Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> US Janet wrote:
>> Soup starts to warm you just by being on the stove cooking
>> Janet US
>
> Actually, in my house it has the opposite effect. The thermostat
> is just outside the kitchen.

I agree with Janet. Soup on the stove, or something good cooking in the
oven creates the "comfort home effect."

Go outside in the cold for awhile, then come back inside to warmer house
with good cooking smells. Oh yeah!

On Monday, February 15, 2021 at 10:31:45 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > US Janet wrote:
> >> Soup starts to warm you just by being on the stove cooking
> >> Janet US
> >
> > Actually, in my house it has the opposite effect. The thermostat
> > is just outside the kitchen.
> I agree with Janet. Soup on the stove, or something good cooking in the
> oven creates the "comfort home effect."
>
> Go outside in the cold for awhile, then come back inside to warmer house
> with good cooking smells. Oh yeah!

You're not wrong. But if I stay in the house and the thermostat says,
"Hey, it's nice and warm in here with that heat coming out of the kitchen;
no need to turn on the furnace," it gets kind of chilly in the living room and bedrooms.

Cindy Hamilton

On Mon, 15 Feb 2021 08:01:00 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Monday, February 15, 2021 at 10:31:45 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> > US Janet wrote:
>> >> Soup starts to warm you just by being on the stove cooking
>> >> Janet US
>> >
>> > Actually, in my house it has the opposite effect. The thermostat
>> > is just outside the kitchen.
>> I agree with Janet. Soup on the stove, or something good cooking in the
>> oven creates the "comfort home effect."
>>
>> Go outside in the cold for awhile, then come back inside to warmer house
>> with good cooking smells. Oh yeah!
>
>You're not wrong. But if I stay in the house and the thermostat says,
>"Hey, it's nice and warm in here with that heat coming out of the kitchen;
>no need to turn on the furnace," it gets kind of chilly in the living room and bedrooms.
>
>Cindy Hamilton

You need a ventless heater for the milder cold weather... needs no
chimney and no electric. We have ours in the basement with a vent in
the central hallway floor, very good to have during a power outage,
heats the entire house evenly on the coldest days. They operate on
natural gas or propane... very efficient because no heat is lost with
a chimney.

On Monday, February 15, 2021 at 12:48:43 PM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Feb 2021 08:01:00 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
> >On Monday, February 15, 2021 at 10:31:45 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> >> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >> > US Janet wrote:
> >> >> Soup starts to warm you just by being on the stove cooking
> >> >> Janet US
> >> >
> >> > Actually, in my house it has the opposite effect. The thermostat
> >> > is just outside the kitchen.
> >> I agree with Janet. Soup on the stove, or something good cooking in the
> >> oven creates the "comfort home effect."
> >>
> >> Go outside in the cold for awhile, then come back inside to warmer house
> >> with good cooking smells. Oh yeah!
> >
> >You're not wrong. But if I stay in the house and the thermostat says,
> >"Hey, it's nice and warm in here with that heat coming out of the kitchen;
> >no need to turn on the furnace," it gets kind of chilly in the living room and bedrooms.
> >
> >Cindy Hamilton
> You need a ventless heater for the milder cold weather... needs no
> chimney and no electric. We have ours in the basement with a vent in
> the central hallway floor, very good to have during a power outage,
> heats the entire house evenly on the coldest days. They operate on
> natural gas or propane... very efficient because no heat is lost with
> a chimney.

I have a high-efficiency gas furnace. So little heat is lost that it uses
a PVC pipe as the exhaust. During a power outage our automatic
standby generator fires up to keep everything running, including two
fridges and (if it's summer) the central air-conditioning.

Thanks for the suggestion, though.

Cindy Hamilton

Gary wrote:

> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > US Janet wrote:
> > > Soup starts to warm you just by being on the stove cooking
> > > Janet US
> >
> > Actually, in my house it has the opposite effect. The thermostat
> > is just outside the kitchen.
>
> I agree with Janet. Soup on the stove, or something good cooking in
> the oven creates the "comfort home effect."
>
> Go outside in the cold for awhile, then come back inside to warmer
> house with good cooking smells. Oh yeah!

I've got another batch of vegetable broth going. This one has about 1/2
c woody shiitake stems in it. Plus the normal cores of a cabbage ,
ends of a Lotus root (and peels), onion skins and ends, Carrot ends,
turnip peels and ends. Very nice flavor developing.

Some of the last batch is left in the freezer but this one is smaller
so will get added to that for a gallon or so once strained.

(yes Sheldon, you toss such out the window for the wild life but I live
in the city and that's illegal here to toss trash out for 'wildlife'
and a health hazard since we don't get wildlife in our yards).