Any Home Bakers Here?

[thecatumbrella]

What is induction cooking? I've heard of it, but don't know what it is/means.

It works by a magnetic field. @BigBlueHen53 is correct! The pot gets hot, but the burner will not burn you (the only heat on it is transferred from the pot itself). I can boil water in a couple minutes. And because the cooktop doesn't get hot, it wipes clean in 30 seconds! It also responds like gas. If you turn the heat down, the cookware responds immediately (not like electric where you have to wait for the burner to cool down).

Biggest drawback is the expense, and you obviously couldn't use it in a power outage. Also, you might need to replace some cookware, but you can test what you have with a magnet to see if it will work.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

works by a magnetic field. @

Exactly. Magic.

 

[jnicholes]

I had something weird, funny, and creepy happen today.

My grandfather clock chimed 13 times at 12:00 today.

The clock struck 13!!!!

It also chimes an extra time on other hours occasionally. It struck 9 times at 8:00 just now.

I got to fix that. It’s creepy when it strikes 13 times, and it throws us off.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I had something weird, funny, and creepy happen today.

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My grandfather clock chimed 13 times at 12:00 today.

The clock struck 13!!!!

It also chimes an extra time on other hours occasionally. It struck 9 times at 8:00 just now.

I got to fix that. It’s creepy when it strikes 13 times, and it throws us off.

A town clock struck 13 at midnight once and saved a man's life. I'll have to see if I can find a link to the story.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

That's a magnificent clock, by the way!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

@jnicholes, I found the story buried in a Wikipedia article. I copied the story. Here it is:

An early 19th-century legend set in England also details the account of a clock striking thirteen at midnight and saving a man's life. The clock in the tower of St. Andrews Church in Plymouth is said to have mysteriously struck thirteen on a night when two strangers stood under it, one of whom was Captain Jarvis. They both remarked about how strange it was. Weeks later, the other man was put on trial in Bodmin for having committed a murder on that night, and, not knowing even the name of the stranger who had witnessed the clock striking thirteen with him, had no alibi by which to clear himself. Just prior to being sentenced as guilty of the murder, on the closing day of the trial, the judge asked him if he had any last words. He replied saying he had nothing to say except that he was innocent, and only one man in the world, whom he did not know, could clear him, for they two had both heard the clock of St. Andrews Church in Plymouth strike thirteen on that night in question. As he gave this testimony, Captain Jarvis, who had just arrived, called out that he was the man, and that the one on trial was innocent--after which he related his own miraculous turn of events that had brought him to the trial of this stranger, including riding a horse, not knowing where he went, which seemed guided to the very place of the trial. As he was known by a number of those present in the court, Captain Jarvis' words were accepted without question, and the innocent man was set free.[9][10]

 

[cavemanrich]

It works by a magnetic field.

Not long ago... EMR (electro magnetic radiation) was considered DANGEROUS, and was suggested to be avoided.
Ether the technology is different, or the EMR claims of bygone times were incorrect.

 

[Bac2wild]

This sounds so good! Could you bake it in the oven if you don't have a bread machine?

Most certainly, but i don't know what the rise times would be. The whole basic cycle on my machine is 2:45 with 2 rises in there.

 

[thecatumbrella]

Not long ago... EMR (electro magnetic radiation) was considered DANGEROUS, and was suggested to be avoided.
Ether the technology is different, or the EMR claims of bygone times were incorrect.

I remember my grandmother refused to own a microwave for a similar reason. I’m sure EMR is dangerous, but for a stove you’d probably have to wrap yourself in foil and roll around on it!

 

[CedarLane]

The guy from Mr Appliance is coming tomorrow to work on my oven, and hopefully fix it. I'm really hoping he doesn't look at it and say there's nothing wrong with it!

Our repairman told us it would cost too much to fix ours. We could have bought a whole new range (a cheap one) for what it would cost to fix the oven...so we ended up buying a new one (not a cheap one, but not the more expensive one I would have preferred either).

The told us the same thing with our dishwasher too. Why do they make them so expensive to replace???? I have a friend (close to my mother's age) who still has her original gas range from when she got married. It still works great! It will probably still work great after she's done using it...