For what you want, you won’t find any cheaper. If you stick to this kind of oven and nothing else, you gotta pay…
This ain’t Europe or the states, people don’t use these kinds of stoves here.[/quote]
Hey! Direct and to the point. This is NOT your mama’s kitchen. If you want the traditional Western oven that will cook two turkey and a couple of apple pies at the same time, expect to pay big bucks for it. On the other hand, get acclimated, settle in. Go to a DIY baking store and find the dual rod going all the way through on the top and bottom of what looks like a big toaster oven. Get the BIG one. It will do a small turkey which is all you can find here anyway. Let the bird rest and slide in a couple of pumpkin pies. It works. You just can’t come to a foreign country and expect it to be like home. Hell, if you like the “home style”, well maybe just maybe . . . . . Nope not me. I won’t say that but I will say adapt, go with the flow, improvise!
I have been here five years and have enjoyed every Western style holiday, to the extent I feel I wanted to, with my meager kitchen and some improvisation. You can too.
Enjoy the culture.[/quote]
Probably the best turkey I ever cooked was an 11-pound bird in a counter-top convection oven in Taipei. There was about an inch to spare on all sides, but it turned out great. On the other hand, I don’t see the problem with taking the parts of home you like along with you if you can afford to.