I am so tired of things in my kitchen!
See that pot of chicken? That is a 7lb whole chicken.
Now I got some decent size kitchen pots for cooking and canning but anything too much bigger than this just wouldn’t work on my electric burners.
For one I cuss those things daily. Trying to boil water, I don’t care how large or small in most cases it ain’t happening! Now if you put a lid on probably so. But I don’t like to use lids. Just something extra to clean most of the time! When you have to put a lid on something to get a rolling boil on that is !!@#$ near just BEGGGING for something to do it's job right the way it should without a lid!
Now the oven is great.... I have the thermostat fixed. Still some of the vegan cupcakes and etc. I have tried is just so moist you wonder if the stuff is done. It's done... it's just the way every one I have tried is so far. No Thank You. I don't mind a moist product but not to the point it's gooey and you wonder if it's done good.
I was watching Paula Dean cook their most requested chicken and dumpling recipe at all her restaurants.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yowj3eWkXnY
She was in her home and of course she had a gorgeous stove! Still she put a pot on that had to be huge! There was plenty of room all the way around for that chicken and more a good 4-6 inches. She could put enough water in to cover the chicken a inch or 2 also. Naturally it cooked up great. I didn't care for her style of dumplings..... kind of like a tough biscuit sort of. She said not to stir the pot with the dumplings in them or they would fall apart. Well good grief if they would fall apart like that they sure wouldn't hold together with reheating for leftover soup! I laugh, my hubby likes a dumpling that fights back. To me it's just a doughy tough mess! I mean you bite into it and you leave teeth tracks where ya been I mean seriously! Then again I haven't found a in-between dumpling recipe that works either yet.
Now WHY IN THE !!@#@$ CAN'T I HAVE A STOVE THAT COOKS LIKE A REAL STOVE !!!
I'm not some gourmet cook or anything but I don't like to cook little bitty. It's all the same mess and time in most cases so why not have enough to share, right??? (Still Hubby just can't ever have enough dumplings so I can't share many of them. LOL )
I swear if others peoples home stove is like this I would like to know how in the !!@@# they get anything cooked!
Do they actually cook anymore??
I could put it in the oven but I want all the juices that go with a boiled chicken for a good soup. I want a GAS STOVE !!! THE ONE WITH A REAL FLAME THAT REACHES OUT AND COVERS THE BOTTOM OF A PAN AND HEATS UP SO HOT AND FAST YOU BLINK AND IT'S BOILING !
Out in the country though it would have to be propane and since my house was made all electric. Sure we have a fireplace but at this age and my breathing that is emergency only. Someone smarter than us is going to have to figure out how to get that propane line in and make it look good. I can't imagine how much a really good gas cook top would cost now days. I sure don't like the idea of having to worry about filling the tank up very often so it would have to be really big and cost a fortune to fill.
As I told my husband.... I...... am..... so.... tired.... of.... everything ! I'm ready for a change ..... I want some new stuff....... A new life..... A new house.... A new auto..... you name it... ( well everything except a new husband, I think I can keep that )
Oh Yes....... I put a lid on that pot of chicken turned it on high and said cook! Well of course, and I know the pot is too full, it DOES decide to boil ! So ok I go turn the dial down to half of what it was. It STILL leaks out liquid on the stove and makes a mess. So I turn it down some more. Wait a while and dang it's still making a mess! So ok now I take the lid off and turn the knob up. It's crazy ! So I basically have to put the lid on a pot to get everything hot enough to even be able to boil ! I had to bribe my stove to do it's job right with a lid on the pot. GRRRR !
Well after all this aggravation we will have some good chicken and some tough dumplings for hubby and some good flavor for supper.
Love
Ranchmama
( I better get me some of that new stuff while I am still healthy enough and able to enjoy it !)
