I don't know anything about cooking. I think I've mentioned this before. Well, I know less about baking. Part of the reason is that I'm not a woman. I deal with grills. Stove tops. BBQ's. Man stuff.
I'm baking for the first time. A piece of chicken (that I marinaded in bourbon, teriyaki sauce, some cumin and mustard) and a sweet potato.
I've never baked either. But I thought I'd give it a shot.
Anyways, it occurred to me, right away that I don't know how to do two things:
1) How you preheat an oven. I turned the oven on and left it for like fifteen minutes. I think that's good enough, right? Right?
2) What the difference is between bake and broil. Those are the two settings. I put mine on bake. Though, in hindsight, that may've been the wrong decision. Baking is for brownies and shit right?
I started to bake and in the meantime, began to clean my stove top. I noticed that it was getting really hot. Is this normal? It was like, if I left my hand on the stovetop, it would get burned hot. I IM'ed a friend who said it should be okay. But I still have these visions of my stovetop catching on fire and then my room burning down. Needless to say, I'm glancing back at my stove top every few minutes.
The End.
1) Most ovens will beep, or a light will go on/off when the oven is finished preheating. Usually 10-15 minutes is sufficient.
ReplyDelete2) Baking is the common setting - I'd stay away from broil unless a recipe specifically tells you to broil. Broiling is usually used to brown/melt the stuff drirectly on top of a dish, or to cook meat sometimes - I think the heat tends to be more intense.
And yes, stove tops usually get hot when they oven's on. It's just how they are designed.