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I am a thin crust fan too. Especially if it is baked in a brick oven.
You are like my SO, a massive carb lover! He's of Irish origin so that may explain it. He would order side dishes of potatoes cooked in different ways, and I am like, hey they are all still errhh... potatoes! I on the other hand love my proteins. I have since "converted" him a bit.
Mindi, I had the cluster of house repairs too -- while having a gutter re-hung, it was discovered that the wood was rotted in places, so I ended up having all the gutters re-hung and much of the wood replaced. During this same time, my heater turned off (super cold temps out) and my oven died. Oh, and the gutter people advised I get a new roof (which I put off as I didn't want the yard mess). Trees need to be trimmed (fall again) and I am having poison ivy dug out from along the back fence. Desperate times.
When we first bought our country house, we went to shop for a fireplace and they had this lovely out door pizza oven on display. My SO actually thought about buying it just so he can install it in our garden. And guess what, we never made pizza from scratch ourselves, ever! I don't think he knows how!
Oh, lulilu, I feel your pain. Sometimes doing one necessary thing uncovers another. I generally think it's better to know and act sooner rather than later, but my DH has this sort of "ignore and deny" attitude toward home maintenance. Apparently the current issues are my fault, 'cus my insistence on having the house painted (for the first time in, I think four or possibly five years) led to the discovery of the wood rot. He would prefer, it seems, to have bits of the houes fall off or fall over as firm evidence that action is required. Why pay to get out ahead of this stuff?
We cannot discuss this issue like rational adults. Each of us genuinely thinks the other is nuts on the subject. Sigh.
We cannot discuss this issue like rational adults. Each of us genuinely thinks the other is nuts on the subject. Sigh.
Mindi, I am definitely on your DH's side of the aisle, or was, when I was commuting to NY for work -- I was too tired on weekends to deal with anything, unless it rained down on my head. I am trying to be better.
Well, there ya go. I am a professional-grade Catastrophist--that is, give me a hangnail, and I will take it to terminal illness in fewer than five steps or your money back.
So I hear "wood rot" and think San Francisco earthquake of 1906 levels of destruction and
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DH hears "wood rot" and thinks "$$$$" and
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We do not agree on tactics, needless to say.
So I hear "wood rot" and think San Francisco earthquake of 1906 levels of destruction and
.DH hears "wood rot" and thinks "$$$$" and
.We do not agree on tactics, needless to say.
I know that feeling, but Too much dough on a pizza can be tasteless. There was a huge rage for Chicago deep dish pizza when I first came to California. Everyone tried it and then the fad died. On the whole, I think most people prefer a thin crust. There is a local place that we go to that makes NYC style pizza and it is really good, but it is probably the most expensive pizza I have ever eaten! If you believe them, which I really do not, they bring in the flour and the water from NYC.
My next door neighbor built an outdoor kitchen with a huge wood burning oven. I think they have used it 3 times over the last 15 years. The last time they fired it up there were fires burning to the north of us and the wind was bringing down smokey smells. I totally freaked out when I started smelling wood burning and finally calmed down when I realized it was their oven. I think that was the last time they ever used it. What a day to pick to fire that oven up! What were they thinking?
Like you are such a cool mom! I expected that you would feel this way as you possess common sense!
Wow thank you for sharing this story! Now I can tell my SO a real life example of why outdoor oven is a bad idea! Hee hee! I knew it would be a waste of money if we had installed it and I think SO knew it too! But he is such a cooking nerd! He loves cooking (but not pizza) and loves cooking tools even more!