In Asia there are no ovens!
I am in Korea (teaching English), just arrived a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately, my apartment didn't come with an oven, and none of my fellow teachers have one either!
Baking is my favorite activity next to grocery shopping, and I am devastated. Any suggestions on how to make baked goods without an oven? Or, sites with no-bake recipes.
Ugh! I want some chocolate chip cookies, like now!
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16 Comments:
can you buy a convection toaster oven?
cowprintrabbit at 3:06AM on 09/16/08
Dude, I'm in the same boat you are. I've been in Seoul since March and it's killing me. One of my friends' K-boyfriends bought her an actual oven, which is super sweet and we've made cookies a few times.
You can buy a toaster oven at E-mart or on Gmarket.co.kr (usually has better prices, but compare still!) and E-marts or one of the foreign goods stores will have the basics like chocolate chips and stuff. They'll run you about 30,000W+, with the nicer ones with good capacities around 75,000W and up.
I haven't researched this...at all haha
One of my co-workers contract ends this month though so I'm inheriting his toaster. sweeeet!
btw, the only place I've found to get good fresh cookies is Paris Baguette, although some places sell hockey pucks. sigh.
If you're teaching kids, wait until you have to go over vocabulary including "baking" and "oven." oi
machellebelle at 3:44AM on 09/16/08
i also just got to korea to teach english and have been looking at toaster ovens. the ones at e-mart actually look deeper (longer? wider? how do i describe this...) than american toaster ovens, so i think we'll be buying one of those.
you can definitely fit a 6-cup muffin tin or small cookie sheet in one of them. i also inherited some mini tart pans from a friend who left, so mini pies might be happening sometime in the future.
janough at 4:14AM on 09/16/08
How about rice crispy treats. (Can you get marshmallows?) You could doctor them up with different cereals and add ins.
SSMom at 5:45AM on 09/16/08
Asia had ovens long before "we" came to "America" actually.
They are just not like "our" ovens.
But what a wonderful opportunity you have right now to discard ethnocentrism and to learn the traditional desserts of Korea - which are made without our sort of oven! :)
foodvox at 8:33AM on 09/16/08
If you access to a slow cooker/crockpot, I would check out www.recipezaar.com and see all of their dessert recipe that you can make with just a crockpot. They are pretty good. No cookies, that I saw, though. :(
Traveller at 12:56PM on 09/16/08
I had to giggle when I read this!
Sorry that my comment isn't helpful at all to your situation, but I have a friend who is in an organization with me at school and she is from China. We were discussing a bake sale for fund raising, and she asked "How do you bake?" and we told her just to buy some cheap packaged stuff, get some water, and use an oven. The look on her face was so cute "What's an oven?"
EatingVirgo at 6:02PM on 09/16/08
I'm also in Korea teaching English and I miss all of my oven food! Tip: Get a GOOD rice-cooker... there are usually settings on the good ones to make cakes.
smile at 10:32PM on 09/16/08
try chow.com for a good steamed chocolate dessert.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/483023
wazup1999 at 11:25PM on 09/16/08
thanks everyone!!! i appreciate the help, i think i might have to buy a toaster oven.
i just can't live without baking!
downhillguru at 5:04AM on 09/17/08
Machelle--you rock.
That website has everything I need.
Thanks so much!
downhillguru at 5:09AM on 09/17/08
downhillguru said -- I am in Korea (teaching English).
janough said -- i also just got to korea to teach english.
smile said -- I'm also in Korea teaching English.
Check that out!
FastFoodCritic at 8:22AM on 09/17/08
you're welcome :o) . but do realize--there are price differences for the same item on the korean site vs the english site. if you're not fluent, get a korean, or someone who can, to help you.
if you do get a toaster oven can the rest of us come over for cookies? hahaha jk
machellebelle at 9:35AM on 09/17/08
done and done! haha. i'll be in seoul in a couple of weeks...i'll just drop them off for you.
:-)
downhillguru at 11:18PM on 09/20/08
you can buy a solar oven or make one.....
google "solar oven"
http://solarcooking.org/plans/
farmkat at 1:43PM on 09/22/08
@FastFoodCritic, that's the same thing I noticed! What's the deal with all of you being in Korea teaching english? That's awesome.
carolrsf at 3:11PM on 09/22/08