tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18132936.post4127615413483245647..comments2022-12-11T05:36:56.996-06:00Comments on My Mexican Kitchen: Six Days Stoveless in Michoacán Don Cuevashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13512081335891808593noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18132936.post-72462275483498444692015-03-15T17:51:25.811-06:002015-03-15T17:51:25.811-06:00Ooooooooo! That looks sweet! Hmmmmm... higher e...Ooooooooo! That looks sweet! Hmmmmm... higher end stove or bass boat? After going through 9 bass boats in 12+ years, I think it is my turn. No?<br /><br /><br />mlMary Lounoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18132936.post-63429549415203914662015-03-15T17:40:21.512-06:002015-03-15T17:40:21.512-06:00Maia luz, we hadn't until the Moment of Truth ...Maia luz, we hadn't until the Moment of Truth checked Sears. I also wouldn't want to buy a major appliance on line. That day, we were not far from Sears at Paseo Altozano, so we looked in. I had passed the threshold of patient waiting. I could wait no longer, so I looked over the models and bought the one described above. What the hell, you only live once.<br /><br />I have so far greatlyDonCuevasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18132936.post-56824894058191121732015-03-15T14:36:55.130-06:002015-03-15T14:36:55.130-06:00We need a new stove. Ours is horrible. Of course...We need a new stove. Ours is horrible. Of course it is a built in that came with our house. One of those 4 burner narrow jobs with 1 oven rack. On Thanksgiving or Navidad who can get by with one rack??? Jerry fashioned one out of a chrome plated fish basket to get us through our New Years Day Southern dinner party. But, things burn on bottom, or top, or the thing blazes from 350 all the way Mary Lounoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18132936.post-5198744718542343742015-03-11T20:28:29.774-06:002015-03-11T20:28:29.774-06:00Not "Felipe Zapata?!?"Not "Felipe Zapata?!?"Kim Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18132936.post-21725225698881777262015-03-04T06:53:44.652-06:002015-03-04T06:53:44.652-06:00NOW it becomes clear. I briefly wondered if you me...NOW it becomes clear. I briefly wondered if you meant "hubristic", but no, surely you would never commit such a linguistic error.<br /><br /><br />Hudibras did a fine job this morning, baking chocolate chip cookies, Italian seeded bread, baguettes (the latter two from the same dough), and cornbread.<br /><br /><br />Now I want to deploy the auto slide hooks for the upper oven shelf. DonCuevasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18132936.post-42249363913473871292015-03-04T06:40:52.843-06:002015-03-04T06:40:52.843-06:00That definition you found is very narrow. Here is ...That definition you found is very narrow. Here is what my Collins Dictionary has to say:<br /><br /><br />"Mock-heroic in style."<br /><br /><br />From Don Cuevas' photo, I think the stove qualifies.Felipe Zapatahttp://unseenmoon.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18132936.post-48663858937422567432015-03-04T06:34:17.874-06:002015-03-04T06:34:17.874-06:00From Wikipedia:
Hudibrastic is a type of English v...From Wikipedia:<i><br />Hudibrastic is a type of English verse named <br />for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, published in parts from 1663 to 1678. For <br />the poem, Butler invented a mock-heroic verse structure. Instead of <br />pentameter, the lines were written in iambic tetrameter.</i><br /><br />I'm not sure how a stove can be a type of English verse, or even reasonably compared to one.Kim Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18132936.post-61066700415339381572015-03-04T04:20:51.577-06:002015-03-04T04:20:51.577-06:00I am thinking of having a name plate made for the ...I am thinking of having a name plate made for the stove, probably in hammered copper, saying "HUDIBRAS".<br /><br />Saludos,<br />Don CuevasDonCuevasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18132936.post-8973047632058481262015-03-03T21:37:49.561-06:002015-03-03T21:37:49.561-06:00Kim: Sure, it does. Don Cuevas' new stove is c...Kim: Sure, it does. Don Cuevas' new stove is clearly hudibrastic.Felipe Zapatahttp://unseenmoon.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18132936.post-54150108039275197412015-03-03T19:27:18.696-06:002015-03-03T19:27:18.696-06:00Good one, Kim! Thanks.
Occasionally we have storm...Good one, Kim! Thanks.<br /><br />Occasionally we have storms that bring <i>granizo</i>.<br /><br />https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_qAZNMPNAu4/UAyc5EA6qAI/AAAAAAAAxDM/hRPZLbocriw/s640/IMG_4837.JPG<br />Saludos,<br />Don CuevasDonCuevasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18132936.post-30378012624478438092015-03-03T19:27:02.989-06:002015-03-03T19:27:02.989-06:00If your stove has gravitas, it's high time you...If your stove has gravitas, it's high time your freezer had granitas. <br /><br />Saludos,<br /><br />Kim G<br />Boston, MA<br /><i>Where our driveway has granitas, and the stove has ratatouille sitting on it.</i>Kim Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18132936.post-17869939786238198282015-03-03T19:26:58.747-06:002015-03-03T19:26:58.747-06:00As someone who has learned to make pizza in the la...As someone who has learned to make pizza in the last year, and who has an oven which will get to 600°, I can definitely say that the extra 100° makes all the difference. Over Xmas, I tried to make pizza in my mother's oven at 500°, but it didn't come out nearly as well. <br /><br />¡Feliz horneando!<br /><br />Kim G<br />Boston, MA<br /><i>Where we recently baked a batch of ratatouille.</Kim Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18132936.post-22089547977879702742015-03-03T19:26:48.064-06:002015-03-03T19:26:48.064-06:00I looked up "hudibrastic," and I don'...I looked up "hudibrastic," and I don't think it applies to stoves. Even fancy Mexican ones.Kim Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18132936.post-20107517929812287732015-03-03T11:48:41.324-06:002015-03-03T11:48:41.324-06:00Gravitas!I like that. And I like that you guided u...Gravitas!I like that. And I like that you guided us to Sears for this all important purchase.<br /><br />( had to look up "sigils": <br /><br />sigil |ˈsijəl|<br /><br />noun<br /><br />an inscribed or painted symbol considered to have magical power.<br /><br />• archaic a seal: the supply wains bore the High King's sigil.<br /><br />• literary a sign or symbol.<br /><br />Saludos,<DonCuevasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18132936.post-61039019952462992652015-03-03T11:45:21.750-06:002015-03-03T11:45:21.750-06:00Oh, why didn't I ever think to look there? WAI...Oh, why didn't I ever think to look there? WAIL!<br /><br /><br />DCDonCuevasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18132936.post-47264323999401696512015-03-03T11:43:00.495-06:002015-03-03T11:43:00.495-06:00Thank you, Steve.
We have nothing but kind thought...Thank you, Steve.<br />We have nothing but kind thoughts of you.<br /><br />Saludos,<br />Don CuevasDonCuevasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18132936.post-75466121406120479102015-03-03T09:39:43.824-06:002015-03-03T09:39:43.824-06:00Coppel across from La Bodega supermarket.Coppel across from La Bodega supermarket.Felipe Zapatahttp://unseenmoon.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18132936.post-41009465421339836762015-03-03T09:34:10.544-06:002015-03-03T09:34:10.544-06:00Don Cuevas' stove is a dead ringer for the io ...Don Cuevas' stove is a dead ringer for the io Mabe, filled with sigils. I know, because I've got an io Mabe, the first stove I ever bought, having had to settle with hand-me-downs up until then. This one is also the first stove I've had that that's had the heft and quality of that 1950s red Chambers stove that was my first. <br /><br />In Morelia, Sears is the go-to place for jennifer rosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18132936.post-15203375737124326952015-03-03T08:50:35.463-06:002015-03-03T08:50:35.463-06:00Where did you buy your oven?Where did you buy your oven?patzmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18132936.post-59719229378469833982015-03-03T08:49:15.017-06:002015-03-03T08:49:15.017-06:00Thanks for sharing your research. The esposa says...Thanks for sharing your research. The esposa says we need a new oven/stove. Sounds like Sears may be the place to start. I hope they stay in business till we have time to look.patzmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18132936.post-12368072374529980122015-03-03T08:39:31.102-06:002015-03-03T08:39:31.102-06:00Hey, guys! I am in the room.
May you have many...Hey, guys! I am in the room. <br /><br />May you have many happy future culinary tales.Steve Cottonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18132936.post-64955938702827149182015-03-03T07:40:30.610-06:002015-03-03T07:40:30.610-06:00Are you saying that Steve writes in a hudibrastic ...Are you saying that Steve writes in a hudibrastic way?<br /><br /><br />DCDonCuevasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18132936.post-42897860971315733832015-03-03T07:37:35.027-06:002015-03-03T07:37:35.027-06:00I do not need to hire heavy handed cleaners. I mar...I do not need to hire heavy handed cleaners. I married one. As for hudibrastic, I am channeling Steve Cotton.Felipe Zapatahttp://unseenmoon.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18132936.post-5635151125472076162015-03-03T07:30:35.402-06:002015-03-03T07:30:35.402-06:00Life is short but food is long. I liked it. I bou...Life is short but food is long. I liked it. I bought it. Now I have to go look up "hudibrastic".<br /><br />I agree that our cleaning girl pushed our old stove to an early demise. But her Mamá was able to clean it up and revive it to their satisfaction.<br /><br />If I recall correctly, you and your bride do not hire cleaning persons but maintain your house yourselves. We, on the DonCuevasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18132936.post-2783279213451489012015-03-03T07:10:33.700-06:002015-03-03T07:10:33.700-06:00We recently purchased a new stove for our pastry w...We recently purchased a new stove for our pastry workshop. A Whirlpool. Didn't pay anything near what you paid. It has six burners like yours does, and an oven like yours does. And it seems quite sturdy, as most ovens are. Except for the "plate warmer," I bet it does what yours does. I'm not sure what the sky-high price got you apart from looking hudibrastic. Feel free to Felipe Zapatahttp://unseenmoon.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com