[Magdalen] Oatmeal time

[Charles Wohlers]

We have a glass-top electric stove here in VT, but natural gas in MA. Gas is 
SOOOO much better! Doesn't take forever to heat up and cool down, making 
electric much harder to control. No natural gas anywhere in VT (other than 
the Burlington area) - only propane.

I might note that Judith Jones (Julia Child's & James Beard's editor, and a 
major foodie herself) has a summer place near here, and she has a propane 
stove - no electric.

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com


-----Original Message----- 
From: Lynn Ronkainen
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 2:25 PM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Oatmeal time

I never used gas until I was first married and we had a tiny, what they used
to call apartment sized stove in a duplex we rented. I grew to love gas and
had it again in my first house... moved to TX in '87 and have HAD to use
electric ever since.  Moving in '08 was my introduction to owning a 'glass
top' stove... had used them at friend's houses with out much enthusiasm.
Within the first 6 months with my practically brand new stove, I cooked a
huge batch of spaghetti and also made jam.  My top was damaged and when I
researched the cleanup... both of those foods can damage the surface (tomato
acid and fruit acid, and possibly high sugar content too).  None of the
recommended 'fixes' worked... the polish, etc... a "Mr. Clean" sponge... I
finally used a straight edge razor... all this to say, the largest burner
which can be fully heated or heated as though some smaller pan was on it, is
so dark that one can hardly see the circular outline... I do believe that
the crud which has developed which is in, not on the glass, which is still
very smooth) is also interfering with the heating element, as the presence
of a pot, triggers the coil to heat (a safety feature).... if/when I sell my
condo, I will no doubt have to replace the stove before putting it on the
market. Sigh...

Lynn