Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site mtxinu.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!gymble!lll-crg!dual!unisoft!mtxinu!ed From: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: DREAM KITCHEN Message-ID: <387@mtxinu.UUCP> Date: Fri, 24-May-85 20:26:19 EDT Article-I.D.: mtxinu.387 Posted: Fri May 24 20:26:19 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 27-May-85 07:29:36 EDT References: <5346@tekecs.UUCP> Reply-To: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould) Organization: mt Xinu, Berkeley, CA Lines: 43 > 1) Do people who have islands with barstools > around it actually use it for breakfast, etc.? > Anyone have an island with a butcher-block top? > How do you like it? Dunno about barstools, but an island cooktop set in a cutting block is a wonderful workspace - especially if the sink and refrigerator are on the other side of the corridor: counter sink fridge ------------------------- cook -------------- | cooktop | | & block | > 2) We're considering putting in a Jenn-aire. What are > the pro's and con's of putting it on the counter as > opposed to on an island? no experience > 3) Does a self cleaning oven make a difference? According to Consumer Reports, it costs about the same to buy oven cleaner as run a self-cleaner. The question then becomes which is worse: Using up chemicals in a yucky job, or using up the energy for self-cleaning? My preference is for self-cleaning. The other point often made is that, since the self-clean cycle runs very hot, the self-cleaning overn are better insulated. Whether this is really true or not, I don't know. > 4) Where would one put a trash compacter? Is a > compacter a novelty or is it really nice to have? I don't think compactors are worth while, but then my household is only two people. Even when I've lived with more folks, I didn't think they'd have been worth it. -- Ed Gould mt Xinu, 2910 Seventh St., Berkeley, CA 94710 USA {ucbvax,decvax}!mtxinu!ed +1 415 644 0146