"Pennyaline" > wrote in
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| "HiTech RedNeck" wrote:
| > "Pennyaline" wrote:
| > > You know when a gas burner is on. You know when it's off. Adjust the
| flame
| > > to fit the pan, rather than stick your pan on one of the limited
| selection
| > > of sizes for electric heat source available.
| >
| > I see this mantra all the time, "with a gas stove you can adjust flame
to
| > fit pan." In truth I have never seen a household type stove that can do
| > this. If it really could, that would be a neat feature, like a little
| > slider that you can move to make the ring of gas ports change in width
| with
| > infinite adjustability in between its extremes. I have heard of
| commercial
| > stoves that let you choose from two different size arrays of gas ports
at
| > the same burner position
| >
| > Anyhow, if you set the gas high enough that the flame really "fits" a
| large
| > pan, you have too much heat for most things.
|
| Whatever.
|
The depth and thought put into that response always stimulates me. So
profound................