FoodBanter.com - View Single Post - Stuck with electric stove for school year. What should I keep in mind?

salgud

Karen AKA Kajikit wrote:
> On 26 Aug 2006 22:30:57 -0700, wrote:
>
> >I wouldn't call myself a real cook but I don't cook all my meals, boxed
> >as they may be. I recently moved into an apartment for the school year
> >and it has an electric stove + oven. I've always had a gas stove
> >growing up so is there something I should change to my cooking?
> >Sometimes I do use the ovenfor meatloaf or cassarole but mainly the
> >stove so are they any tips or things to keep in mind while cooking with
> >electric.
>
> An electric stove is actually EASIER to use... my parents house had
> gas and it took me awhile to get used to the electric one here. It
> heats up quite quickly and gets surprisingly hot. The electric stove
> has a more even temperature than a gas one so if you're careful it's
> easier to make sauces/custard etc without burning it.

Interesting. My experience has been just the opposite. I had an
electric range in my last place for 8 years and hated it. I find it
much harder to control electric ranges because it takes much longer for
the heat to go up or down. And much harder to get a really low heat.
Maybe it was just the range I had. But I love the gas range in my
current place. Would hate to have to go back.