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Written by Ben O’Matic on 2025-01-19 at 00:33

Okidoki. Meatloaf in the oven, rice, mushrooms, and broccoli simmering.

Dinner will be ready at 5:10.

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Written by dxzdb on 2025-01-20 at 00:28

@bennomatic Oh - I did read that induction stoves can REALLY boil stuff quickly. Apparently they are very popular in Europe and with professional chefs. I guess the size of the burners matters. Maybe someday we could go through a pot-otomy. 🤣

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Written by Ben O’Matic on 2025-01-20 at 01:05

@dxzdb yeah, I don’t know too much about how the induction stuff works, but the radiant electric is like the worst of all worlds. It’s either on or off, so if you turn it down, it basically pulses, turning on until it hits an upper threshold and then turning off until it hits a lower threshold, and I can’t imagine that’s great for the process.

I assume that with induction, just like with gas, you can really control the temp. Maybe even more evenly.

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Written by Ben O’Matic on 2025-01-20 at 01:09

@dxzdb But while gas has downsides, the most common issue is the byproduct, so if you’ve got a good hood, then I say by all means keep it. I wish we had gas, but we are like 15 miles by road from the nearest town. Closer as the bird flies (like 5 mi; the route to town is like a question mark), but the shortest path is not how the pipe would be laid if the local gas company were to plumb all the way out here.

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Written by dxzdb on 2025-01-20 at 01:20

@bennomatic I watched a ton of YT videos from this lady: https://www.youtube.com/@helenrennie In addition to some extensive stove cooking comparisons - she talked about she ended up with a Wolf brand (EXPENSIVE) specifically because she wanted to use it on propane. But yeah switching is not easy.

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Written by Ben O’Matic on 2025-01-20 at 03:01

@dxzdb I mean, money can't buy happiness, but with enough money, a lot of things are certainly less of a stress, and contribute less to unhappiness.

Of course, I guess then there's the creeping irony of unhappiness: “I just spent $10k switching over to induction cookware, and everyone still thinks I'm an asshole. Guess I need to spend $20k on something else!”

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Written by dxzdb on 2025-01-20 at 03:40

@bennomatic hmm I’m visualizing a graph of $ vs assholery📈🤣

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