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( , Mon 27 Jun 2011, 22:44, archived)

Given the unlimited budget, I'd have a Range Master, my Ma' has one and it's the best oven/hob I've ever used.
( , Mon 27 Jun 2011, 22:51, archived)

You know what Gonz, I don't rate them.
( , Mon 27 Jun 2011, 22:53, archived)

( , Mon 27 Jun 2011, 23:03, archived)

In my new digs there is a partition wall, between the kitchen and the living room. Feels like cardboard or whatever when you tap it, should be easy to knock down. The flooring is the same in the two rooms.
How much do you reckon it would cost to knock it down and put in maybe something like constentina doors? The wall is about 2-3m long and however high a standard room is.
I'd guess I would have to do something about the flooring of the point where the wall currenty is too, don't know what exactly, but they'd be a sofa over the floor gap most of the time so it's no big deal if it doesn't match properly.
( , Mon 27 Jun 2011, 23:12, archived)

Skinflint cunt.
( , Mon 27 Jun 2011, 23:15, archived)

( , Mon 27 Jun 2011, 23:18, archived)

It's alright, but I agree. It's no Bosch/Siemens.
( , Mon 27 Jun 2011, 23:06, archived)

... which is perfect for her, she only uses the big one at Christmas, so she's never paying shitloads to run it. I think it's this one here in black.
( , Mon 27 Jun 2011, 23:05, archived)

( , Mon 27 Jun 2011, 23:07, archived)

We use them a lot in the restaurant for pastry as you get the most even heat across the base of the pan possible.
( , Mon 27 Jun 2011, 23:09, archived)

( , Mon 27 Jun 2011, 23:15, archived)

and when melting things, or caramelising, or reducing, if you have evenly distributed heat you don't get hot-spots so you can wander off and do something else and it won't burn so easily.
( , Mon 27 Jun 2011, 23:22, archived)

I think they look the buisnes.
In my new place, I'd also like taps you can turn on/off with your elbows, and I'd love one of those instant hot-water taps (what are they called? how much are they?).
( , Mon 27 Jun 2011, 23:14, archived)

I've just bought a house and we're having the kitchen done, and I'm having loads of fun making it perfect for cooking at home. It's basically going to be a mini version of a proper restaurant kitchen as that's the only way i know how to cook. Taps with elbow control, racks for knives and chopping boards. But price has me stuck down to hotpoint gear as i am not a rich man.
( , Mon 27 Jun 2011, 23:20, archived)

Do you mean those magnatized strips when you say knife rack? If so, I want one. Decent chopping board are pretty ace, I got some wooden ones for about £15 each but they already started to split with dishwasher use. I think it'll be sweet to get a granit block for the oven too.
My fave kitchen I've seen on telly is Nigel Slatter's one in that food-for-a-week show he does, I wrote him an email over the weekend and his publicist is gonna pass it on. I think he's a great man, love his views on life/food.
( , Mon 27 Jun 2011, 23:27, archived)

And yes on the knife racks. Chopping boards never last long, but i use plastic ones, again i think just out of habit from work.
Granite block for the oven, I hadn't even thought of that. Totally gonna find a way to get one of those in to the budget.
( , Mon 27 Jun 2011, 23:32, archived)

The granet block is ace, I've not tried it but seen them use it to create a base for something like a pizza-oven, you can get them cheap from places like B&Q.
Another chef who I really admire is Micheal Canes. My friend pointed out his hand after I was watching him on telly for a year or soo and I never realised. He's _that_ good.
( , Mon 27 Jun 2011, 23:40, archived)