AGAs AGAs AGAs ......SWOOOON....lets talk about AIMS??

[NotanOtter]

Do you have it?

Do you wish you had it?

Will i need it?

Do you use it if you do have it?

wanted to link to it but cannot find it online...

[NotanOtter]

here aga owners

[NotanOtter]

are you all busy

[NotanOtter]

baking

[NotanOtter]

airing clothes

[NotanOtter]

polishing the enamel

[NotanOtter]

maybe photographing it from differing angles

[Grabshelldude]

Have an Aga but what are you on about "Aims"? What I am missing?

[NotanOtter]

some little computer thing that turns it up or down at night etc according to how you program it...

aga man said 80% of people go for it but we are unsure as extra 600

[elliephant]

isn't this just available on electric agas?

[elliephant]

puts porridge in to cook overnight

[NotanOtter]

ooh elliphant i am soo soo jealoous

that's my main dream at the moment!

ahhhhh

no it is available on them all

[elliephant]

aah it wasn't a few years ago when I got my NG one . Thought it seemed like a good 'green' idea and I assume it saves money but does your aga get cold at night? If so how would I:

cook my oats
bake my christmas cake- pause while i take a deep sniff
iron the kids PE gear
dry the towels
desquelch DS soggy trainers
not get hypothermia in the mornings

[NotanOtter]

good thinking ellie

am intrigued by ironing and de squlching

with 5 boys sounds good!

[Baffies]

ellie

I tried the porridge thing with my lower oven (Rayburn) the porridge tasted metallic...do you know where I might be going wrong

[elliephant]

oh dear i'm no expert I jsut bung the oats and water in the oven , take it out in the morning and whisk it up with some milk. ( whisking very important imo for creamy porridge). I would try using a pyrex dish to see if it makes a difference. The only time my stirabout tastes unpleasant is when i've use too much water. HTH

[NotanOtter]

is it just the warming oven you use ellie

[othersideofthefence]

I put oats and milk in just before I go to bed and in the morning there is lovely porridge ready.

Another nice thing to do in the oven is a baked breakfast - first thing in the morning pop in sausages/black pudding add bacon rashers, mushrooms and tomatoes after 20 mins, bake for 20 minutes. Delicious.

[ConniesCuriousCandle]

sounds delish

[elliephant]

sneaking back onto aga talk! yes otter I put it in the warming oven. Am having a very large bowl now looking out on very heavy frost

[Spidermama]

I have a Rayburn which does all the cooking, hot water and radiators. It's fired by wood collected and chopped by my handsome husband. We've only had it for a few weeks and it's making such a difference to the house. So homely.

I keep baking bread and biscuits. As the oven's on anyway, I feel I might as well chuck something in it. I've also been doing granola in there.

I am ridiculously excited. It's so try what they say about these things being more a way of life than just a cooker. I don't care how pretentious it sounds.

[ConniesCuriousCandle]

gush on Spidermama I m loving it......

[Spidermama]

Welllllll ..... my home smells warm and woody, I have a massive kettle which is always just off the boil, the oven is always warm and ready to receive, the water piping hot and the radiators warm. And all this on free, sustainable, renewable wood dragged from fallen bits and pieces in the woods and joists in skips.

I have to admit there's a fair bit of collection and chooing involved but it's all good, clean and out-doorsy. Now all I need is a dog to accompany us on our wood collecting trips and to curl up on the hearth rug next to the Rayburn.

Incidentally, we've kept our gas cooker for the time being at least as the Rayburn will probably not be used so much in the summer months.