Chambers Virtual Convention is Open!

[RobbiQuest]

Ok, the Convention Floor is now open!

[url="http://chambersvirtualconvention.com"]http://chambersvirtualconvention.com[/url]

Can everyone take a look at the "Restoration Stories" page and let me know if you're ok with the content there? If not, just lemme know and I'll take your info off. Also, there's some gaping holes there where I'm missing info, so please shoot me a post so I can get it filled in (you'll see what I mean).

This site is a "work-in-progress" so I'm not quite done with it. There's much more info to go on it, but I thought it would be good to starting getting everyone's feedback. Please let me know if there's anything else you would like to see there.

If anyone is looking for pots, can you post a "Wanted" ad? That way the rest of us, when we find pots at yard sales and flea markets, know who's looking for 'em.

Also, if you have some parts to unload, feel free to put some "For Sale" posts.

RobbiQuest (aka: tura)

[annnt]

Hi Tura (oops, it's a habit for sure) I mean Robbiquest!
Great site. Thanks so much for taking the time to put it together. I'll send you some pics soon.
I think I've decided to name my BZ "Glinda." I had been thinking of Auntie Em - after all that Aunt Bee talk - and the Wizard of Oz is my favorite movie. But, Auntie Em just didn't seem quite right, nor did Toto - he is awfully cute though. Oz was tempting because the yellow color of my stove has a slight green tinge to it. I'd love to know if the flying monkeys had names - they were and still are my all time favorite creatures! So, for now "Glinda" seems appropriate.
annnt

[ha_asfan]

annnt, Glinda is really quite the ideal name ! If your biscuits are as light as Glinda's bubble, you named her appropriately ! Francis Bavier Chambers had her rebuilt thermostat installed while I was out of town and I amusing the oven for the first time...lasagna. While in LA, after visiting Gigi, we made it to the Antique Stoves Shop....what a great selection of stoves ! Knowledgeable and very professional with walls decorated with photos of all the famous Hollywood people who have vintage stoves...it was impressive !

[berlyn]

Asfan,

Who had what type of stove???

[chipperhiker]

Nice job RobbiQuest! The format's great, and it will be wonderful when everyone gets their stuff posted to it. I'm especially interested in seeing those kitchen photos.

I also appreciate the classified section.

Thanks for listing Miss Daisy, by the way. I'll get some photos up when I get a bit further along on her restoration.

-Jenn

[annnt]

ha;
What a lovely thought - biscuits, crust, etc as ligth as Glinda's bubble. I haven't made biscuits yet, but a recently baked a nut pie (thanks to an extra yummy recipe provided by treatmaker) did have really flaky crust!
Did you take pics of the Antique Stove shop?
Hope your lasagna was fabulous.
aannntt

[ha_asfan]

well....no, I didn't take any photos of the stove shop....wasn't thinking clearly, I guess....overwhelmed by the selection in the two showrooms and totally overwhelmed by the reapir shop in baqck where there must have been anotehr fifty or so ranges being worked on. I don't know who owned what...the letters were the typical "Dear Winsor, Thank you SO MUCH for all the work you have done on my stove.....yada yada yada, signed, Bette Midler"...and i didn't ask which stoves were in which homes. The lasagna was very good, not my best, jyst very good. Tonight it is pizza in 600 Chambers degrees and Peter made a Venetian Carrot Cake [carrot, ginger, pine nuts] this afternoon which turned out better than ever before. I'll be using the broiler tomorrow night for some red meat meal. Right now, I'm busy getting the aluminum christmas trees up, the big 7 footer is up and partially decorated [all vintage, of course] and there are five more trees to go. Happy cooking and pot lifting !

[berlyn]

Asfan,

I guess what I mean, is what celeb's have Chambers??
Tonight is pork chops with a cream of mushroom gravy, italian green beans, mashed potatoes & bisquits.
Do you use a pizza stone?? I do and I love it!!

Berlyn

[ha_asfan]

I use a 16" x 14" piece of soapstone, salvage scrap from a local marble & granite shop...most yards will give you a piece that size or, charge a nominal amount. Soapstone is wonderful as it heats and retains heat very evenly. Last night I set the oven temp somewhere beyond 550 and maintained a steady 600 degree oven. The pizza cooked evenly and developed a wonderful crust...I do believe that a few minutes less in the oven would have been better as the cheese became over browned. Next time will be better, I hope. Today's experiemnt will be strudel...also baked on the stone.

[lowracer]

We also use soapstone for baking pizza. Nothing works better except cooking directly on the rack.

...But we all know that cooking pizza directly on the rack is a [i]dirty[/i] practice and leads to cheese meltdown and subsequent pitting of the porcelain.