what do you make of my rubbish cooker?

Want to see a tired, old cooker? Well look no further my friends. Behold! An ancient cooker in all its grimey glory.

We're in the process of removing the old oil boiler next to the cooker and installing a new one in a different place which means we finally have space to install a decent sized cooker. This cooker is over 10 years old, possibly even pushing 15, and was the only cooker Mum could get which was small enough to fit the space. I commend her for the amount of cooking she has done and number of people she has cooked for on this small cooker.

"How's the cake coming along?" I hear you ask.

I don't know, I can't see into the oven. It must be wonderful having a light in the oven and being able to watch your cakes rise. Sometimes I hold a torch towards the door but it doesn't really work.

Look at all that filth. Ingrained filth. Nope, it won't wash off. This is also the only burner which heats properly. Don't even attempt to boil something on one of the back burners. You will be there all day.

Ahhh, nameless knobs. Guess which knob works the oven...

Ahh the one which falls off! I like to think of it as a feature. A detachable knob, if you will.

If the flat edge is diagonal, pointing up at the left, then I know I'm roughly at gas mark 4. I usually take the knob off to check this as in the past the knob hasn't always turned it to the right temperature. There have been times when I thought I was at gas mark 6 but was actually only at 2 or 3.

Oh the glamour behind my little cake blog.

The new cooker (arriving soon!) will have TWO OVENS. Imagine that, I'll be able to bake a cake in one oven and a tray of biscuits in the other. Or cook a roast chicken, I suppose I have to eat savoury occasionally.

Do you have a disgusting or useless oven? Do tell!