@feuervogel
where did you get the awesome pot cover thing???
I actually bought mine at the local hardware store, but I think you can get them online pretty easily -- they seem to be widely available, just not something you normally see on store shelves.
@luthienpotter
You can put those covers IN THE OVEN? I have one and I never knew that! My mind, she is blown.
Well, possibly you can, because they are silicone, but that’s not actually a hot oven -- I’m just proofing the rolls, so the oven is heated only by the light and nothing else. I would check with the manufacturer before putting it in anything hot. If the handle is plastic it may melt.
@dharmagun
Not your fault, but this made me almost cry. I used to cook and bake all the time and now i live in a place with an 80 year old gas stove with one functional burner and an oven that’s so corroded I’m frightened of it. I would kill to make a batch of espresso cinnamon chocolate cookies.
I’m so sorry you can’t cook as you’d like! I will say that my oven/stove are crap too, so I feel you -- I tore the burners out of the stove (I have an induction burner I use) and covered it with a cutting board, which means I have to move a bunch of stuff if I want to use the oven, so I rarely do.
If you have the space and money, I highly recommend a countertop oven -- it’s just a large toaster oven with a convection function, they cost about $50-$100 depending on the features you get, but they work GREAT and don’t take up a ton of space. Everything I baked today -- 90% of everything I bake ever, from bread to casseroles to frozen pizza to roast chicken -- was baked in an Oster six-slice toaster oven set to Convection. It takes a bit of getting used to and occasionally buying a special pan (I have lots of small loaf pans and cookies sheets) but I have a lot of fun with it.
