Almost all students in higher institutions now use cookers at their hostels. This is no surprise because cookers are convenient and they are also environmentally friendly. Moreso, the daily increase in refilling the gas cylinder ia as hurting to students, considering the current economic situation. Therefore brings up the need to save gas as well as money. These tips have been proven to be effective and efficient, inorder to help students safe more on campus.
- Make Available All Ingredients Before Cooking
The first thing to do is to get together, all ingredients and utensils needed before starting the gas, it is a good way to make sure that no gas is wasted. Rather than hunting for ingredients while the burner is on, it is more useful to first keep all the ingredients at hand before you start cooking.
- Avoid Gas leaks
Check for any apparent leak before starting the gas, apart from it saving the gas, if would prevent fire outbreak while cooking. Checking the seals of the burner ensures that no amount of gas gets wasted in any way. Keep a check on the regulator, the pipe and burner for small leakages that can easily develop with time and can go on without noticing it.
- Wipe The Pot And Other Utensils Dry Before Placing Them On A Burner
The utensils which have some amount of water droplets inside them or on the body consume more gas for the water to get evaporated. Which has been one of the most common mistakes committed by almost all students while in haste to cook before and after school lectures, this also can make a difference between saving and wasting gas. Wiping the utensils dry with a damp cloth before placing them on the burner can go a way.
- Avoid overcooking
Gas cookers are very fast when cooking food. This raises the possibility of food being overcooked. This is not good for both the food and your gas as overcooking can kill the nutrients in the food along with wastage of gas. Also note the time for cooking each quantity of food items, i.e, noodles will take 3 minutes to be well cooked.
- Use a pot that covers the burner
Using a small bottom pan over a large burner would only increase wastage, as the flames that reach the side of the utensil are not useful in cooking and are only increasing wastage. Pots with moderate bottom side (according to the size of your burner) would have all flames concentrated to it bottom, and avoid gas wastage. For effective saving of gas, always use a pot that covers the burner entirely for efficient cooking and optimal usage of gas.
- Always Cook On Low Flame
Most students would like to cook on high flame to time, but cooking on a low flame is one of the best ways to make sure that the food retains it nutrition content and never gets overcooked. Cooking on low flame also makes sure that gas is not wasted. Once the pan gets heated you can reduce the gas to a low flame to allow for gas savings.
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