The ins-and-out of cooking with gas

Explore the benefits of cooking with gas thanks to Hirsch’s Meadowdale.

Enjoy these pan fried prawns cooked on a gas hob.

There are a number a reasons to consider changing from conventional cooking to gas cooking, aside from the fact that your family will be able to enjoy a lovely hot meal even during load-shedding.

Hirsch’s Meadowdale’s public relations department took the time to explore a few of these reasons.

“Professional chefs know their stuff and according to statistics most of them prefer cooking with gas,” said Chantelle du Plessis, public relations officer for Hirsch’s Meadowdale.

“Gas cooks faster and is more cost efficient.

“A pot of water will boil in no time at all on a gas flame, and as soon as you turn off the burner you turn off the heat.”

She further stated that families will enjoy better heat control when cooking with gas.

“When you change the temperature on the electric stove or oven it takes time for the desired temperature to be reached,” she said.

“Which can sometimes mess up your food.

“However, with gas the change is exact and instant.”

Chantelle further explained that different types of pots can be used.

“Electric hobs are flat and in order for the heat to be dispersed evenly, the entire bottom of the pot needs to be in contact with the elements,” she said.

“However, this is not the case with a gas hob, heat from a gas hob comes from the flame.”

Cooking with gas is better for the environment Chantelle explained.

“We’re all on a mission to reduce our carbon footprint, and can help save the environment by choosing to cook with gas as it is the cleanest burning fossil fuel,” she said.

“It produces less carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, dissolved solids or airborne particulates, all of which can be harmful to human and animal health.”