Mr. P
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I think prepare might even be a stretch... they heat/re-heat... and sometimes assemble 2 or 3 prepared components into a meal.
True.
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I think prepare might even be a stretch... they heat/re-heat... and sometimes assemble 2 or 3 prepared components into a meal.
I think prepare might even be a stretch... they heat/re-heat... and sometimes assemble 2 or 3 prepared components into a meal.
I think that's VERY true! Most people just "cook", they're not even cooks or amateur chefs. They simply prepare. Simplicity is THE KEY for most folks.
Electric stoves are the lazy man's cooking tool. Problem is, most people have a bad gas stove that they base their experiences on. That, and it's not as easy as setting the dial to medium.
Gas is just not as convenient/idiot proof to the average joe.
LOL...and to think these same ladies were bragging about all the time, effort and money they put in on their remodeled kitchens in another thread...now they are talking about instant potatoes! Go figure...My kitchen is simple...yet I go for fresh foods everytime...once in awhile frozen...and gas is way better as cp and mr p said...as is bbq!:cof:
Well, you got me there.
But I really, really, really, REALLY hate peeling potatoes.
You're right about the bad stove. My first house had natural gas. I bought it in 1988 and the stove was yellow, so that should tell you how old it was by then. Probably 1970's. It worked good, except I had to light the burners with a match. I had a lot of control with that stove. I could get the flame down really, really, low. I could get it to almost a flicker.
My second house was on a cul de sac and the gas line didn't come all the way down the street so I was stuck with electric. My kid was a little less than a year old at the time and it was like a revelation. I could boil water for her formula in half the time it took me on the old stove. That electric stove was the old type with the coiled burners and it did take a long time for them to cool down. But, boy, I could get high heat a lot faster on that electric stove than I could on the old gas one. Also great for cooking a steak.
My sister bought a house around the same time I did and she got your basic gas stove from Sears. I make a mean gravy so that's my job on the holidays. I hated using her stove. You could not adjust the flame. It was probably some safety feature or something, but the knobs clicked. There was low, medium, high. You could NOT adjust the flame between those settings. The low was way too high.
So, yeah, bad stoves are probably my problem. That and propane scares the shit out of me.