Meandering anecdotes and an occasional incisive comment, courtesy of an overeducated, feminist former-professional, who is continually outsmarted by her overly-gifted children and genius spouse and who seeks refuge in books, cocktails, and the occasional Xanax.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Aga Legacy and La Cornu Cornufe
If you have any information to report regarding either the Aga Legacy or the La Cornu Cornufe range, please, speak now before yer old Drunken Housewife spends far more money than she has on one of them.
We're putting more time and energy into researching and buying a new oven than we did in buying our last 3 used cars... combined. I have stayed up late into the night many nights, reading range product descriptions and forums where people bitch about their ovens.
i love it. mostly because i believe you love this kind of project where you can research and debate the evidence and formulate a case. it also brings me joy to know the end result, the "ruling" if you will, is one that will make your life easier and satisfying.
You know how heavy your cast iron pans are? The Aga is about a billion times heavier. We had to have our floor reinforced (after the stove fell through it).
The heat storage principle really works and your stove will always be at least warm. It made my kitchen unbearably hot in the warm months, but of course I live in Southern California.
Do you mean Aga Legacy? I couldn't find a Legend on the Aga website. I think if you buy an Aga, it should be the original cookers. Otherwise go for La Cornue. Have you looked at Cornufe, La Cornue's cheaper line? I quite like that one as well.
Yes, the Legacy. It's all blurring together, and I mistyped it as "legend."
The Cornufe is indeed the line from La Cornue we're looking at. Even if I could afford one of the big Chateaus, I couldn't fit it in my small, urban kitchen.
in england we used the old school aga, which i thought i would love and actually hated. even in drafty devon, it was too hot. this one is more like a conventional range/oven looks more like it would do the trick.
the old school aga was great at drying clothes, shoes, etc. and it was red. you can't beat a bit of red.
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spoken like a true lawyer.
We're putting more time and energy into researching and buying a new oven than we did in buying our last 3 used cars... combined. I have stayed up late into the night many nights, reading range product descriptions and forums where people bitch about their ovens.
i love it. mostly because i believe you love this kind of project where you can research and debate the evidence and formulate a case. it also brings me joy to know the end result, the "ruling" if you will, is one that will make your life easier and satisfying.
Two things to consider-
You know how heavy your cast iron pans are? The Aga is about a billion times heavier. We had to have our floor reinforced (after the stove fell through it).
The heat storage principle really works and your stove will always be at least warm. It made my kitchen unbearably hot in the warm months, but of course I live in Southern California.
However they do look beautiful!
Debbie
Do you mean Aga Legacy? I couldn't find a Legend on the Aga website. I think if you buy an Aga, it should be the original cookers. Otherwise go for La Cornue. Have you looked at Cornufe, La Cornue's cheaper line? I quite like that one as well.
Yes, the Legacy. It's all blurring together, and I mistyped it as "legend."
The Cornufe is indeed the line from La Cornue we're looking at. Even if I could afford one of the big Chateaus, I couldn't fit it in my small, urban kitchen.
in england we used the old school aga, which i thought i would love and actually hated. even in drafty devon, it was too hot. this one is more like a conventional range/oven looks more like it would do the trick.
the old school aga was great at drying clothes, shoes, etc. and it was red. you can't beat a bit of red.
i'm a viking gal now.
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