"sarah" > wrote in message
k...
> Syke > wrote:
>
> > At present, I have an electric, solid-plate hob. Ideally, I would like
gas,
> > mainly for controlability. We aren't on mains gas and I don't want
bottled.
> > Would anyone with experience care to comment on the merits/de-merits of
the
> > other alternatives, halogen and do on, particularly regarding control.
>
>
> Pat, I'd simply comment that I didn't want bottled gas either (I think
> the bottles look too much like bombs waiting for a detonator), but after
> cooking on mains gas for 5 years, then a solid fuel/oil-fired range for
> another 6, I gritted my teeth and went for bottled gas when the
> opportunity arrived.
> I don't regret it at all.
>
> regards
> sarah
>
>
> --
> Think of it as evolution in action.

Here in The Bahamas we have two choices for cooking bottled gas (LPG) or
electricity which no one can afford to use. So I have been using LPG for the
past 20 years and never had any difficulty except when I buy a new stove as
the burners have to be converted to use LPG rather than natural gas.
Weirdly, a lot of our stoves come from Canada where I assume they cook with
natural.

Mind you, I wouldn't dream of keeping my gas cylinder that hold 100lb of gas
inside my house!! It has its own little shed on the outside to protect it
from the elements and only gets moved when a hurricane is coming!

Ahhh, the joys of living in the tropics.


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