I have always noticed in many of the thousands of kitchens I have been in that most people that have electric rice cookers always only have gas burners in their kitchens.
Julia Child - Later kitchen (B&W)
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For people like Helical Drive, Induction is a blessing because you still have the instant response that people who cook with gas seem to need, while getting the power and control that come with electric. For those with any mathematical ability, old electric range manuals gave the percentages of heat with each setting: High was of course, 100%, medium high was around 50%, plus or minus depending on whether you were using 5 or 7 heat switches, Medium was around 24%, Low was 14-10% and Simmer was around 7%. It was easy to see how the heat dropped as the voltages were switched between two coils and put in parallel and series and how little energy was being used at the lower settings.
The one giant mistake that food writers from the New York Times made when trying out induction cookers was that they used way too high heat settings because, not being used to cooking with electricity, especially with 5 or 7 heat switches, they did not think about ratios of power. As you can see from the table above, there is a huge difference in power between High and Medium High that is just way more than you need for most cooking operations, but people who are accustomed to watching a flame and who are not used to the efficiency of electric cooking don't know that.
Do any of you remember how Julia took to the Cuisinart when it was introduced? Watching her do all of those hand operations to the potatoes in this episode made me want to let her know that in a few years all of that could be done so much easier.
The one giant mistake that food writers from the New York Times made when trying out induction cookers was that they used way too high heat settings because, not being used to cooking with electricity, especially with 5 or 7 heat switches, they did not think about ratios of power. As you can see from the table above, there is a huge difference in power between High and Medium High that is just way more than you need for most cooking operations, but people who are accustomed to watching a flame and who are not used to the efficiency of electric cooking don't know that.
Do any of you remember how Julia took to the Cuisinart when it was introduced? Watching her do all of those hand operations to the potatoes in this episode made me want to let her know that in a few years all of that could be done so much easier.
Gas stoves and Rice Cookers
well John that would make perfect sense wouldn’t it. The best way to get well cooked rice with a gas stove.LOL.
Eddie
well John that would make perfect sense wouldn’t it. The best way to get well cooked rice with a gas stove.LOL.
Eddie
On many gas burners you can adjust the low setting with a screwdriver in the hollow control shaft. I have one burner set to cook rice perfectly when its all ther way down.
Exactly this. My dear husband (grew up cooking w/gas) ruined two saucepans making rice (on electric). Nothing easier than high until fully boils, quick stir, cover, lowest heat for 17 minutes--done. We got a cheap rice cooker/marital aid (prevention of divorce).
Out in Palm Springs we found a cool old Hitachi chime-o-matic from roughly 1980 at the resale shop never used. There is an interesting and charming website on the wonders of the Chime-o-Matic from Louisiana. The gentleman from Hitachi was sent to the US to sell exported rice cookers from Japan, and found a ready audience in Louisiana...
Out in Palm Springs we found a cool old Hitachi chime-o-matic from roughly 1980 at the resale shop never used. There is an interesting and charming website on the wonders of the Chime-o-Matic from Louisiana. The gentleman from Hitachi was sent to the US to sell exported rice cookers from Japan, and found a ready audience in Louisiana...
The Hitachi Rice Cooker in Acadiana
The Hitachi Rice Cooker in Acadiana and favorite rice cooker recipes
www.lafayettetravel.com
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So, it appears to be a multiple electrical outlet somewhat similar to that posted in reply #25.
You need to go to about 24 minutes into the video where Julia is working at the oven and the panel is much more clearly visible behind her. As this is an electrical appliances display kitchen rather than a studio kitchen set it is possible that there are a variety of these devices in there for demonstration purposes.
Is the washer and dryer set still Frigidaire? Actually I am surprised that, since the cooking appliances are GE and credited as such in some episodes there is not a filter flow set in there
So, it appears to be a multiple electrical outlet somewhat similar to that posted in reply #25.
You need to go to about 24 minutes into the video where Julia is working at the oven and the panel is much more clearly visible behind her. As this is an electrical appliances display kitchen rather than a studio kitchen set it is possible that there are a variety of these devices in there for demonstration purposes.
Is the washer and dryer set still Frigidaire? Actually I am surprised that, since the cooking appliances are GE and credited as such in some episodes there is not a filter flow set in there
Episodes: Vegetables, Lobster...
I learned some cooking tips for vegetables.
The Lobster episode was informative and entertaining
...LOL when she lights the cognac! I'm binge watching the rest of the series!
I learned some cooking tips for vegetables.
The Lobster episode was informative and entertaining
...LOL when she lights the cognac! I'm binge watching the rest of the series!
Another early Julia Child show, but this one is in color:
perc-o-prince
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We had a Westinghouse built in control center in the downstairs kitchen until about 2 years ago. Each end had a retractable cord for plugging in a coffee percolator, egg poacher, etc, and there were 2 outlets in the middle, one timed. Each of the 4 power "legs" had its own push button reset. Rich used it quite often with a C-30 or similar, and a sunbeam egg poacher. I used to plug my stick blender into it and sometimes the floor vac.
When we got all of those Miele appliances from the showroom closing we decided to go more modern so out it came. Just sitting waiting for me to pop it up on eBay some day!
Chuck
When we got all of those Miele appliances from the showroom closing we decided to go more modern so out it came. Just sitting waiting for me to pop it up on eBay some day!
Chuck
bradfordwhite
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How far do the retractable cords come out?
perc-o-prince
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I don't remember exactly- like 2 feet or so.
bradfordwhite
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So it's like a vacuum cleaner cord in reverse?
And you ripped out all your appliances and put in new stuff?
That would seem almost against the AW.org rules of conduct. Did you post pics?
And you ripped out all your appliances and put in new stuff?
That would seem almost against the AW.org rules of conduct. Did you post pics?
