simmering
hi,can someone explain to me why they would have a simmer on the dial of the stove with low,medium ,high heat if it does nothing....like the OP in the thread want to make sure am i truly simmering heat to low,said. He had beans he brought to simmer on the the dial,it just sat there. new to cooking....so i ask why and what are u suppose to use it for?
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chicgail
Mar 8, 2012 02:24 PM
Simmer would be the lowest heat on the burner. If you want to simmer something, you first bring something up to a slow boil (with bubbles), and then you often put it on the lowest heat (in this case "simmer") the finish the cooking without everything boiling away or burning.
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re: chicgail
Your "simmer' setting might be hot enough to simmer something in a small covered sauce pan but not a big pot of beans.
Part of learning how to cook is adjusting to your particular situation.
I can remember my mom getting aggravated because a recipe said to bake at 350 for 20 minutes or something and me saying it wasn't done. "It has to be done, it said 20 minutes"
To me a simmer means just on the verge of wanting to boil, maybe a bubble or three popping up slow enough that you could count them.
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