"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 5 Aug 2014 21:46:38 -0700, "Cheri" >
>> wrote:
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>>> "Doris Night" > wrote in message
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>>> > On Wed, 6 Aug 2014 01:20:32 +0100, Janet > wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> 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
>>>
>>> I don't find that to be true with the power burner at all, water boils
>>> quickly.
>>>
>> That's what she's saying. Her power burner is smokin' and her MIL's
>> gas stove takes forever to do anything.
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> She said her glasstop stove cooks quickly, but her MIL's gas stove takes a
> half hour to boil water,

maybe she should stop watching the pot.