How do I love thee Smeg oven?

Not terribly much since it gave up the ghost in the middle of roasting kumara and loin chops in the middle of Saturday's Ladyfood class. It behaved long enough to blind bake and cook the lemon and raspberry tart (uber delicious by the way), but sulked over the kumara and refused point blank to have anything to do with the lamb. Luckily for all concerned the lamb racks were more than happy being cooked on the stovetop - the ladies can confirm that I did not stop humming and disaster was averted.

I decided to try the beast again yesterday and, lo and behold, it once more did the needful concerning the tart but the char sui ribs were sent the same way as the lamb, although the Smeg did condescend to a quick grilling. I'd like to be able to say that it has been diagnosed (concurrent with a huge electrical bill) but all I have to report is that I was too lazy to call the relevant people today and that the sewing of Eva's First Holy Communion dress is well advanced...

All in all however, the random conniptions of the heating elements meant that I have had to postpone the decadence that is slow-cooked pork belly until next week and will have fingers crossed that all will be remedied by tapas evening this Thursday.

By the way, the Cardrona Merino loin chops were every bit as good as the eye fillets and probably a better match for the chermoula. I can also confirm that the new red wine glasses work a treat.

Adios!