My suggestion for first-time use of a gas stove is to turn it out without a pot or pan on the burner. Hold your hand well above the flame. Turn the knob all the way up. Keep your hand above the flame; gradually turn the knob down. You'll be able to get a sense of the heat differences when the flame is high, medium and low. Turn it off before placing a pot or pan on the burner. Then gradually turn the knob and adjust it for the type of flame called for in your recipe.
I hope that made sense. I grew up using a gas stove, but the second apartment I lived in had an electric stove and oven. I hope to goodness I never have to use an electric stove and oven again. I don't like the texture of food cooked with electricity. Jennifer On 1/17/14, Sandy <[email protected]> wrote: > I have also used gas cooking all of my life, and know it is faster, and you > have to monitor how high your flame is, as that determines how quickly > things cook on top of the stove! On the electric stoves, you have numbers, > and can simmer and control the heat; however, electric stoves of friends > that I have observed, the heat, to me, feels far more hotter and intense, > and I do not like it. > Sandy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Malaina VanderWal > Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 8:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CnD] cooking on a gas stove > > I prefer using a gas stove myself. But that is what I grew up using. I > think > it gas stove cooks faster but try to no how high you have the flame. You > can go by sound and if you feel a lot of heat you know that the flame is > very high. > Malaina > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 16, 2014, at 11:53 AM, "Lenore Koszalinski" > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I would try too keep the flame kind of low and not hi. Times will be >> different when cooking. I always kept my flame kind of low, unless I >> was boiling water. Lenore >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf Of Nancy Martin >> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 9:26 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [CnD] cooking on a gas stove >> >> Hi Holly, >> I'd just say use your normal common sense precautions you would always >> do anyway. Maybe others will be more help or more specific, I just >> wanted to say it's something you can deal with. >> HTH, >> Nancy Martin >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Holly Anderson" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 8:17 AM >> Subject: [CnD] cooking on a gas stove >> >> >> Hi all. I'm staying somewhere and they have a gas stove. At home I >> have an >> >> electric stove, are there differences that I should be aware of when >> cooking. I know I'm dealing with an open flame vs heating element, >> but not sure what that really means in terms of cooking. Any tips r >> helpful hints would be really appreciated. >> Thanks. >> Holly >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
