Another thing about gas heat -- it's a moist heat, because it's burning fluid, while electric stoves are a dry heat. The moister heat of gas tends to linger a bit more, so turn things down slightly earlier than you might with an electric burner.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Jennifer Chambers > Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 4:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CnD] cooking on a gas stove > > 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:cookinginthedark- > [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 _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
