tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post3447696862239697666..comments2024-03-27T07:18:58.033+00:00Comments on Frances Garrood: Aga sagaFrances Garroodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-23956643852913251322015-08-31T16:35:16.373+01:002015-08-31T16:35:16.373+01:00How very true, Jenny. Today, it's the Devizes ...How very true, Jenny. Today, it's the Devizes street carnival. It takes a year to organise, and the weather has been atrocious. <br /><br />Re Agas, I still haven't got used to it being off. I was just about to put jacket potatoes in the oven....Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-7185288278964336962015-08-31T14:41:56.569+01:002015-08-31T14:41:56.569+01:00Bank holidays should come with a warning. Crowns o...Bank holidays should come with a warning. Crowns on the teeth, ankles that might sprain, pipes that might leak.... Sorry about your aga, and I hope it will be fixed soon. Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-73588821707677266332015-08-31T10:55:21.813+01:002015-08-31T10:55:21.813+01:00I also tend to wander off, so it's better to h...I also tend to wander off, so it's better to have a kettle that turns itself off. I'll turn the Aga on soon, still relishing the £4 or so a day (allowing for extra electricity) that I'm saving by not having it on, but I will soon want the warmth - and want to cook properly again. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-24413396871053205872015-08-31T09:19:46.123+01:002015-08-31T09:19:46.123+01:00Ouch! That must have been awful.Ouch! That must have been awful.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-25701455219674480472015-08-31T09:19:04.732+01:002015-08-31T09:19:04.732+01:00Z, I understand that an electric lkettle is quicke...Z, I understand that an electric lkettle is quicker, but feel I have to use the Aga as its there. When will you turn yours on again?Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-32282798134899499792015-08-31T08:20:27.179+01:002015-08-31T08:20:27.179+01:00I had an Aga in my old house. It broke down on Chr...I had an Aga in my old house. It broke down on Christmas Eve! Wendy's Writinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06960941625432714363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-13202488615129773442015-08-30T22:27:08.614+01:002015-08-30T22:27:08.614+01:00Mine has been turned off for the last two months a...Mine has been turned off for the last two months and I miss it awfully and can't be bothered to cook much on my little Baby Belling. I do always use an electric kettle, though, as it's quicker than boiling water on the Aga, in side-by-side comparisons.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-22906577160163893722015-08-30T18:00:55.543+01:002015-08-30T18:00:55.543+01:00Adrian, that's what Agas do. It's nothing ...Adrian, that's what Agas do. It's nothing personal. You get used to it in time.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-74781905282528115692015-08-30T15:07:44.107+01:002015-08-30T15:07:44.107+01:00I do use Agas but they have a tendency to cool off...I do use Agas but they have a tendency to cool off on me whilst I'm cooking.....An annoying habit of theirs.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-12633095253747826632015-08-30T15:05:59.294+01:002015-08-30T15:05:59.294+01:00I suspect Scargill would have been happy to supply...I suspect Scargill would have been happy to supply you with coke.....Nothing to do with Thatcher?ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-8030862656865087442015-08-30T14:41:32.303+01:002015-08-30T14:41:32.303+01:00At the rate the peats were cut Frances oil will ru...At the rate the peats were cut Frances oil will run out first. There is enough peat on Lewis to make a peat powered electricity power station viable so ordinary domestic consumption would have been almost indefinite. However hardly anyone cuts peats now so the environmental problems do not arise.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-1792677000454940452015-08-30T14:20:01.494+01:002015-08-30T14:20:01.494+01:00I worry about peat, Graham. Surely it must run out...I worry about peat, Graham. Surely it must run out at some stage?Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-29537438127083450992015-08-30T14:19:05.118+01:002015-08-30T14:19:05.118+01:00It all sounds lovely, Meike, and very tasteful. Bu...It all sounds lovely, Meike, and very tasteful. But if you've never had an Aga, you don't know what you've missed!Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-9023125646861987392015-08-30T14:15:53.276+01:002015-08-30T14:15:53.276+01:00How nice to have someone who understands! I miss i...How nice to have someone who understands! I miss is dreadfully. The house is cold, and so am I. But amazingly, the washing seems to be drying :)Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-73698850485055453862015-08-30T14:13:56.240+01:002015-08-30T14:13:56.240+01:00You can get electric Agas....?You can get electric Agas....?Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-42298337914346355992015-08-30T14:13:15.249+01:002015-08-30T14:13:15.249+01:00Oh, very good, Tim!Oh, very good, Tim!Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-55990069116082254492015-08-30T08:37:33.143+01:002015-08-30T08:37:33.143+01:00When we came to the Hebrides everyone had a Raybur...When we came to the Hebrides everyone had a Rayburn stove which was fed with peats. Now hardly anyone cuts peat and I don't know anyone on the Island with a Rayburn (or Aga).Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-66564247768202876572015-08-30T08:33:59.235+01:002015-08-30T08:33:59.235+01:00Thanks for the Sunday morning laugh Tim.Thanks for the Sunday morning laugh Tim.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-2939689211360395192015-08-30T07:31:36.610+01:002015-08-30T07:31:36.610+01:00Nobody I know has an Aga, at least not here in Ger...Nobody I know has an Aga, at least not here in Germany. My kitchen is very unromantic, and I didn't even choose it myself - it came with the flat when I bought it 13 years ago. My toaster is red with white polka dots and my coffee machine is red, while my electric kettle (about 20 years old now) is of a vanilla yellow I like very much. The best thing about my kitchen, though, is the view from the window across the gardens of my neighbourhood.<br />Having such a constant source of warmth and cosiness (or is it coziness?) sounds lovely and reminds me of the wood/coal bath stove we had in my childhood home to produce hot water for our showers and baths. We burnt all our waste paper in there, too. The downside was when the ash tray needed to be emptied, and that we were forever carrying coal buckets and wood up two flights of stairs from the cellar. Ah, them days!Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-12140172217015869232015-08-30T06:32:14.954+01:002015-08-30T06:32:14.954+01:00I hope it can be quickly fixed on Tuesday, Frances...I hope it can be quickly fixed on Tuesday, Frances. Our house feels so different when the Aga breaks down or is turned off for its service. It feels like a stranger's house. We are so used to the constant warmth and the scent of drying clothes, and mostly just its friendliness. We keep an electric kettle and toaster in a cupboard for emergencies, but are always relieved when the tennis racquet is back in use again. xxJoannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10346863303904973315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-24250664735466359792015-08-30T04:50:23.809+01:002015-08-30T04:50:23.809+01:00Mine was destroyed by Scargill. During the silly m...Mine was destroyed by Scargill. During the silly miner's strike we couldn't get British 'thermacite' (?), and it had to be imported from Poland. The stuff was full of tar and after a week or so it completely clogged up the Aga's interior workings. I just abandoned it and used the electric stove instead.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-78396965121300019642015-08-29T23:11:19.103+01:002015-08-29T23:11:19.103+01:00A case of "Aga Khan't'"?A case of "Aga Khan't'"?Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201835677426254567noreply@blogger.com