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Default Cooktop settings and temperatures

aem wrote:
> Bob wrote:
>>
>> I'm sorry, I should have been more explicit ... the original posting
>> was meant for the planet Earth. Not sure where you reside but I do
>> appreciate your efforts in responding ... the translation from your
>> original tongue to English must have been a major effort.

>
> Pearls before swine. Your inability to understand the difference
> between heat energy and temperature is not his fault. -aem


Hear hear! Oven temps have no correlation to stovetop temps, be they
electric or gas burners. I've never seen a recipe that required me to cook
something on the stovetop at 350F (or whatever). Simmer, boil, etc. are
visual things, not a temperature setting.

Jill