Ah, then the oven is behaving the way it is supposed to behave. Once the oven is up to temperature, the coils should shut off. The coils don't stay at 400 degrees themselves, the temp is temp of the air in the oven. So, when the air temp reaches 400 the coils shut off. When the oven cools enough, the coils will turn back on. It can't maintain a constant 400 degrees so it will keep cycling, with an average temp of 400 degrees. Go, bake.
Bunch of wanna blessed-bes. Nowadays every girl with a henna tattoo and a spice rack thinks she's a sister to the dark ones.
Willow ,'Bring On The Night'
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SailAweigh - Mar 19, 2005 1:03:51 pm PST #7972 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Polter-Cow - Mar 19, 2005 1:05:52 pm PST #7973 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
See, that's what I thought might be happening, but I feel like some of my things have been undercooked lately. We'll see what happens with this turkey meatloaf concoction thing.
Ginger - Mar 19, 2005 1:07:34 pm PST #7974 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Every oven is different, too. I have to set my ancient oven higher than the recipe calls for and often cook it longer too.
flea - Mar 19, 2005 1:08:19 pm PST #7975 of 10001
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I feel rather bad about it, but I am sniggering helplessly over P-C's oven worries. I concur that this is the way the oven is suposed to work. Only a bachelor would not know this, and only a precision-oriented scientist bachelor would even notice. It's (I'm sorry! ) cute!
SailAweigh - Mar 19, 2005 1:09:29 pm PST #7976 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Many ovens are off in actual temperature. Some get hotter, some stay cooler. You could get yourself a separate oven thermometer to find out what it's actually heating up to. My mom had to do that with her oven. Also, don't open the oven door too many times. You lose heat fast that way and it will slow the cooking down because the oven takes longer to come back up to temperature.
Polter-Cow - Mar 19, 2005 1:10:21 pm PST #7977 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Hee hee. You're making me smile, flea. I like the phrase "precision-oriented scientist bachelor." In fact, I believe I will tag it.
SailAweigh - Mar 19, 2005 1:10:45 pm PST #7978 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Only a bachelor would not know this
Not just bachelors, bacheloresses, too. You don't want to know what my daughter doesn't know about cooking and she's 25.
beth b - Mar 19, 2005 1:11:56 pm PST #7979 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
so far I have made sweet potato pie, and irish soda bread ( DH helped with that) - shepard's pie soon. and I did nap briefly.
I forgot that it is difficult to stop eating irish soda bread.
flea - Mar 19, 2005 1:12:11 pm PST #7980 of 10001
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Yes, I was using "bachelor" in its sense of "shorthand for one who eats bachelor chow from a tube." Not gender-specific.
beth b - Mar 19, 2005 1:12:56 pm PST #7981 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I was going to suggest an oven thermometer. too. It is much better if you aren't a wing - it cook.