GOOD TASTE by Roger Tappen: Electric skillets serve up advantages
17.02.10
I about the electric skillet as a permanent fixture on the counters in my mother's and my grandmother's kitchens. They hardened them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and they produced memorable meals in each kind.
One has to wonder how such a wonderful appliance fell from grace in the today's kitchen. I suspect it was due to the advent and popularity of the slow cooker, the microwave, and the advancement in technology of our rangetops.
All the advantages of electric skillets vestiges intact today. They are compact. They feature accurate temperature switch and even heating of the cooking surface. The active cook can braise, sear, pan fry, sauté, bake, and steam in an electric skillet.
Electric skillets can do duty as as cooking, warming, holding, or serving utensils. They are to some degree inexpensive and they are easy to maintain. The alert light on the close up-in thermostat of most electric skillets tells you when the skillet has reached the desired temperature, and also tells
Source: Chambersburg Public Opinion