And luckily I have a roofless car, else I could not have transported it.
This already is the new pot, I don't have a bigger one now.
Environment
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Big Frangipani!
Yesterday dropped by the garden center to look for new bougainvilleas, preferably yellow. And a blood orange tree./ But, "even better": a very big frangipani for 25 €. Standing alone at the back, leafless (normal in this season), loveless, in a very small pot. But that doesn't matter with frangipani, they can do with very little soil. All will be well. Lucky day!
And luckily I have a roofless car, else I could not have transported it.
This already is the new pot, I don't have a bigger one now.
And luckily I have a roofless car, else I could not have transported it.
This already is the new pot, I don't have a bigger one now.
The hood 2
We decided on the Falmec Concorde 120 cm. Ordered at Italian web shop, with the oven, and paid. Got a mail today the courier wants €90,- more. No way. Prices are prices. Curious how this will end.
No this is a photo from a brochure.
No this is a photo from a brochure.
Happy Birthday to P
Happy birthday, the 24th, P. And for those that forgot: hm.
cappucino setas, foie in white chocolate, non-Oreo made of black olive and goats cheese, something in bitter chocolate.
Croquetas: gamba, chipirones, galibo
Pheasant paté
Tomate raf, powder of foie (fantastic!)
Tartare de langostino
Finished. Op!
Gambas de Garrucha y alcachofas
Sole.
Venison with blueberry sauce.
Sorbet, in the unavoidable signature marble eggs :-)
Dessert with CO₂.
Gourmet coffee.
Sunday, February 25, 2018
Oven
An existential matter is the choice of an oven! Pizza! We missed that. And again: big is beautiful. Only, if you bake a cookie in an oven of 115 liters, is that okay, or will it start to feel lonely?
The German Häussler one is big and beautiful, and expensive, and needs a 400V net connection. The Belgian Rofco is especially goof for baking bread (stone oven), while the Smeg is a huge allrounder. Just let us know what you think.
Häussler Primus - Das Schmuckstück für Ihre Küche
Rofco B10 - broodbaksteenoven
Smeg SF9390X1 - 115 liter!
The German Häussler one is big and beautiful, and expensive, and needs a 400V net connection. The Belgian Rofco is especially goof for baking bread (stone oven), while the Smeg is a huge allrounder. Just let us know what you think.
Häussler Primus - Das Schmuckstück für Ihre Küche
Rofco B10 - broodbaksteenoven
Smeg SF9390X1 - 115 liter!
The hood
All that is missing in Our Life™: and oven and a hood. And there's no end in choice in that. We dicovered Falmec, an Italian brand, and quite affordable. With a Collection. Capital C.
Look, there are the wallmount versions: (link):
So what'll it be? We're thinking 120 cm, because big is beautiful. See these photoshopped pics, and let us know what you think?
Concorde, sleek modern look:
Marte Pro, true restaurant atmosphere:
Master, snack bar look:
Look, there are the wallmount versions: (link):
So what'll it be? We're thinking 120 cm, because big is beautiful. See these photoshopped pics, and let us know what you think?
Concorde, sleek modern look:
Marte Pro, true restaurant atmosphere:
Master, snack bar look:
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Hob continued continued continued continued (4)
It works, and we are not (yet) exploded.
You did not think all would be well in one go, did you? Of course you didn't. And with reason, as it did not. The burners burned, but what this whole things was about fo me: small flames, and very low burners: nope. The control range was very bad. Big flames yes, small flames no. We could have kept the old Boretti. *snirf* *boohoo*.
But, the Boretti had small control screws under the gas valves to set the smallest flames. our lovely, wonderful, great and wonderful beautiful Atag in NL had those too, so this one probably as well. Yes. Small screws near the gas valves. So the glass cover needs to be removed yet again. Forth time. screw screw screw, sigh.
You need to turn the bypass screw all the way in for butane, and extend it for natural gas. Of course they were extended, for natural gas. Lucky I have a Torx screwdriver, the very same that was used to open Macintosh 30 years ago.
After putting back the glass cover and the burners you need to reset the hob. Remove the plug, put the right gas valve to '9', plug in the plug, set the gas valve to '0', and the display changes to 5 times 'C' for calibration. And then, finally, it works okay.
I hope to have taken apart and re-assembled this thing for the very last time, as the intimacy with this gas hob's innards start to bother me.
If you would like to admire our nice copper gas conduits and valve, do scroll down.
Question remains: would there be people that have had their gas hob converted to butane properly? The technicians here have no clue how to do this. It can't be right that buyers have to adjust the internals of their newly bought gas appliances?
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Pervert!
You did not think all would be well in one go, did you? Of course you didn't. And with reason, as it did not. The burners burned, but what this whole things was about fo me: small flames, and very low burners: nope. The control range was very bad. Big flames yes, small flames no. We could have kept the old Boretti. *snirf* *boohoo*.
But, the Boretti had small control screws under the gas valves to set the smallest flames. our lovely, wonderful, great and wonderful beautiful Atag in NL had those too, so this one probably as well. Yes. Small screws near the gas valves. So the glass cover needs to be removed yet again. Forth time. screw screw screw, sigh.
You need to turn the bypass screw all the way in for butane, and extend it for natural gas. Of course they were extended, for natural gas. Lucky I have a Torx screwdriver, the very same that was used to open Macintosh 30 years ago.
After putting back the glass cover and the burners you need to reset the hob. Remove the plug, put the right gas valve to '9', plug in the plug, set the gas valve to '0', and the display changes to 5 times 'C' for calibration. And then, finally, it works okay.
I hope to have taken apart and re-assembled this thing for the very last time, as the intimacy with this gas hob's innards start to bother me.
If you would like to admire our nice copper gas conduits and valve, do scroll down.
Question remains: would there be people that have had their gas hob converted to butane properly? The technicians here have no clue how to do this. It can't be right that buyers have to adjust the internals of their newly bought gas appliances?
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Pervert!
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Hob continued continued continued (3)
The technician who came today to fix the gas connection between bottle and hob said: "A hose, in the house? No es permitido". Not allowed, in Spanish. It must be made of copper, all the way to the hob if there is an oven underneath. And it needs an accessible gas tap. He'll come back tomorrow. Another lean day today.
About the not possible opening he said: ah, I think we need to shorten the pipe-like thing. Ehhh. I want the correct manual, please.
But it's fixed. P. saw that the gasket (blue in the picture) was in the way, because the burner had been disassembled yesterday, and the gasket was deplaced a bit. That is now positioned correctly, and the 11 mm distance is possible. 13 mm, too.
Lucky we're two engineers, although one is more theoretical.
About the not possible opening he said: ah, I think we need to shorten the pipe-like thing. Ehhh. I want the correct manual, please.
But it's fixed. P. saw that the gasket (blue in the picture) was in the way, because the burner had been disassembled yesterday, and the gasket was deplaced a bit. That is now positioned correctly, and the 11 mm distance is possible. 13 mm, too.
Lucky we're two engineers, although one is more theoretical.
Solar Heater B continued (continued) continued
The second solar heater (B) now is connected to the house too, using a nifty flexible hose. It yields a little cooler air than the first one, 49º versus 53º. Heater B has a bit smaller converter, 4 cm narrower, 96 cm versus 100 cm, so 4% less surface area.
Hob (continued)
The hob has arrived, which is nice.
As we have butane bottles here we need to change the injectors from natural gas to butane types. We saw in the installation manual that is quite a job: you need to take apart the device to access the injectors. So we called Bosch service to do this. That went okay. We don’t have a correct converter for the gas connection, so the device is not yet operational.
There is one problem: we did not see him adjust the big injector for the wok burner. The manual we have tells us to adjust the space Z between two points to 11 mm. (see attached photos) So, we opened up the device, as we now know how, and looked. The space currently is ca 4 mm, which is the space for natural gas. However, the specified 11 mm cannot be set, the max opening is ca 9 mm. If you have G30 butane and a higher pressure there’s even a spec for 13 mm. But, that wide an opening is not possible at all with our device.
So our question is: what to do? We’re quite irritated and worried the device was “adjusted” as is now, as that cannot be correct. What would be the correct spacing?
All in all: we're not amused.
As we have butane bottles here we need to change the injectors from natural gas to butane types. We saw in the installation manual that is quite a job: you need to take apart the device to access the injectors. So we called Bosch service to do this. That went okay. We don’t have a correct converter for the gas connection, so the device is not yet operational.
There is one problem: we did not see him adjust the big injector for the wok burner. The manual we have tells us to adjust the space Z between two points to 11 mm. (see attached photos) So, we opened up the device, as we now know how, and looked. The space currently is ca 4 mm, which is the space for natural gas. However, the specified 11 mm cannot be set, the max opening is ca 9 mm. If you have G30 butane and a higher pressure there’s even a spec for 13 mm. But, that wide an opening is not possible at all with our device.
So our question is: what to do? We’re quite irritated and worried the device was “adjusted” as is now, as that cannot be correct. What would be the correct spacing?
All in all: we're not amused.
Sunday, February 18, 2018
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