Level It!

The cake is thinner in front

than it is in back

easily solved if two-layer cake,

A souffle though is hard to make.

Unlevel stove annoys the cook

so today we finally took

the time to solve the problem.

Well.  Sweat and struggle

might and main

Twist and turn an hour to gain

a semblance of levelitude.

For who installed it

Eyeballed it.

Workmen today, 

both suave and rough

 live by the mantra

"That's good enough."

Word of the day: levelitude 

(Okay, okay.  I made it up. Don't you like it, though?)

A semblance of levelitude

I did it

croquignoles by vanilla

Nesco Roaster

We were guests at a welcoming home on Thanksgiving Day, but Sunday will see Thanksgiving guests in our home.  So Friday morning I went to the barn and got the Nesco roaster.  I brought it in, polished it, and set it up, ready to receive the turkey.

I mentioned to BBBH that the appliance was vintage 1949.  She seemed a bit incredulous, so I typed "1949 nesco roaster" into the search engine, and behold!

Our roaster is identical to the one pictured, sans cabinet, which was an optional extra.  It is being pressed into its sixty-fifth year of service in giving Thanksgiving the bird.

If you bigify the picture, you may see that the National Enamel and Stamping Company asserts that this is their Golden Jubilee edition of the roaster.  Think about that.  These things have evidently been around since Eve was fixing dinner for Adam and Cain.  Excellent appliance, well-made, and still cooking!

Our roaster.