I can understand your reluctance, Paula. I felt that way until a gentleman from the gas company showed me how to do it. He had faith in me, and he stood by and had me light the stove several times just to be certain I knew how to do it safely. It literally takes about three seconds. *But if you are uncomfortable, it is best not to do it. We each have our own level of comfort in just about everything in life, and there's nothing wrong with that at all.
Take care. Jennifer On 1/22/14, paula barton <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all > If it were me I would never light a gas stove if it goes out. I use a gas > stove all the time but I do not feel safe trying to light it with a match > Paula > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Jennifer Chambers > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 8:52 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CnD] cooking on a gas stove > > It may be easier to have the gas company check out the stove, light > the pilot, and test all the burners, as well as the oven. One-pound > rocks are a bit hard to come by in some areas. <Smile>. Since this > is the first time with using a gas stove, the gas company can also > show you how to light the pilot if it goes out. It's easy and safe, > and you'll quickly get the hang of it. I've been dealing with gas > stoves for a few more decades than I care to admit, and haven't had > any problems. > > With all the ones I've dealt with, I've never had to turn the stove > on, even a little bit, for the match to do its magic, but each stove > is different. > > Stay safe and have the gas company help you the first time. In most > areas, the gas company will even notch your stove dials and your oven > dial to help you adjust the heat. They used to, anyway. You can also > use High-Marks? Sorry, I don't know how that product name is spelled, > but you can buy it at most organizations that sell blindness-related > products. > > hth > > Jennifer > > On 1/21/14, Jude DaShiell <[email protected]> wrote: >> No, not dangerous at all unless you haven't got a sense of smell or our >> sinuses aren't working at all. This was recommended to me by the >> employee who came out from the Gas Company and all of the time I used a >> gas stove in Arizona, I failed to burn any apartments down or set off >> any kind of explosions with the gas. The reason for the kitchen matches >> is that they're about 2 inches long and it will provide you a margin of >> time to blow the match out once you've lit the gas off with the match. >> The gas is off when you light the match and you only turn it on a little >> as the match goes under the cooking container between the metal brackets >> on which the container rests. As soon as that's done, blow the match >> out or put it into water in an ashtray near the stove or sand if you >> don't have water close by. The burning end gets buried in the sand. >> >> On Sat, 18 Jan 2014, Charles Rivard wrote: >> >>> That sounds very dangerous! >>> >>> --- >>> Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're >>> finished, >>> you! really! are! finished! >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jude DaShiell" >>> <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 4:16 AM >>> Subject: Re: [CnD] cooking on a gas stove >>> >>> >>> > For first time use of a gas stove I recommend having the gas company >>> > come out and shut off the pilot light. This is a safety measure which >>> > enables you to control when the flame and gas connect. Next buy a box >>> > of kitchen matches and get yourself a rock about a pound in weight >>> > with >>> > some rough surface. >>> > Put your pot or pan on the stove with the stove off. >>> > Get a kitchen match and strike it on the rock. >>> > Hold the match under the pot or pan on the burner, then turn the knob >>> > to >>> > start the gas. You'll hear a small whoosh as the flame and gas >>> > connect. >>> > Very important, blow out the match before your fingers get burnt as >>> > soon as the gas has turned into a flame. I used this system in >>> > Arizona >>> > for several years successfully. >>> > >>> > On Fri, 17 Jan 2014, Nicole Massey wrote: >>> > >>> > > 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. 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