[TheForge] Re: The hard cider is good... OT:

[Mike Spencer]

> As to those wimpy enameled French AGA's -- get yourself a Vulcan
> instead!  If the 6-burner, single-oven job below isn't enough for
> you, they make a 12-burner double oven model as well.  And they make
> gas as well as electric models.

As recently as 40 years ago, you could still buy a cast iron,
wood-burning range meant for the kitchens of remote lumber camps.  Two
fireboxes, two large ovens, twelve "burners" and, in the center, a
griddle big enough to play hockey on (presumably by tying a bacon to
each foot?).  IIRC, warming ovens over the stove were optional.  I
suppose with 50 or a 100 hungry lumberjacks, nothing sat around long
enough to worry about it getting cold.


- Mike

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