Mastering gas stoves for stewing
"Doris Night" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 6 Aug 2014 01:20:32 +0100, Janet > wrote:
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>> I've had a stove with a glasstop hob for 12 years with no problem,
>>fast heating, very responsive, tough, clean.
>
> My glasstop stove has a burner labelled "power element". It will boil
> a liter of water in about 90 seconds. Since I only steam (not boil)
> vegetables, I can get a lot of stuff cooked in relatively little time.
>
> Compare this to my MIL's gas stove. Put a pot of potatoes on to boil,
> (no steaming in that house, no, things cook faster when they are
> boiled) you'll be waiting for half an hour for the water to even get
> hot.
>
> Every Christmas, Easter, and Thanksgiving I get ****ed off about this.
>
> Doris
That's the holiday spirit!
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