"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
>> I love the instant-on, instant-off of my gas stovetop. I don't like
>> the fact that the oven heats up the entire house during the summer. In
>> the winter, it's okay. Just pick what's most important to you. If I
>> were doing it over again, I'd buy electric.
>>
>> Carol
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>
> Carol,
>
> Really??
>
> I've got electric but want gas. Power outages being what they are.
>
> Andy

My last gas stove was useless without power. Electronic ignition or some
damned thing and it's not like you could light it with a match, because
without power there was a safety that kept the gas from flowing.

I remember my mother's old gas oven, with the broiler below the oven. Really
inconvenient to get down that low to cook anything. And you had to light it
with a match. That was fun.

Friend of mine's mother had an even more ancient stove --this was back when
I was in upper grade school years, IIRC. Friend was gonna bake cookies or
something. She turned on the gas, but didn't light the oven right away. When
she finally remembered, it was a little late. BOOM! Didn't blow up the house
or anything, but she had some burns and singed off her eyebrows.

Ah yes, those were the days. When cooking was a life-threatening adventure.

Donna