"jmcquown" > wrote

> aem wrote:

>> 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.

No offense meant to the original poster, I almost said those are
oven questions, not cooktop questions, aside from simmer. It
confused me so I waited to see what other people said. I thought
Sheldon nailed it, he said what I was thinking.

nancy