Text 3930, 60 rader
Skriven 2010-11-18 23:37:01 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
   Kommentar till text 3880 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Re: dream kitchen
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to NANCY BACKUS on 16 Nov 10  23:18:06 <=-

 NB>> When both coils are redhot (HI), water boils quickly, saute goes
 NB>> quickly, etc.  If the outer coil comes on for at the 2 setting, then
 NB>> you get that level heat at the outside ring of the pan bottom, if the
 NB>> inner one does, you get that level heat in the middle of the pan
 NB>> bottom.

 RH> IOW, it's a mattr of playing around with them a bit until you know
 RH> what you have to do to get the results you want.  Then make note of it
 RH> and keep the note in a safe place.  Repeat as needed for each cooking
 RH> process, until you have a notebook full of settings for whatever you
 RH> want to cook. (G)

Nah... it was much more intuitive than that...  I think mostly the
difference in which coil was the dominant one was for pan size... a
little pan would do better if the inner coil was the working one on the
intermediate settings...  :)

 NB>> Depends on what you want.  3 has both coils working at medium heat, so
 NB>> good for a slower pace... and eventually will bring water to a
 NB>> near-boil, if not a full boil.  LO turns off the same coil as 2 did,
 NB>> for that particular burner... so same considerations.  That one often
 NB>> works well for a simmer, either way it may be set up.  WM does a good
 NB>> job of cooking at a very low temp all day, but might not hold a simmer.

 RH> You just have to accept the learning curve until you're ready to get a
 RH> new stove.

The learning curve was a very long time ago... and we still haven't even
started looking for the new stove... ;)

 NB>> Question is moot, anyway... as the stove is just part of the mainly
 NB>> disfunctional kitchen... (G)  So, highly unlikely that all you lot of
 NB>> cooks would be standing over it arguing about whether or not it did
 NB>> what You wanted it to... ;)

 RH> We'd all have a say in that discussion. I think we'd all probably make
 RH> it work for us--maybe not quite in the way we would think ideal but if
 RH> it works, then who's to complain?  And you know we can turn out some
 RH> good eats in all kinds of cooking set ups.

Oh, I'm sure that any of you could do quite respectably in quite
primitive situations...  :)

 NB>>> Next question is whether our favorite tools and gadgets form our
 NB>>> kitchen habits or whether they become our favorite DUE to our
 NB>>> habits... ;)
 RH>> Yes. (G)
 NB>> Ok.  ;)

 RH> Sure about that?

Yup.  :)

ttyl        neb

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