Advice sought for a pie maker

[MontyVeda]

 

[annedonnelly]

What kind of man person doesn't have an oven?

Is this some new minimalist living fad thing?

A colleague of mine discovered a number of houses without functional kitchens when she was house hunting. Some people want nothing more than a microwave, coffee maker and details of local takeaways.

 

[MontyVeda]

... Some people want nothing more than a microwave, coffee maker and details of local takeaways.

such people need their collective heads banging together

 

[KnittyNorah]

I don't have an oven. Or a hob. Not in the conventional sense, anyway. Before making a final decision to get rid of that bulky, underused thing called a 'stove' I used it for storage for a good 6 months before making the decision and you know what? I didn't miss it.
It made my kitchen arrangements much more inflexible than they needed to be.

I now have more work surface, more cupboard space, and 'gadgets' instead which I find much handier and which I can leave out, get out or put away according to need/desire. The saving in space by getting rid of the stove has enabled me to have a much better sized fridge/freezer in what is a truly tiny kitchen.

 

[T4tomo]

such people need their collective heads banging together

or some people need to be a bit less judgemental about others kitchen arrangements maybe?

 

[MichaelW2]

When my brother was living in France in an ovenless studio flat, he got one of those counter top toaster ovens which proved to be pretty useful. Not sure if they can do pies .

 

[MontyVeda]

or some people need to be a bit less judgemental about others kitchen arrangements maybe?

I don't believe a healthy wholesome diet can be got with a microwave and few take-away menus... so I shall judge those I consider too lazy to learn to cook decent food for themselves.

 

[T4tomo]

I don't believe a healthy wholesome diet can be got with a microwave and few take-away menus... so I shall judge those I consider too lazy to learn to cook decent food for themselves.

I was taking issue of your judging of those that can't afford to rent something that comes with the state of the art kitchen.

 

[MichaelW2]

And if you have an induction hob you can use it to fire up a dutch oven ( cast iron deep pot that can be used for baking )

• The dutch oven is also the official state cooking pot of Texas and Arkansas.

 

[KnittyNorah]

I don't believe a healthy wholesome diet can be got with a microwave and few take-away menus... so I shall judge those I consider too lazy to learn to cook decent food for themselves.

Judge away. People - even judges - do make wrong judgements, you know.

The last takeaway I had was a pizza with friends in their garden last summer. Unless you call fish and chips at the beach on a day out, a takeaway too. I've had both of those last year - and I use my microwave a great deal.

A conventional oven and hob is in no way necessary to have a healthy wholesome diet, and I have not had one for many years, unless I've been in rental property where such was part of the installations. In which case the oven has usually been used as extra storage.

If I were cooking 3 traditional meals a day for a sizeable family, no doubt I would 'miss' the ability to batch bake on a twice or thrice weekly basis, roast joints to serve half a dozen - with the spuds underneath and the yorkshires above - and have a selection of veggies, custard and a steamed pudding bubbling away on the hob, and a pan of chips too. Of course that is if you assume that the above-mentioned is a 'healthy wholesome diet'. I don't, personally.

The equipment in one's kitchen has very little to do with one's ability to prepare a healthy, wholesome diet, and it is perfectly possible to have a healthy, wholesome diet without what is thought of, in the UK at least, as a 'properly-equipped' kitchen with a full oven and hob.

Perhaps those who think that this is not so, have never lived in places where a kitchen is not routinely equipped as are those in the UK, but which nevertheless often manage to have a much healthier and more wholesome diet than many of those (supposedly) 'properly' equipped kitchens manage to provide for their users ...

 

[Electric_Andy]

My mum has a double oven and a double Rayburn which is used often, but she does rice in the microwave, and red cabbage. She often does vegetables in an electric steamer (3 tier). I use my slow cooker far more than my oven if I'm honest. It does seem more efficient to use smaller appliances for things, rather than heating up a massive oven each time which in my case has to be on for 20 minutes before it's even up to temperature.

 

[MontyVeda]

For the record, i was responding to "Some people want nothing more than a microwave, coffee maker and details of local takeaways."

...so you can all step down from your soap boxes and discuss piemakers

 

[figbat]

Indeed, the measure you're looking for is the Cross Sectional AUC - Area Under Crust

Is the optimum ratio 3.14159265….?

 

[si_c]

Is the optimum ratio 3.14159265….?

As long as the crust is 1.61803....

 

[fossyant]

All this pie talk - I've just prepped Chicken, Leek and Mushroom (and carrot) pie mix ready to have puff pastry on top. The 'teens' are having pie mix with rice as they will turn their nose up at pastry ! Oh and it will go in the OVEN at tea time !