[Magdalen] Oatmeal time

[Lynn Ronkainen]

My stovetop stays hot for a while after the burner has been turned off (I 
have 5 burners total, two of which are dual use - can turn them on for a big 
or a small pot). There is a 'warning' light on the back of the stove near 
the dials, that stays red until the 'burner' has cooled, usually about 10 
minutes (I've timed it) , so a person does not touch it or put anything down 
on it (like plastic anything, or a pot holder, or, for instance, leave the 
pot w/ food on the burner w/out realizing that it WILL keep cooking - which 
may or may not matter, depending on what is in there.

When I finally mastered estimating how long it stayed warm after being 
turned off, I discovered I was able to cook an omelet using half the 
electricity as I would have formerly.  Once I get about half way through, I 
just turn the burner off, and set the timer for about 2 minutes and it 
finishes cooking on the 'off' burner.  Poached eggs this way too...

Lynn

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From: "Roger Stokes" <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 4:04 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Oatmeal time

> On 18/11/2014 18:33, Marion Thompson wrote:
>> I LOVE my solid top stove!!!!!!!!!!!!!  (No gas in Whitevale unless I 
>> went to propane)  I had the old electric burners for a million years and 
>> cooking was a trial.  Easy enough to move the porridge pot off the burner 
>> if it really matters.  Not sure why your stove would continue cooking for 
>> at least 10 minutes; that is not my experience.
>
> I am surprised as well.  I thought those glass hobs cooked by induction 
> (which is why you need a dead flat base to your pans) and as soon as the 
> power goes off so does the induction effect.  Any residual cooking after 
> that comes from the heat of the pan, as it would on a gas stove.
>
> Having been used to gas I now have in my new apartment an electric hob 
> with solid plates which take an age to heat up.  I thought I had given 
> those up when I was ordained and now I have to get used to the darn things 
> again as I don't do enough cooking to make it worth replacing with a more 
> responsive hob.
>
> Roger