When you want toasted marshmallows, you WANT toasted marshmallows! (I know you'll like this one, Anne!)
For me, it also meant that I finally found something I like about our horrible stove. Mom tells me that gas stoves and ovens are preferred by some because you can adjust the temperature more precisely, not just the numeric clicks on an electric. I dunno. Maybe we just got a lemon, or maybe this is another example of the high quality we get out here beyond the edge of nowhere :\ The oven part heats highly inconsistently. Can put the same type frozen pizza - brand, style, everything - in the oven on two different nights, and use the same temperature and same time, and one day it'll be perfect, almost too crispy, and another we'll have to add six minutes and it'll still be underdone. And then the stove's perfect level for simmering has a nice whistle to it. Very noticeable, and when something has to simmer for 20 minutes (like rice), also very annoying. Like I said, am not too fond of this stove. Can't wait til we actually have a place where we can get our own!
BUT, what it IS good for is toasting 'shmellows. Seeing as we live in the desert, where the average temperature in the summer melts marshmallows (or pens or whatever else you unintentionally forget in your car), it's a little too hot to light up the grill and toast outside. And being raised on actual TOASTED marshmallows (not the ones heated up in the microwave, like some recipe sites advertise), there's really no substitute. And when that craving hits... So, I found a solution :)
The pictures were from a day when I actually did this with Zach home. He came around the corner into the kitchen wondering what smelled good, and saw me standing there. He just started laughing and laughing and grabbed the camera (a rare move for him, so it does let you know how funny he found it). I ended up with an odd look on my face, because I was trying to ignore him :)
PS - For those of you that don't get the reference, watch "Red Dragon" with Anthony Hopkins and Edward Norton. Edward Norton says the line :)
For me, it also meant that I finally found something I like about our horrible stove. Mom tells me that gas stoves and ovens are preferred by some because you can adjust the temperature more precisely, not just the numeric clicks on an electric. I dunno. Maybe we just got a lemon, or maybe this is another example of the high quality we get out here beyond the edge of nowhere :\ The oven part heats highly inconsistently. Can put the same type frozen pizza - brand, style, everything - in the oven on two different nights, and use the same temperature and same time, and one day it'll be perfect, almost too crispy, and another we'll have to add six minutes and it'll still be underdone. And then the stove's perfect level for simmering has a nice whistle to it. Very noticeable, and when something has to simmer for 20 minutes (like rice), also very annoying. Like I said, am not too fond of this stove. Can't wait til we actually have a place where we can get our own!
BUT, what it IS good for is toasting 'shmellows. Seeing as we live in the desert, where the average temperature in the summer melts marshmallows (or pens or whatever else you unintentionally forget in your car), it's a little too hot to light up the grill and toast outside. And being raised on actual TOASTED marshmallows (not the ones heated up in the microwave, like some recipe sites advertise), there's really no substitute. And when that craving hits... So, I found a solution :)
The pictures were from a day when I actually did this with Zach home. He came around the corner into the kitchen wondering what smelled good, and saw me standing there. He just started laughing and laughing and grabbed the camera (a rare move for him, so it does let you know how funny he found it). I ended up with an odd look on my face, because I was trying to ignore him :)
PS - For those of you that don't get the reference, watch "Red Dragon" with Anthony Hopkins and Edward Norton. Edward Norton says the line :)
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