Our Aga is propane-powered. We bought it on E-bay for 1/10 as much as a
new one, then, when it was shipped here from Georgia, Tom insured it for
the replacement value and they didn't bother to take it apart to ship it.
The back was damaged and the shipping company declared it a total loss.
We were able to completely rebuild the Aga with a new ignition system and
all new insulation and still come out ahead. In other words, they paid us
to take the Aga ;-) The four ovens are phenomenal and I've learned to cook
everything in the ovens.
I was also lucky with my mother-in-law. She taught me to cook!
Tina
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Now that's a serious kitchen - I'll be around for lunch! You could feed a
> lot of people out of that. Is the AGA a wood burner or gas? They are an
> expensive middle-class cult item in the UK, especially nice, new colour
> enamelled ones, but most people don't go as far as hewing wood for them or
> hooking them up as a hot water system.
> My late mother-in-law bought a small rural house with a classic black iron
> wood stove. We used to roast legs of lamb in it at weekends over paperbark
> and old red gum - I miss the smell and taste more than her.
> (I know, callous - details of in-laws available on request, for those of
> robust constitution).
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.soultheft.com
>
> Author/Publisher:
> The SLR Compendium:
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>
>
> On 18/04/2014, at 1:30 AM, Tina Manley wrote:
>
> > We built the kitchen for the Aga. The whole room is lined with windows
> > which stay open most of the summer. We have a really good attic fan.
> When
> > it gets unbearably hot, there are extra air-conditioning vents all around
> > the stove, but we really don't use the air-conditioning that much -
> usually
> > only when I'm canning a lot in August.
> >
> > Here is my Aga:
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/131685880
> >
> > We've finished quite a bit more of the kitchen since then, but still
> have a
> > way to go.
>
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