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Fri Dec-24-04 11:16 PM
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What to do for Christmas dinner |
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when your stove breaks at 7:30 on Christmas Eve????
AAAAAccccckkkkk!!!!!!!!! Now I have to figure out if I can use the broiler and an oven thermometer to keep the oven at a reasonable temperature to cook the roast beast.....
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Fri Dec-24-04 11:31 PM
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seriously, buy something or borrow a neighbor's oven or something else, but the broiler will just burn it. roast needs to be slow cooked at around 350 or so-- broiler too hot, just ain't gonna work ... JMHO........
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Fri Dec-24-04 11:53 PM
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4. I know the broiler is too hot |
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I was thinking that I would have a rack high up with foil on it ( to get rid of the radiant heat problem with the broiler) and then turn the broiler on for a minute every ten minutes or so....
Seriously, will probably borrow a friend's stove, but this is a really c*a*py way to start the christmas cooking process....
Fortunately, we already had some cookies baked for santa tonight or our two year old would have been sorely disappointed! Now what to do with all the uncooked chocolate chip cookie dough....
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Fri Dec-24-04 11:55 PM
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6. ooooh, raw cookie dough....YUM!!! just eat it! |
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borrow the stove, it'll be easier. :)
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Fri Dec-24-04 11:59 PM
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and I have already emailed the owner of the stove to ask her permission... she is out of town and surely won't mind.... but I am in Good Eats/Surreal Gourmet overdrive mode: I need to know how many RPMs the engine needs to show and how far to drive like that to achieve an internal temperature of 120 degrees!
Good Eats/Surreal Gourmet == James Bond/McGiver for the kitchen-inclined....
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Fri Dec-24-04 11:33 PM
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Fri Dec-24-04 11:34 PM
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3. Seconded to what Crispini said. |
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Do you have or can you borrow a large crock pot? That can work. Or one of those electric roasters? I have one of those and have even done a turkey in it.
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Fri Dec-24-04 11:54 PM
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but since the roast beast is standing rib roast we have an ultimate fallback position: carve out some good steaks and cook them on top of the stove (which still works).
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Sat Dec-25-04 12:29 AM
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They're almost always open on Christmas.
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Sat Dec-25-04 07:28 AM
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the bagel stores close for Easter!
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Sat Dec-25-04 07:30 AM
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Took out the floor of the stove, fiddled and hmmmd and aaahhhd and lo and behold, the stove came back to life this morning!
"And the grinch himself carved the roast beast"
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Sat Dec-25-04 07:34 AM
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Keep in mind I'm a vegetarian and I have no idea how to cook meat. But it seems that since it's early, the crockpot might work. :shrug:
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