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Default Gas or electric?

On Aug 14, 4:01�pm, dsi1 > wrote:
> Janet wrote:
> > "Roughrider50" > wrote in message
> .. .
> >> first of all I'm not a professional chef(or even a good cook) but I
> >> like to play in the kitchen & occasionally I surprise myself.
> >> Recently I've been toying with the idea of replacing my 25yr old
> >> Whirlpool range with �a new one.I can't decide between a gas or
> >> electric. My daughter has Kenmore electric(http://tinyurl.com/6pca4t)
> >> I'm really drawn toward. She loves it. Boils water fast, as compared
> >> to 1-1� on my old whirlpool. I grew up with gas stoves & really liked
> >> them.
> >> Sears is having a sale on Mon. & I need to decide which. TIA!

>
> > Gas, in a heartbeat.

>
> The interesting thing about gas is that one of the byproducts of a gas
> flame is water vapor. My guess is that it makes a difference in baked
> goods but I've not done any side by side comparisons nor have I read
> anything about this. My perception is that it does and I prefer an
> electric oven.


If you knew anything at all about cooking you're realize that the most
abundant by-product of cooking food is water, and had you not slept
your way through grade school general science you'd know that the
climate inside an oven while cooking food is no more or less humid
whether gas or electric.