Show WHICH GAS BURNER TO USE AND WHY t 4 y 11 Vw 1 f r d 14 c r s c Giant Simmering and Standard Burners Burner I Prepared by the tho United States Department of Agriculture I J Save Saye gas Jas by depending largely on the simmering burner Use the med med- I sized ium-sized or standard burner to start water boiling or food rood cooking g then continue the Ole cooking over the simmerIng simmering simmer simmer- Ing burner hUrner After Atter food or water has reached the boiling pol point at It will continue continue con con- to cook at that temperature with witha a very cry small application of ot heat beat and most cereals vegetables gravies les or meats which require long slow cooking cook cook- ing tg ag can be finished on the simmering burner with a minimum consumption of Dt gas The should never soot BOOt or smoke the bottom of the utensil utensil sil sll above It even eyen when turned low It should be used as na often ott n as possible two simmering burners on a stove stoe ma may even be he found an nn economy The gla plant giant or largest burner should only be b I bused Q used used when absolutely n necessary necessary cs sary pary either to concentrate some foo food l rapidly by violent boiling without regard re r re- re surd gard to gas gal consumption or when a food Is la being cooked In a saucepan with a very large lurge bottom The giants ll burner turner uses from third one-third to one half more gas than other burners Turn to Lowest Point An Any burner in use should be turned down to the lowest possible point which will will maintain maintain the temperature of the hot Boiling ing point as soon as boiling bollIng boll boil Ing begins To leave the burner turned high throughout the fhe boiling process Is to waste gas Tests made on various gas stoves by the United States Department t of ot Agriculture have havo shown that fully tully one half tho the gas used in any anyone one days day's cooking with the gns gas turned high or on on till full may he Ite saved by turning the gas gns down as os quickly as possible When the sized medium-sized star atar burner uses 1 12 to 14 cubic feet of gas KOH nR per hour the giant burner It was found used IS 18 cubic feet and the simmering simmering simmering sim sim- mering burner used about three to tour four cubic feet teet The Time ordinary and giant burners can enn be turned down to keep food tood boiling while consuming not nol more than three cubic feet feel of gas per hour and the can be BO so turned down that t It uses Wes only half halt that amount of ot gas s |