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Wondergirl
Jul 26, 2007, 10:52 PM
Your oven has died, but you have four burners on the stovetop and a microwave oven. What meat dish would you cook and how?

rankrank55
Jul 26, 2007, 10:55 PM
Fried chicken baby! I'd soak the chicken overnight in buttermilk, dip it in seasoned flour, and plop it in a cast iron filled a little less than half way with peanut oil. Yummers!

airbats-goku
Jul 26, 2007, 10:58 PM
Roasts can be boiled, chicken can be cooked in a pot with liquid or soup or beer. Um... stews are good too. Steaks can be cooked in a frying pan on low heat or boiled. Get a toaster oven. You can also get a little countertop convection oven. Ovens are nice but I've lived without one for about 3 years now. One of these days that will change though lol.
If you want recipes let me know. Chicken is tasty when cooked for a long time in a pot with mushroom soup covering it. Simple and tasty. Use another pot for some rice and you have chicken and sauce ready to go.

nauticalstar420
Jul 26, 2007, 10:59 PM
Country Fried Steak - sprinkle with salt and pepper, coat in flour, and fry!
Pinto Beans - in the crock pot with some bacon
Mashed Potatoes - Most people know how to make mashed taters.. lol
Country Gravy - use drippings from the steak and add 4 tbs. flour, 2 c. milk, and salt and pepper
Cole Slaw - no directions needed, I don't think.. lol
And some Fried Apples - 1/4 lb. butter, 1/2 c. sugar, 8 Golden Delicious apples, cut up, unpeeled - add everything to a covered frying pan, cook for 15 minutes, add cinnamon and nutmeg to taste. Some people like them over ice cream :)


Oh crud I forgot to put how... lol OK I'll fix it...

nauticalstar420
Jul 26, 2007, 11:06 PM
Wondergirl agrees: Dredge the steak in seasoned flour and fry in a little oil? Last time I had that was in a little café near Butte, Montana.

This meal is awesome! I love country fried steak with country gravy!

curlybenswife
Jul 27, 2007, 01:05 AM
Welcome to my club hunny ;) I've just had the kitchen done no oven for 7 days its was um how can I put it annoying to say the least but get that bbq warmed up and enjoy cooking outside ;)
After all you can cook everything from your veg to the meat on it. Hugs hope it gets sorted soon.

curlybenswife
Jul 27, 2007, 01:52 AM
Hehehehehe gazeebos are wonderful things ;)

pompano
Jul 30, 2007, 06:02 AM
Walgreens sells toaster ovens for $9.99,if you really miss your oven.These also keep your house from heating up so much,the temp is 93 in my city with 100% humidity.Fried bacon ,sausage,and pork chops are good also.At least you still have a stove top,we have been without everything after a hurricane for more than a month.Happy cooking.:)

jans1812
Aug 2, 2007, 03:23 PM
Your oven has died, but you have four burners on the stovetop and a microwave oven. What meat dish would you cook and how?
Try a stove-top pot roast. Cook covered on very low heat, in as heavy a pot/pan as you own (such as cast iron).

But my favorite oven alternative is the new-style pressure cookers! They come with a recipe book.

Good luck!

SpawnOfAzazel
Aug 2, 2007, 03:27 PM
I'd make stir fry chicken with veggies and rice. Fast and easy.

xd3ni3x
Apr 1, 2011, 02:01 PM
Its easy like pancakes!

preciousavila
Jan 25, 2013, 09:16 PM
How can I bake cookies without an oven?? please help me

aliseaodo
Jan 30, 2013, 12:03 PM
Precious, there's all kinds of no bake cookies. Here's a link to some recipes:
Top Ten No-Bake Cookie Recipes (http://busycooks.about.com/od/dessertrecipes/tp/nobakecookybars.htm)

joypulv
Feb 10, 2013, 03:02 PM
A heavy pot with a tight lid over low heat is just as good as an oven. I've even made pot roast and beef stew on a burner, many times. Most times, in fact.
I rarely have wine in the house for stews so I use beer and tomato juice and Worcestershire and anything else that I can throw in.