Thread: A couple of original videos (with me trying to speak Russian)

Originally Posted by Helenej

Then, it should have been поставить в духовку instead of посадить в печку. We extremely rarely call the kitchen stove печка. We call it плита. When I hear someone saying Я купил новую печку I’m always like, “What? Oh, I see." But the place you put the caviar at the end of your cooking is духовка. Поставить в плиту would be impossible, too.

Thanks for clearing this up! And I just did a Google Image search on these words, and nearly all of the hits for печка were old-fashioned brick ovens -- sometimes with Иван-дурак sleeping on top of it, or riding on a walking печка with legs , по щучьему велению!!

P.S. But it does seem that печка CAN be used for modern kitchen appliances, although mainly in the context of "microwave ovens" or "automatic breadmakers" -- not the full-size gas or electric oven, however.