Not being accustomed to cooking with gas and on a stove made
in Mexico that
has the temps in Celsius, I decided last night I'd better read the instruction
booklet before I attempted to use the oven.
Plus, I thought our landlord would not take too kindly to me blowing the
place up! I find the instructions, in Spanish of course, difficult to
understand due to a lot of technical terms so I resorted to using an on-line
translator. This particular one gives
three translations Be sure to read each one:
1. “Turn a match and place it close to the hole of the Pan
from the oven. At the same time push and turn to position 5. Visually check
through the hole in the tray to the oven burner has been turned on.”
2. Turn on a knurled wheel and place it near the hole in the
tray of the oven. At the same time press and turn to the position 5. Visually
verify through the hole in the roasting pan to the oven burner has been turned
on.
3. Light a cerillo and place it close to the hole of the
tray of the stove. At the same time press and turn to the position 5. Verify
visually across (through) the orifice of the tray that the burner of the stove
has lit.
So, first of all, I’ve never been able to get a match to
light by turning it! Secondly, what in
the world is a “knurled wheel?” Thirdly,
my stove, has no “position 5” so I had to guess at where to turn the knob. After praying it wouldn’t be ME that got
baked instead of dinner, I struck the match, followed the instructions and it
lit, without any flames OUTSIDE the oven!
Thankful!!!!
Since ovens here are not known for cooking accurately or
browning, I wasn’t sure how dinner would turn out but it was delicious, and
browned!
One more adventure in this missionary life!
~ Bev
