OK I actually cooked all this the day after the Grubski thing went up but I just remembered to post it here!!! I cooked a rump steak (with salt and pepper) and ate it with some store bought prepared salad. It was delicious and surprisingly easy to make. This is the standard store brand rump steak - there is also the premium store brand but I decided to go for the cheaper version this time because I haven't cooked steak in years and I was worried I'd mess it up. Dessert: The hob. My crappy flat has a crappy electric hob which takes about five minutes to just heat up. Then add the time taken to get the temperature of the pan up and cooking is quite a chore. I miss gas. Wherever I live next, this will be a non-negotiable condition. I forgot to buy a mesh to catch the spitting oil so I just held a sieve over the pan while it cooked. It's a good thing that steak doesn't take very long to cook. It's definitely cooked. I would have liked this part a bit more rare. With the salad: I watched this while watching Twin Peaks. I've just finished the first season. IT'S SO GOOD. So good.
Gas is great but a good electric stovetop is not bad. But it looks like you certainly do have a crappy one. I have been there too and it is not fun. :(
Thank you for sharing! Electric stoves are no fun, especially crappy ones, but you seem to make due. I first watched Twin Peaks with my good pal cW, years ago. My wife and I would go to his place and watch. cW and his wife would have pie, coffee and cigarettes there for us. My wife and I both loved the pie and coffee. But it was just cW and I that would enjoy the cigs. Man, was that fun. That show is so amazing, but if you add in those components, while viewing it makes it all the more fun. What a phenomenal tv series. Enjoy!