When your oven dies

Well of course you make soup!!!

Sunday my oven died a slow death. I was using it a lot that day. I was making homemade bread, teriyaki chicken, roasted potatoes, and a bread pudding. The bread was the first thing and it turned out bad. That should have been a clue that something was amiss with the oven but I thought it was something I had done since it was a new recipe. The tops were terribly thick and the bottoms mushy. Later it took two hours to try and cook the chicken, potatoes and pudding and the oven just wouldn't get hot enough at all. Of course the oven kept telling me that it was hot enough when it was clear that it wasn't. I finally gave up on the oven and nuked the dry chicken to make sure it was cooked and then nuked some frozen veggies. Dinner wasn't exactly a hit.

I was in a really rotten mood after all that. I was mad at the oven and pissed that I put all that effort into the food that was no good! I'm very judgemental about my own cooking.

There was no saving the bread pudding. It's bad when an egg based dish won't cook in your oven after two hours! I was able to salvage the leftovers of the chicken and potatoes though. Since very little was actually eaten the night before I had plenty to work with. I turned the whole mess into a soup.

I started buy dumping the potatoes and onions into a big pan and covering them with water. I let that simmer awhile and then added a bullion cube, since I had no broth or stock. Then I chuncked up the chicken and tossed it in along with some more teriyaki sauce and water. I let that sit on med for a couple hours, added another bullion cube, water and the corn and carrots from the night before. Then I turned it to low and let it sit for awhile. Oh I had some garlic at some point to. It made a really super yummy soup.

As for the oven I bought an oven thermometer, looked a lot up on line, got JT to take a look at the oven computer and a friend to look at the oven itself. The bake element is dead and gone. I'll be replacing it later today. Then I shall bake cookies!!!!!