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On Mon, 10 Apr 2017 17:48:51 -0400, jmcquown >
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> On 4/10/2017 5:45 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Mon, 10 Apr 2017 13:38:58 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:
> >
> >> jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> >>
> >>> On 4/10/2017 4:44 AM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> >>>> On Mon 10 Apr 2017 12:56:04a, jmcquown told us...
> >>>>
> >>>>> On 4/10/2017 12:47 AM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> >>>>>> On Sun 09 Apr 2017 05:50:33p, Ed Pawlowski told us...
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On 4/9/2017 7:51 PM, Sky wrote:
> >>>>>>>> . . . used very carefully on an electric, non-induction,
> >>>>>>>> glass-top cooking surface? Like one of those heavy,
> >>>>>>>> two-sided (smooth or grooved) griddles made by Lodge. I
> >>>>>>>> don't have either, although I may consider the griddle as a
> >>>>>>>> gift for someone who does use a glass-top stove. Hence my
> >>>>>>>> question ;D TIA.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Sky
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I prefer the cast aluminum Chef's Design griddles. Smoother
> >>>>>>> bottom, less likely to scratch a glass top. Better heat
> >>>>>>> distribution too.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> https://www.amazon.com/Chefs-Design-...Griddle/dp/B00
> >>>>>>> 01V QI G8
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Our griddle get used at least 4 or 5 times a week.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I'm sure you're very careful, Ed, but most manufacturers (mine
> >>>>>> included) recommend against using aluminum pans, griddles, etc.,
> >>>>>> on glass top stoves as aluminum can leave metallic marks on the
> >>>>>> glass that usually cannot be removed.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> True, and I looked at the griddle in the link and it says it is
> >>>>> NOT suitable for using on a glass cooktop. (I wouldn't pay $73
> >>>>> for a griddle, either.)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Jill
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I figured as much. After I bought my first glass top range in the
> >>>> late 1990s, I got rid of all the aluminum cookware that I owned
> >>>> except for those pieces that could be used in the oven.
> >>>>
> >>> Personally, I would not want a glass cooktop. I move things around
> >>> on the stove a lot when I'm cooking. I don't want to have to worry
> >>> about the cooking surface being so fragile it couldn't handle my
> >>> cookware.
> >>>
> >>> Jill
> >>
> >> Same here. JUst not for me. Give me my 5 burner gas stove and my cast
> >> iron.

> >
> > If Hubert Keller can cook on a glass-top, so can you.
> >
> >

> Who gives a rat's ass about Hubert Keller? He's not the one using the
> stove and doing the cooking in our homes.
>


Which shows how little you know.



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