Gas!

Hand on my heart, I have no idea at all what we are having for dinner tomorrow.  Not a clue. One thing I do know is that it won't be cooked by gas.

I am not exactly a bundle of energy, especially after all this weather, so tonight was beeferoni.  I boiled the pan for the pasta (btw it's more fuel efficient to boil the water in the kettle and add the water to the pan, but moving on...) and it took it's time.  I didn't really pay much attention to this.  My gas cooker is erratic at its best.  Finally the pan boiled as I pottered around the kitchen and I stuck the pasta in and started to brown the mince.

I am not the sort of person who precisely measures the time it takes to cook pasta.  Al dente is mythical in this house, it depends on how much attention I am paying.  However I know how long it takes to brown some frozen mince.  Tonight it took a lot longer than normal.  I was muttering, grumbling, stirring and prodding.  I am certain that there was less heat in the gas ring.

I have already had my suspicions about the gas fire not being so efficient as it should be, and it is only six months old!  So I have decided.  We will be using the study as a living room with the convector heater and cooking using the microwave, mini electric oven, remoska or slow cooker until the weather improves and the gas pressure goes back up.

And I really, really want a stove.