It's handy for making a quick cup of tea or coffee, or as in P's case,
just a mug of hot water.

In reality we'll keep the kettle in the utility area for when we need
more than a cup or two, but that's not very often.

 

Seems like Welsh dairy stockmen were at the cutting edge of social mobility
in the 1960s. When we were on the farm in Penant near Aberaeron we had a
car, fridge, phone & TV.

 

I use two all the time. One is cooking stuff, the other is keeping warm
parts of the meal already prepared.

 

Sheesh in the mid 80's the red call box in the village was the only phone
available for any money.

 

Roast beef 180C, Yorkshire Puddings 220C.
And a few dozen similar common examples.

 

I forsee something rather similar to this in my future
www.rangecookers.co.uk/cannon-professional-1000g-with-fsd-product,2197.aspx

 

Ah but the rest of us didn't get farming subsidies from the government to
buy all of this newfangled techno malarky.

 

Well quite. We actually inherited a gas one of these with the house
http://www.rangemaster.co.uk/range-cooking/rangemaster-110.aspx
except ours has a nice griddle instead of the 5th ring - perfect for
pancakes. The two ovens get well used.