What is worse than no stove/oven or cooker as you call it, is a fridge! During covid, our fridge died! We had to buy a mini fridge to store most of our stuff until a new fridge could arrive (which was 2 months then!). It was miserable. You don't realize how much you take for granted your appliances until you can't use them!
Our dishwasher has broken too! Back in mid July the day before our holiday! And we still haven't decided on a replacement 😒 Unlike you I hate washing up, but am getting by.
Our oven has just stopped working too. The gas hob still works but the electric oven has given up the ghost. Honestly, I won't miss it because it's so old and awful I hardly use it anyway. I do a lot of one pot dishes on the hob, have a microwave, slow cooker, bread maker and airfryer. And recently bought, because of the general uselessness of the oven, a Ninja multipot.
There are only two of us at home so I'm not making huge meals, and I'm putting off inviting people to stay or to dinner until we solve both the dishwasher and the oven crises.
Oh, good luck with getting replacements sorted. I think you can do quite a lot with a hob and air fryer and other bits. I am a big fan of one-pot meals and totally should have slow cooked something this last week. Ninja multipot sounds interesting. We have a rice cooker too, which will also work as a slow cooker, but didn't touch it while the cooker was out. I think we must have just felt we had permission to be lazy!
I have never had a dishwasher in my life hahah! And I adore washing dishes, it’s literally the only household chore I don’t revile. Our new place will come with a dishwasher so I will see if it converts me.
During the sanctions/ bombing in Serbia we went very long times without electricity, but it wasn’t exactly ‘no cooker’ because it would come back on for a couple of hours so you just had to be ready to, like, ‘ready - set - cook!!’ whenever it came on. We definitely weren’t focusing on eating healthy hahah. But I think your suggestions are brilliant - prepped and frozen things, wraps and salads.
Last year here in Mtl we had a crazy ice storm that took out the power for 4 whole days!! It was insane. It also broke half the trees in the city. I tried to make a tiny bread warmer with sticks, foil and candles but it really didn’t work at all, fun though the idea was. We survived squarely on takeout.
Oh goodness. That's a whole other level - I can't imagine healthy eating would take any priority then. There are definitely times and situations where it's not going to be a focus at all and just getting food inside you is it.
I think I tend to veer towards that just because work is busy sometimes, though, which is definitely not equivalent at all.
It’s funny though, once that was the situation we were like ehh ok it is what it is, can we light a fire on the balcony to boil water for coffee? Like state of emergency or no state of emergency, you gotta drink your coffee 😅
We came up with lots of unique recipes during those times, there was an awesome cake I really loved that didn’t use milk, eggs, or butter hahah. It was like a nothing cake. You used biscuits for the ‘dough’, soaked in fruit juice, (the kind that’s never seen an actual fruit), then you make the filling from pudding from powder but instead of with milk you make it with juice…. It looks like it shouldn’t work but it comes out weirdly good. And you top it with whipped cream from powder. Add some sliced peaches and you’re golden :)
Oh yeah I would need tea for sure! I’m the only tea drinker in my family. Everyone else is on Turkish coffee, and Lu actually likes tea but only ever asks for it when he’s sick
True story, I went most of my childhood without a cooker. Still bonkers to think about.
As for islands—I love the idea, but think I'd hate having one. There's only one way to find out, so I'd rather not find out. Oh, and I'd need a kitchen several times the size of the walkway we've got right now!
Ha ha. We would, too. I think I may have to give up my dream of a big farmhouse size kitchen.
Amazing that you spent most of your childhood without a cooker. We didn't have a TV or a phone or central heating. But we did have a cooker. And my dad, and mum, cooked some lovely food on it. Think that my be a post for the future - childhood food memories. 😋
Oh yes, camping gas stove. Chris has a one-ring one we could have used. And I remember borrowing Emma's two-ring one years ago when we were without kitchen for a month or so.
To be fair to myself, I think I would have done better of I had known it was going to be a full week. I was expecting it to be a bit more than a weekend which felt like it wouldn't need a proper plan.
Yes, washing up is very grounding. I think if I had a better work-life balance I would happily forego a dishwasher, but it's a lot easier to deal with a huge build-up of stuff to wash with a dishwasher.
Oh yes, camping gas stove. Chris has a one-ring one we could have used. And I remember borrowing Emma's two-ring one years ago when we were without kitchen for a month or so.
To be fair to myself, I think I would have done better of I had known it was going to be a full week. I was expecting it to be a bit more than a weekend which felt like it wouldn't need a proper plan.
Yes, washing up is very grounding. I think if I had a better work-life balance I would happily forego a dishwasher, but it's a lot easier to deal with a huge build-up of stuff to wash with a dishwasher.
When my cookers have broken. I relied on camping stove for hobs. Our new one also has a grill. And using friends and neighbours. When I was little we were a month or so without a cooker we had spinach pasties salad and prigles for most meals and did jacket potatoes in the fire a few times. We didn't have a microwave then. I hate microwaves the last 4 times I have used ours o have set fire /cremated the food. I do love our airfyer. Everything crossed for smooth installation. You know I hate dishwashers too and won't use ours still . Washing up often bring me calm grounding and endorphins of achievement.
What is worse than no stove/oven or cooker as you call it, is a fridge! During covid, our fridge died! We had to buy a mini fridge to store most of our stuff until a new fridge could arrive (which was 2 months then!). It was miserable. You don't realize how much you take for granted your appliances until you can't use them!
Oh no! That would definitely be so much worse.
Our dishwasher has broken too! Back in mid July the day before our holiday! And we still haven't decided on a replacement 😒 Unlike you I hate washing up, but am getting by.
Our oven has just stopped working too. The gas hob still works but the electric oven has given up the ghost. Honestly, I won't miss it because it's so old and awful I hardly use it anyway. I do a lot of one pot dishes on the hob, have a microwave, slow cooker, bread maker and airfryer. And recently bought, because of the general uselessness of the oven, a Ninja multipot.
There are only two of us at home so I'm not making huge meals, and I'm putting off inviting people to stay or to dinner until we solve both the dishwasher and the oven crises.
Oh, good luck with getting replacements sorted. I think you can do quite a lot with a hob and air fryer and other bits. I am a big fan of one-pot meals and totally should have slow cooked something this last week. Ninja multipot sounds interesting. We have a rice cooker too, which will also work as a slow cooker, but didn't touch it while the cooker was out. I think we must have just felt we had permission to be lazy!
I have never had a dishwasher in my life hahah! And I adore washing dishes, it’s literally the only household chore I don’t revile. Our new place will come with a dishwasher so I will see if it converts me.
During the sanctions/ bombing in Serbia we went very long times without electricity, but it wasn’t exactly ‘no cooker’ because it would come back on for a couple of hours so you just had to be ready to, like, ‘ready - set - cook!!’ whenever it came on. We definitely weren’t focusing on eating healthy hahah. But I think your suggestions are brilliant - prepped and frozen things, wraps and salads.
Last year here in Mtl we had a crazy ice storm that took out the power for 4 whole days!! It was insane. It also broke half the trees in the city. I tried to make a tiny bread warmer with sticks, foil and candles but it really didn’t work at all, fun though the idea was. We survived squarely on takeout.
Oh goodness. That's a whole other level - I can't imagine healthy eating would take any priority then. There are definitely times and situations where it's not going to be a focus at all and just getting food inside you is it.
I think I tend to veer towards that just because work is busy sometimes, though, which is definitely not equivalent at all.
It’s funny though, once that was the situation we were like ehh ok it is what it is, can we light a fire on the balcony to boil water for coffee? Like state of emergency or no state of emergency, you gotta drink your coffee 😅
We came up with lots of unique recipes during those times, there was an awesome cake I really loved that didn’t use milk, eggs, or butter hahah. It was like a nothing cake. You used biscuits for the ‘dough’, soaked in fruit juice, (the kind that’s never seen an actual fruit), then you make the filling from pudding from powder but instead of with milk you make it with juice…. It looks like it shouldn’t work but it comes out weirdly good. And you top it with whipped cream from powder. Add some sliced peaches and you’re golden :)
Brilliant! It sounds like a delicious pudding. Oh, and if that was here, it would be tea we’d need.
Oh yeah I would need tea for sure! I’m the only tea drinker in my family. Everyone else is on Turkish coffee, and Lu actually likes tea but only ever asks for it when he’s sick
True story, I went most of my childhood without a cooker. Still bonkers to think about.
As for islands—I love the idea, but think I'd hate having one. There's only one way to find out, so I'd rather not find out. Oh, and I'd need a kitchen several times the size of the walkway we've got right now!
Ha ha. We would, too. I think I may have to give up my dream of a big farmhouse size kitchen.
Amazing that you spent most of your childhood without a cooker. We didn't have a TV or a phone or central heating. But we did have a cooker. And my dad, and mum, cooked some lovely food on it. Think that my be a post for the future - childhood food memories. 😋
Oh yes, camping gas stove. Chris has a one-ring one we could have used. And I remember borrowing Emma's two-ring one years ago when we were without kitchen for a month or so.
To be fair to myself, I think I would have done better of I had known it was going to be a full week. I was expecting it to be a bit more than a weekend which felt like it wouldn't need a proper plan.
Yes, washing up is very grounding. I think if I had a better work-life balance I would happily forego a dishwasher, but it's a lot easier to deal with a huge build-up of stuff to wash with a dishwasher.
Oh yes, camping gas stove. Chris has a one-ring one we could have used. And I remember borrowing Emma's two-ring one years ago when we were without kitchen for a month or so.
To be fair to myself, I think I would have done better of I had known it was going to be a full week. I was expecting it to be a bit more than a weekend which felt like it wouldn't need a proper plan.
Yes, washing up is very grounding. I think if I had a better work-life balance I would happily forego a dishwasher, but it's a lot easier to deal with a huge build-up of stuff to wash with a dishwasher.
When my cookers have broken. I relied on camping stove for hobs. Our new one also has a grill. And using friends and neighbours. When I was little we were a month or so without a cooker we had spinach pasties salad and prigles for most meals and did jacket potatoes in the fire a few times. We didn't have a microwave then. I hate microwaves the last 4 times I have used ours o have set fire /cremated the food. I do love our airfyer. Everything crossed for smooth installation. You know I hate dishwashers too and won't use ours still . Washing up often bring me calm grounding and endorphins of achievement.