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Guidance on a 30 inch gas range please
I hate mine (came with the house). It’s an Amana, and has 6 inches on the side taken up with the knobs, so the cooking surface is tiny. While it has 4 burners, its impossible to get four good size pots cooking at once. It...
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Indian food in/near Cedar Rapids, IA
I’ve been working in the Amanas for the past few months and can’t get over a craving for Indian food. I did a google search and found a place in Coralville/Iowa City that had good recs, but it’s been flooded...
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30 inch slide in range advice....
I have an Amana that has bitten the dust... pricing out some models at Pacific Sales & Sears today and leaning towards the KitchenAid Architect II, the Fridgidaire Pro, and the Kenmore Elite... all gas with convection features. I...
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Mail-Order Beef/Steak
Just as another option, have you considered maybe having barbecue shipped to the guy? Kansas City’s Fiorella’s Jack Stack Barbecue ships terrific 'que packages. Also, the Amana Meat Shop in the Amana Colonies in Iowa...
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blood orange juice?
Hi there, I’m trying to find blood orange juice – I’ve seen blood oranges being sold, but not juiced. I need about a litre. Any suggestions as to where I can find it?
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Best of Iowa - Help
Fifteen years ago (and even further back than that!), I would have recommended a stop for dinner at any of the places in the Amana Colonies — e.g. Ox Yoke Inn and The Ronnenburg in Amana and Bill Zuber’s in Homestead...
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Where can I find some dandelion wine?
Dandelion wine is made commercially by eight wineries in the Amana Colonies of Iowa, and Breitenbach Wine Cellars in Dover, Ohio (330-343-3603). Don’t know if they will sell it over the phone and ship it to you here or not,...
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Bottom Freezer Refrigerators-Pros/Cons?
down. No more bending to your ankles to get the carrots out of the veggie bin. You can see everything in the refrigerator since everything is at eye level. I also really like the feature in my Amana — the “chef's...
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Microwave convection ovens-all made by Sharp?
quality. Lets say I am not fond of Sharp, when Amana has been the leader for years. Of course I am speaking of higher powered Microwaves only. Convection is either dry heat or steam, not found microwave energy. Individual units...
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need refrigerator advice
I have an Amana, bottom freezer, that’s been cranking along pretty successfully for 17 years now (don’t want to jinx it!) I’m sure it it didn’t cost the equivalent of $4K at the time — we had very...
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Lunch betw Salt Lake & Cheyenne, Cheyenne & Omaha, Omaha & Chicago, Chicago & Cleveland, Cleveland & Connecticut
The Amana Colonies in east central Iowa are not too far off I-80, for homestyle dutch food. I can’t find the thread below that talked about it, but there’s a truckstop near the Quad Cities that has great tenderloin...
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ROAD TRIP! - from Chicago to Denver - Midwest Musts?
Been a while since I’ve been home to Iowa, but I’d suggest the Amana Colonies, just of I-80. They can be rather touristy, but there’s reliable restaurants to be found there. Our favorite was always Bill...
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Made in the USA?
mountainmomma, Whirlpool Corporation, which sells under the Whirlpool, Kitchenaid, Maytag, Jenn-Air, Amana, Master Chef, Admiral, and Roper brands, among others, and makes the appliances sold by Ikea, still has manufacturing...
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Fridge gone wacky -- eggs froze. Can I use them?
My subject line says it all. My precious Amana seems to be crapping out (warranty over, naturally) and things are freezing all over the place, even with the temperature reset as warm as possible. Can I use the now-frozen eggs? If...
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Restaurants with private rooms at reasonable prices
Any suggestions on restaurants in Toronto with private spaces for 20-30 people that will do a three course sit-down dinner for approx. $30/per person + drinks, tax and gratuity? I’m not looking for Susur, but something with...
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