cooking?

My oven has blown up! How dare it. It’s not as if I’ve overburdened it with work in the nearly 3 years we’ve lived here. But when there’re 6 of us here, I tend to rely on it – how else do you cook a pizza? – I can tell you, from very recent experience, they’re not good fried, especially from frozen.

So yesterday, Himself and I sallied forth into the metropolis that is Salisbury in search of a new oven. (And also via the dump where we laid to rest the deceased). Well I can tell you Malc that Boots didn’t have any. John Lewis had very expensive ones that had lots of ovens but probably overkill for the odd burnt offering that I occasional summon forth and also too big to fit in the available gap.

Summoning our strength and girding our loins we headed next door to Curry’s. They had a row of ovens that would fit, so I set about looking at them. It was at this point that I realised in all my 105 years I’ve never been in charge of buying an oven. It was almost exciting if it hadn’t been such a complete pain in the arse. In the end I chose one that cleans itself – seemed like a good idea, although (truth be known) I never cleaned the other one – perhaps that’s what killed it?! When I’d finally decided which one was the winner, I set Himself on the poor hapless 13 year old sales boy and in a nano-second the (sale) price had fallen by another £95. I don’t know how he does it! He’s just a marvel and I have long since learned not to be embarrassed and have stopped feeling sorry for the salesmen.

Anyway we went home via Debenham's where I splashed the £95 on a coat in the sales (it was £279!) – result all round.

The only draw back is the oven doesn’t arrive until next Wednesday. Anyone for fried pizza?

I have just learned, via Dinah via Cynthia via Andrea, that the reason my oven blew up is Planned obsolescence, so in revenge I'm posting this just in case he's right!