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Boron Elgar
 
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On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 12:37:20 -0500, Steve Calvin
> wrote:

>Boron Elgar wrote:
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>> On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 11:01:23 -0500, "Jack Denver"
>> > wrote:
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>>>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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>> La Cornue, for elegance, though not for thrift.
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>> http://www.homeportfolio.com/catalog...tId=6&manId=94
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>> boron

>
>Those prices are jokes, right?? ;-)


Don't worry...if you have to ask, you can't afford one! (I asked, I
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Boron