last meal on this stove
This was our oven when we moved in our new house in Carmel. The writing on the knobs was worn off so it was a guessing game as to the temperature and if it was on broil or bake. It was pretty frustrating at times but I "got smart" and used a marker so I would at least know when the oven was on. We found out that part could not be ordered because they stopped making the oven in the late 60's early 70's. My sentimental part (this is where my sisters laugh) felt kinda sad and I felt this sense that I had been a part of a cooking legacy with this stove. How many meals had been prepared, how many women (and yes men) had stirred over this stove with dreams, hopes, tears... These fixtures in our lives are important even though they are objects, they provide for us and memories are created with their use. I have appreciate our old washer and hearty dryer, sometimes older is better! Yet, when the new stove arrived, I was so grateful and it was exciting and it is still gas which is great and we will now make new memories!
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