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I prefer gas. We have a gas line, too. When we replaced our stove, the boys were 2, and grabbing everything. EVERYTHING. So we went with electric again so they could not reach the knobs. When we replace this one, we'll go gas.

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The one thing I regret when we built our house was not putting in a gas line to our kitchen and getting a gas stove.

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I use my le creuset pot on my glass flat top range. Just try not to slide it too much. I'm using it now as I type.

As for salt, I cook with kosher salt, but I do try and include some iodized salt in daily. We need iodine in our diets.

 I do that, too.

I keep iodized salt in the salt shakers that go on the table, so we get a bit of it.smile

 My doctor told me to eat more salt, especially when it's hot.

My BP is very, very low.



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Me, too. And the boys love to salt their food. And I'll make bread with olive oil & garlic powder, and add a little iodized salt before broiling.

  I use it backwards. I cook with iodized salt and put sea salt on my table.



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I prefer cooking with gas!

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I have only ever lived with kitchens that had electric exclusively. So I have never cooked on gas. I would prefer gas, but it's just never been available to me.

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Lindley wrote:
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Me, too. And the boys love to salt their food. And I'll make bread with olive oil & garlic powder, and add a little iodized salt before broiling.

  I use it backwards. I cook with iodized salt and put sea salt on my table.

Lindley, now that I think about it, I do a mix.

If I'm baking, I used iodized salt. If I'm making pasta for the kids, I'll throw iodized salt, in the water.

If I'm seasoning a roast, or a chicken, I will use Kosher salt, or Lawry's  seasoned salt.

I mix it up, so we get a bit of each.smile

 



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I prefer cooking with gas!

Me too!

MM, I feel for you.

I grew up with a gas stove. I had to learn how to deal with electric, after I got married, and that was all that was available in our apartment, and our townhouse, and our first house.

Once I had the chance, to switch back to a gas cooktop, I hopped on it!smile

(My wall oven is electric. I couldn't see paying the extra money for a gas one, when we replaced it. I don't mind baking with electric, if you know what I mean.wink)



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I only lived one place where I had an electric stove. HATED it. I love cooking with gas. Would not want anything else. Go for FWM.

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I have always had electric stoves. I can cook on either but I am more familiar with electric.

I still have half of the iodized salt container from when we moved in almost 10 years ago. We use sea salt or kosher for almost everything. When we are out, we use whatever is there. Since DH is allergic to iodine, we try to keep that to a minimum. He has never reacted to it but you never know.

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Successful piecaken. SS LOVED it. Everyone loved it. It came out super good. The family asked for me to make another one. Won't be an ordinary dessert but for a special occasion I'd do it again in a heart beat.

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Successful piecaken. SS LOVED it. Everyone loved it. It came out super good. The family asked for me to make another one. Won't be an ordinary dessert but for a special occasion I'd do it again in a heart beat.

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Oh yummy!

It looks fantastic, NJN!smile

(I think I just became diabetic, looking at the picture.wink)

Drool...drool...drool... 



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weltschmerz wrote:
Fort Worth Mom wrote:
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I use my le creuset pot on my glass flat top range. Just try not to slide it too much. I'm using it now as I type.

As for salt, I cook with kosher salt, but I do try and include some iodized salt in daily. We need iodine in our diets.

 I do that, too.

I keep iodized salt in the salt shakers that go on the table, so we get a bit of it.smile

 My doctor told me to eat more salt, especially when it's hot.

My BP is very, very low.

 Sea salt has iodine naturally. 



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My pawpaw would have been all over a cake like that.

He would always eat dessert first. Always.

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Piecaken! Omg! Good work.

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Piecaken was fun. It tasted heavenly. The pie gave the cake a different kind of flavor. I can't really describe it. But everyone loved it.

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

Successful piecaken. SS LOVED it. Everyone loved it. It came out super good. The family asked for me to make another one. Won't be an ordinary dessert but for a special occasion I'd do it again in a heart beat.

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 That looks so good!



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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

Piecaken was fun. It tasted heavenly. The pie gave the cake a different kind of flavor. I can't really describe it. But everyone loved it.

Yeehaw!

It sure looked good!

Drool...and drool some more!wink 



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lilyofcourse wrote:
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I use my le creuset pot on my glass flat top range. Just try not to slide it too much. I'm using it now as I type.

As for salt, I cook with kosher salt, but I do try and include some iodized salt in daily. We need iodine in our diets.

 I do that, too.

I keep iodized salt in the salt shakers that go on the table, so we get a bit of it.smile

 My doctor told me to eat more salt, especially when it's hot.

My BP is very, very low.

 Sea salt has iodine naturally. 

No, most of it does not. Not enough to matter.

http://www.epicurious.com/archive/blogs/editor/2009/09/sea-salt-or-table-salt-which-is-healthier.html



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Technically, ALL salt is sea salt.

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http://saltrevolution.com/does-seasalt-have-iodine/

We are often made aware of the importance of iodine for a healthy thyroid and the question is often asked; does sea salt have iodine?  Yes, sea salt retains its natural iodine in the form of microscopic sea life, however, not enough to provide the human body with enough to sustain the human body.  Organically harvested sea salt is produced through the evaporation of seawater and contains other trace minerals good for the body.

 

The bold in and color is not mine.

I said sea salt has iodine in it naturally. 

I made no other claims.

 



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Again, all salt is sea salt.
Neither the evaporated nor the mined salts have enough naturally-occurring iodine to make a difference. That's why they add iodine to mined salt and most evaporated salt.
English Maldon salt and French fleur de sel have no iodine added.
Iodine is vital to one's health.

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Lily wrote:

Cling wrap never sticks to bowl here.

It'll stick to everything else.

But not the bowl.



If you stretch the cling wrap just a little bit as you put it over the bowl, it will have a much better chance of sticking! Or ... hold one flap against the side of the bowl, and stretch the opposite flap over the rim. Rotate the bowl 1/4, and repeat the process.



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Again, all salt is sea salt.
Neither the evaporated nor the mined salts have enough naturally-occurring iodine to make a difference. That's why they add iodine to mined salt and most evaporated salt.
English Maldon salt and French fleur de sel have no iodine added.
Iodine is vital to one's health.

 I would bet there is plenty of iodized salt in the things we are eating from prepared foods and on and on.  So, i don't have to cook using iodized salt.



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I like this one!

 

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You can get plenty of iodine in your diet from sea vegetables, seafood, milk, eggs and yogurt.

 

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=nutrient&dbid=69

 

 



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Again, all salt is sea salt.
Neither the evaporated nor the mined salts have enough naturally-occurring iodine to make a difference. That's why they add iodine to mined salt and most evaporated salt.
English Maldon salt and French fleur de sel have no iodine added.
Iodine is vital to one's health.

 What part of my statement says otherwise? 



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Again, all salt is sea salt.
Neither the evaporated nor the mined salts have enough naturally-occurring iodine to make a difference. That's why they add iodine to mined salt and most evaporated salt.
English Maldon salt and French fleur de sel have no iodine added.
Iodine is vital to one's health.

 What part of my statement says otherwise? 

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

I like this one!

 

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That's cute!smile 



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You guys are making a very good case for one! lol

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I had a baking disaster yesterday.cry

I made a chocolate cake from scratch, for Jessi's birthday. And it stuck to the pans.

I greased and floured them as I normally do. I don't know what went wrong.

I was so mad, I almost threw it all in the trash. Pans and all.furious

Mere walked by, picked up a chunk of the cake, and said, "Jeez, it tastes delicious!"

And, I had an idea!

Cut up the cake. Make some pudding and whipped cream. And turn it into a trifle!

One small problem. I don't have a trifle bowl. So, I used my salad bowl instead.biggrin

(Hey, in an emergency, use what you have handy, right?wink)

That's a picture of my accidental trifle.biggrin

 



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It looks delicious! Another trick I have done is break apart and mix with warm fudge and serve with vanilla ice cream.

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Looks good!!

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Thanks FNW. My crew said it was good.smile

I resisted temptation. I didn't have any.

Your trick sounds good, too.

 

Thanks NAOW. Amazing what you can come up with when you're in a panic/rage!biggrin



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Oooh, I love trifle.

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Yummm.....

You can run the cake through the processor, mix in some gummy worms and cover with whipped cream.



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I wouldn't add gummi worms. I'd add drained canned cherries or peaches.

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FWM, your disaster looks so delicious!

I will have to remember that trick. :)

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Thanks Czech! I'm glad I thought of it.

It worked out just fine.smile



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DH usually chops up my cake disasters and pours cream on it.

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DH usually chops up my cake disasters and pours cream on it.

Well, this was supposed to be Jessi's birthday cake.

I wanted it to look festive, KWIM?smile 



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Years ago, DH asked me to make the most awful looking birthday cake I could imagine. We were having company (family) and he didn't want anyone to eat HIS cake.

So, I made a chocolate cake, made a peanut butter frosting with purple die added. It looked atrocious.... not a single bit was left over.

He was so ticked!

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Years ago, DH asked me to make the most awful looking birthday cake I could imagine. We were having company (family) and he didn't want anyone to eat HIS cake.

So, I made a chocolate cake, made a peanut butter frosting with purple die added. It looked atrocious.... not a single bit was left over.

He was so ticked!

Hahahahaha! 



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I wouldn't add gummi worms. I'd add drained canned cherries or peaches.

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Young children would get a charge out of that, for sure!



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DD has made the gummy worm cake for her kids birthdays. It is really good.

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Yum both of these sound delicious.

I'm not a fan of pudding but your trifle looks very festive. I didn't even realize it was a disaster relief until I read the post.

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Thanks Lexxy! I'm not very fancy at frosting cakes.

So, the trifle was actually prettier! LOL!wink



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The dirt and worm cake is fun.

Those cake ends and crumbs can be frozen and used over sundaes and fruit, too.

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I am jonesing to go to the kitchen store tomorrow.

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