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>>17442778
let me tell you...

Who is this man? What is his plan? His endgame?

Food

Adam General

Adam Rigatoni general

*blocks your path*

Adam Fagusa general

Adam Fagusa general

>>14915860
for me, it's my favorite Adam Ragusea (tm) recipe.

For anyone else observing this thread and thinking I flew off the handle for no reason, let's break this down a bit. Why did this asshole leave this comment? To be an asshole. To say something insulting. To make himself feel big by making someone else feel small. Insults are common on the internet, but why I'm mad about this one is just how profoundly off-base it is, and how it perpetuates chefy elitist notions that I think harm people who are just trying to cook dinner for their families. You can cook something great on any kind of functional stove. All different types have their pros and cons. Restaurants traditionally prefer gas for a reason, but a lot of them are also migrating to ceramic induction for a reason (that will be the subject of Monday's video). Electric resistance coil is more popular in U.S. homes for a reason. It's cheap, lots of homes here dont have gas hook-ups, and the ceramic ones are a lot easier to clean, which is literally all i said in the video that prompted this guy to leave his shitty comment. I cleaned a bad mess on my stove, I remarked at how easy it was to clean, and said that glass-top stoves have their virtues (i.e. they're easy to clean). People cooking at home don't have to do what "chefs" do. In many cases, I think they SHOULDN'T do what chefs do. Professional chefs and people cooking at home have different needs. I'll urge you to read that Consumer Report article I linked to. A lot of things that people assume are better about gas actually arent better when you put them in head to head tests. One thing you can certainly say is that electric stoves generally put out more BTUs, which is why lots of recipes written by professional chefs using gas are often bad advice for people cooking at home on electric. I literally once saw Jamie Oliver advocate pre-heating a teflon pan on high heat for 20 minutes before searing a steak in it. If you did that on an electric burner, you melt the teflon and you'd certainly incinerate your steak.