corner view ≈ slow {cooking}

what can i say? i miss it. through lack of a gas cooker, i learned how to cook on electric hot plates the past few decennia. and i just didn't realize how much i'd adapted to the accidental slow cooking when leaving a pot on the heat and forget about it.
now fiery gas is back in the house, i try. i try. i do try. but it's not the same. i've stopped appreciating the gassy speed. i think i may be putting back in the electrics when our kitchen will be {fully} fitted. not before a handful of years, 'm afraid... jane's corner view, francesca's hosting, anna's theme. ps - anyone any ideas on slow cooking on gas? i've tried big pot on tiny flame, that doesn't exactly work. i haven't tried a simmer plate. anyone has experience with it? 

23 comments:

  1. RedekerFebruary 12, 2014 at 8:38 AM

    What about a TAJINI? Marokkaans cooking thing!
    http://static.aanbodpagina.nl/img/226/workshop-marokkaans-koken1.jpg
    http://www.smulweb.nl/recepten/marokkaans

    I have gas, I have no idea how to cook electric!
    One of my uncle says that the best taste of food is done on fire, than gas, than electric!
    SUCCES!
    -x-

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  2. shayndelFebruary 12, 2014 at 9:15 AM

    i love the poetics of the flame and slow cooking.
    hope you get lots of good suggests in the technical department,
    for me slow cooking is just taking time to chop and enjoy the process:))
    ♡

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  3. FrancescaFebruary 12, 2014 at 11:48 AM

    I love, love love gas cookers, and passionately hate electric ones (how can you control the heat intensity properly? also, they take too long to heat up, and are too slow to cool down).
    I guess your burners must be too big, and release too much gas, hence the flame even on low is too high. There are disk-like devices to remedy this (not sure how they work to diffuse the heat, since I have the opposite problem: pathetic little cooker with tiny burners).
    But the best remedy is to keep cooking - you'll get the hang of it very soon! :)
    Happy cooking Nadine!

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  4. Menthe BlancheFebruary 12, 2014 at 12:04 PM

    Around me, most people prefer to cook with gas. It's a very precise cooking. The only reason that I don't cook with gas, is that I'm afraid of forgetting it and the house explodes after! ... so I continue to use my vitroceramics cooking rings ...

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  5. likeschocolateFebruary 12, 2014 at 2:11 PM

    Yes, the two offer a total different amount of speed. Hope you aren't burning too much! We switched to gas three years ago and I love it!

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  6. ElizabethFebruary 12, 2014 at 2:37 PM

    I love cooking over a gas flame, the heat can be controlled so well. I have never tried a simmer plate, didn't even know they existed. I've cooked on a commercial gas range for years at work and love it. At home right now I have electric and don't like it at all. You may need a heavier-bottomed pot.

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  7. simply bevFebruary 12, 2014 at 5:48 PM

    I'm no help at all here! I've always cooked on an electric stove because I didn't have a gas alternative. Though I hear it's wonderful, I wouldn't know what to do!

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  8. Karyn Taylor-MooreFebruary 12, 2014 at 7:33 PM

    Like Francesca I absolutely love cooking with gas - and really hate electric. Gas gives you so much more control - and it is so immediate - turn it on and it's hot! I have cooked things pretty slowly on my ancient gas hob (so ancient I need to use matches to light some of the burners because their little sparky thingy doesn't work any more!!) - although if I want to do really slow cooking I either use the oven (on very low) or I use one of those slow cooker / crock-pot things where you can put a whole pile of meat and veges in in the morning and come back home at 5pm and it's miraculously turned into a melt-in-the-mouth stew. You will love gas in the end Nadine - just keep experimenting :-)

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  9. Carole ReidFebruary 12, 2014 at 10:38 PM

    Sorry Nadine, I hated my gas stove, the smell especially! Since owning homes I've always used electric. I know you'll figure it out. xo Carole

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  10. HeatherFebruary 13, 2014 at 2:06 AM

    I prefer electric, too, but I rarely cook. I believe in keeping the local restaurants in business :-)

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  11. BethFebruary 13, 2014 at 2:50 AM

    I prefer gas now. Except for the six years living in Cincinnati, I have had gas. I much prefer it for the reasons Francesca does. I learned to adapt to the electric and then back to gas. Like Francesca said, keep practicing --you'll get the hang of it eventually. I'd carry around a timer with me until I got used to it though, so I didn't burn the place down!

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  12. TheresaFebruary 13, 2014 at 3:30 AM

    I don't know, I wish I could help. Currently I am looking into solar cookers. I have heard the food cooked from the sun's rays is divine.

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  13. BonnieFebruary 13, 2014 at 11:33 AM

    I love my gas burners. I use a heavy bottom pan for slow cooking.

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  14. UnknownFebruary 14, 2014 at 12:55 PM

    Haha, so funny that you missed if only to realize that you don't get along with it anymore (maybe it is the same with men, hahaha). Sorry I'm not of any help, I had a gas cooker only once and this is decades ago.
    Good luck and Happy Valentines Day to you.
    barbara bee
    Yes lets talk, write and skype - time is running so fast, like a gas cooker!

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  15. LeslieFebruary 14, 2014 at 5:21 PM

    it's funny - i love a gas stove (and i have electric!)

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  16. Veronica RothFebruary 15, 2014 at 4:57 AM

    I love my gas stove Nadine and have had one off and on since my teen years at Cordon Bleu, but it's true, slow cooking on gas is a bit on the tricky side unless you have the right pot. A really heavy Dutch oven, like a Le Creuset is your best bet. Otherwise, an electric slow cooker/crock pot is probable the safest idea. Hope you're ready for a lovely weekend. :)

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  17. sarapiratFebruary 16, 2014 at 7:49 PM

    i guess it is all a matter of habits.
    i grew up in a house with electric hot plates, and since i moved to the netherlands and thereafter israel, i got used to cooking on gas and by now i prefer it. much more immidiate, i feel i can be more subtle and precise at the same time.

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  18. erleichdaFebruary 17, 2014 at 6:44 PM

    oh! I looove my gas cooker! I grew up with those and really missed when living in places without.
    still I understand one might need it's electrical one ;)

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  19. erleichdaFebruary 17, 2014 at 6:50 PM

    I saw the drawings Nadine! I adored every little house from your area. your are so good following such a project (and many others as I see) oh god I 've missed visiting here...

    xoxoxoxlove

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  20. polkadotpeticoatFebruary 18, 2014 at 4:25 PM

    Hey Momma, I have missed you. I hope your doing well miss creative! Heidi

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  21. TeraFebruary 21, 2014 at 6:16 PM

    I prefer gas to electric. I only used cast iron and these Kitchenaid pots I once had. They all worked really well. My cast iron Dutch oven did so well for slow cooking. I love that photo! I still think you were a bit too close :)

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  22. katFebruary 23, 2014 at 9:49 AM

    What a wonderful picture!
    I used to live in a house that was mainly heated with wood. I used to have a wood-heated owen and I do miss that a lot. The warmth it gave and the food had a perfect taste.
    I also had a stove that was heated by wood, and cooking truly was full of feeling! It was so brilliant to learn how to master cooking with wood-heated stove. Real fire, it does have something!

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  23. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2014 at 11:37 PM

    when we put in the new kitchen about a year ago one of the few things I was sure about was the gas and I am still very happy with it :)

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