Thursday, January 1, 2009

Efsher - Maybe, could be


And one more thing about the Long Island Suburban Pioneer...

The oven was old . Original to the house and lasted from 1960 until 2001. Only a fire could remove it from the house. Merely falling apart wasn't sufficient to ensure it's replacement.
Sometime in the 80's (or 90's?) the door ceased to stay closed on it's own and Mom decided that duct tape was the answer. The timer didn't work right by that time, the racks were questionable and 350 degrees was really 325, but nonetheless, duct tape was the answer. Silver duct tape always. Never black or navy. Silver went well with the marigold yellow walls and the multi color tile backsplash, embellished with water based stamp motifs, so the theme was maintained.
Ern made the most amazing roast chicken and cream puffs in that oven. No roast chicken before or since has even come close to her roast chicken. And when the oven was replaced in the Great Fire of '01, no chicken was ever roasted to perfection again. She was, in fact, right.
It was a magic oven and with the Waldbaums brand roaster and her secret blend of spices and orange juice (no salt never salt) it is a flavor I can only imagine but never replicate.

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