I'm STILL in Disbelief!

Well, I am happy to report that my range is up and running and I'm baking ornies once again! The repairman came yesterday afternoon, took out all the parts that had been sent to the house, and then took a look at the range. Then he asked me if I had the Owner's Manual for my range. I gave it to him and he quickly thumbed through the pages. Then I hear a "beep beep" and the repairman said "All fixed!"

Yep...just like that! All fixed! Okay...brace yourselves....! For almost TWO weeks I have been without my range, unable to use my oven or cook top, unable to prim my ornies, unable to BAKE BROWNIES....all because................

........it was set in SABBATH mode! The code on my range was NOT SA6, it was SAb! Which just happens to mean Sabbath mode. I looked at the repairman and was like "What the heck is 'Sabbath mode'?" So he showed it to me in the manual. Yep....there is was..."for use on the Sabbath and all Jewish holidays"!

I have NEVER heard of this!! But he went on to tell me that refrigerators with the automatic water and ice dispensers also have this feature built in.

Well, not being of the Jewish persuasion, I just HAD to investigate further! This is what it says in Wikipedia:

"Sabbath mode (English), also known as Shabbos mode (Yiddish) or Shabbat mode (Hebrew), is a feature in many modern home appliances, including ovens and refrigerators which is intended to allow the appliances to be used (subject to various constraints) by Shabbat-observant Jews on the Shabbat and Jewish holidays.

Jews are forbidden from doing creative work on the Shabbat. Observant Jews interpret this to include doing things such as making a fire, preparing food or even closing a switch or pressing an electronic button."

It's quite interesting reading. More about it can be found here.

Needless to say I was VERY upset! Not that my oven has a Sabbath mode! I was upset because I had spoken to a technician on the phone and had a second technician come out last week, only to tell me I needed a new electronic panel. Now, tell me...why didn't either one of those people catch this? All I needed to do was push (the correct) two buttons at the same time! Fortunately, the guy that came out yesterday had a little more knowledge than the other two guys! I had looked in my manual when this first happened and no where does it show the code SAb.

So...I thought I would enlighten those of you fortunate (or maybe not so fortunate) enough to own one of these newfangled electronic appliances! LOL! Now you know!

And I just HAVE to share my one mishap while discovering the wonderful world of microwave primming! This is what happens when you accidentally add a extra zero to the bake time of a daisy candle mat!

Yep, burnt it...literally! Caught it on fire! Burnt to a crisp! Been burning daisies around here! LOL!

So, that concludes the saga of my range and the cat that put it in Sabbath mode. By the way, Harley says to tell you all "Shalom"!
~~Annie