On 7/3/2010 5:56 AM, sf wrote:
> On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:36:40 -1000, dsi1
> > wrote:
>
>> The kids are gonna buy a new range
>> - it'll probably be a high end one but this pretty much means I won't be
>> cooking with the old electric elements. That's the breaks.
>
> You're not switching from electric to gas are you? If you are,
> hopefully you already have a gas line installed.
>
>> Whoever is
>> paying gets to choose. I did request that the new one have a high power
>> element though. :-)
>
> They might be buying, but give them some input anyway... and be sure
> to get at least one flame tamer if it's gas. My cooktop has 4 high
> powered burners and 2 not so high powered ones but I still have to
> watch pots that are on for a long simmer because they will go dry on
> me otherwise. I didn't have to pay such close attention to my cooking
> with electric burners.
>

High power burners are great. I always cook on high. :-) The kids say
they have an induction range in some warehouse with their name on it. I
don't like the idea of being restricted as to choice of pans I can use
but will try this new fangled range if they install it.

I grew up cooking with a gas kitchen. Looking at my dad's kitchen now as
an adult, the burners seem really weak and not suitable at all for the
way I cook. I remember the kitchen as being a hot place.