For years it never bothered me that my oven was small, but recently I began cooking lots of baked foods, especially vegetables. Cooking takes me ages, because I can't fit too much in the oven. A "slightly larger" one wouldn't make all that much difference, but that's no solution, because my kitchen was planned with inflexible walls and cabinets. We'd have to do major renovations to fit anything larger. Even worse, over the years it has gotten more and more difficult to find such small stoves.
Sorry for the rant!
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Shalom!
No need to be sorry. I'll add mine. I had a gas oven in K'far Darom. My kitchen was not over-endowed with cabinets so there was room for a standard "American sized" oven. When it came time to buy a new oven and replace our first one that actually fit in that little niche that caravans have, I insisted on a gas oven. After much searching (phone, Internet) I found one second-hand through "JustMoving". I loved it. It was huge. It was huge and therefore didn't fit in the kitchen in Ashkelon and didn't fit in our first apartment in Elon Moreh. My husband made such a fuss about bringing "that old oven" to our new house that I didn't insist on it. (OK. It leaked a bit and required work. But so what? It was huge!) Now I'm fighting the urge to import a big - i.e. ridiculously expensive - gas oven. I hate electric, but the oven we have works just fine.
P.S. The advantage of electric ovens is that they can be plugged in wherever there's an outlet that will handle the voltage. Be creative. You just might find a suitable location for a larger oven.
It's just so inefficient time-wise. My sister-in-law uses one of those large outdoor grills for a lot of her cooking. Do I want to invest in one?
Shalom!
One of my sisters has a large outdoor grill with a rotisserie spit. I have no idea how much one costs in Israel, but it's a great item. Lots of fun in the summer. Invite the grandchildren and have the best picnic in the yishuv.
And you have a place to cook outside of the kitchen before Pesah.
If it can be easily kashered for Pesach even better.
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