On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 11:01:23 -0500, "Jack Denver"
> wrote:

>You mean Aga's are used for cooking? I thought they were decorative objects.
>At least in the US that's the way they are used. No one in their right mind
>who lives in a well heated McMansion would dare turn it on (certainly not
>between May and October) because it would turn your kitchen into a sauna.
>If you do turn it on, you have to learn a completely different way to cook
>because it operates so differently than any normal stove. Looks great
>though. If you live in a drafty English farmhouse, they come close to being
>useful, but they make about as much sense for the US climate and lifestyle
>as a one of those funny English cars with 3 wheels.
>
>As some of the others pointed out, if expensive colorful enamel stoves are
>your thing, their are French stoves that come closer to being functional
>modern cooking appliances.
>

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boron