Mo-Dave
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- Sep 18, 2006
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- Hurrican...
Some here may remember I have been waiting for the gas company to run a line down our road for Natural Gas, that finally happened about a year ago. I still had to buy a stove, run pipe from the stove to the outside, then wait for the gas company to run a line from across the street under the road and to my house. That part alone took about 2 months, all the while we used a single hot plate, a electric skillet, and my new pellet cooker, along with the microwave and a small counter top oven, it was a bit of a challenge at times but we managed.
Friday was when it all came together, I now am cooking with gas.:clap2::clap2: My wife has still not warmed up to the thought of having fire in the house, but I know she will eventually see the benefits. Had company over the weekend that arrived about an hour after everything was done, did not cook on it until the next morning when I fixed up some sausage gravy, scrambled eggs, hash browns, and biscuits, Oh lord its nice to have a real oven again, and a center burner for a griddle. That night we had shrimp 16/20 ct large, with new potatoes and corn on the cob, along with garlic toast, and tea. I did not think abouit it but if I had added some sausage to the pot I could have called it a low country boil. I started off with cold water in a large pot that came to a rolling boil is about 5 minutes maybe less, every time I I added the new potatoes, the corn and finely the shrimp it took maybe 2 to 3 minutes to come back to a boil. First I would never have even tried that on my old electric range. Today we having sloppy Joe at the request of my grand son who last day of school it today, also having french fries, another thing I could not do very well, Pasta forgetaboudit on the old stove.:clap2::clap:
Besides having gas to cook on now there were some big benefits. My wife bought me a 60 gal air compresses about 6 years ago, that I never used because it takes 220 to operate it she did not know that. I was able to drop the stove cable down to the basement and run 220 along with several 110 outlets we desperately have needed, probably had 150 feet of heavy duty extension cords draped all over the place from one outlet, I now have the proper breaker for my welder and another 220 if I ever get something biger then my little flux core Lincoln welder, serious hazard I know but poor people have poor ways.
They also had to dig up my drive way and promptly found my waterline, panic ensued, but not for long, now I at least know where it is. The best part, was when they were done they brought in a load of gravel for my driveway, looks great, and running the gas line plus the gravel were all free.
The company was my daughter and son in law who popped the news, they are having a baby, their first.:clap2: All in all it was a great weekend.
Dave
Friday was when it all came together, I now am cooking with gas.:clap2::clap2: My wife has still not warmed up to the thought of having fire in the house, but I know she will eventually see the benefits. Had company over the weekend that arrived about an hour after everything was done, did not cook on it until the next morning when I fixed up some sausage gravy, scrambled eggs, hash browns, and biscuits, Oh lord its nice to have a real oven again, and a center burner for a griddle. That night we had shrimp 16/20 ct large, with new potatoes and corn on the cob, along with garlic toast, and tea. I did not think abouit it but if I had added some sausage to the pot I could have called it a low country boil. I started off with cold water in a large pot that came to a rolling boil is about 5 minutes maybe less, every time I I added the new potatoes, the corn and finely the shrimp it took maybe 2 to 3 minutes to come back to a boil. First I would never have even tried that on my old electric range. Today we having sloppy Joe at the request of my grand son who last day of school it today, also having french fries, another thing I could not do very well, Pasta forgetaboudit on the old stove.:clap2::clap:
Besides having gas to cook on now there were some big benefits. My wife bought me a 60 gal air compresses about 6 years ago, that I never used because it takes 220 to operate it she did not know that. I was able to drop the stove cable down to the basement and run 220 along with several 110 outlets we desperately have needed, probably had 150 feet of heavy duty extension cords draped all over the place from one outlet, I now have the proper breaker for my welder and another 220 if I ever get something biger then my little flux core Lincoln welder, serious hazard I know but poor people have poor ways.
They also had to dig up my drive way and promptly found my waterline, panic ensued, but not for long, now I at least know where it is. The best part, was when they were done they brought in a load of gravel for my driveway, looks great, and running the gas line plus the gravel were all free.
The company was my daughter and son in law who popped the news, they are having a baby, their first.:clap2: All in all it was a great weekend.
Dave
