On 16/05/2013 17:45, KenK wrote:
> dsi1 > wrote in
> :
>
>> On 5/15/2013 7:55 AM, KenK wrote:
>>> This morning I picked up a Taylor TruTemp #3506 oven dial
>>> thermometer. A few minutes ago I tried to find some reviews. All I
>>> Googled in the first few screens that looked appropriate was Amazon
>>> and the reviews there were really terrible. Did I blow $4 or are they
>>> really not that bad? If they are, recommendations for a locally
>>> available oven thermometer, hopefully accurate to say plus/minus 10
>>> or 15 degrees F or so?
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Any thermometer can be faulty but you should assume that your new
>> purchase will work fine for a while. Life is better if you keep a
>> positive attitude. Good luck!
>>
>
> Me!!! A positive attitude??? Don't I wish!
>
>
When I was young (many moons ago) we had no electric in our house. My
mother cooked on what was, basically, a tin box with a paraffin heater
beneath. Around 1946 we had electric installed and a brand new electric
oven. The only time I remember my mother crying was when she tried to
bake a cake in this "newfangled" contraption. My father had sent the old
"oven" to the tip, so Mum had no choice. It was not long before she was
baking to her old standard.