Effective Tips On Saving Cooking Gas

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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THINGS TO WORK ON BEFORE GRADUATION

THINGS TO WORK ON BEFORE GRADUATION

1. SPOKEN ENGLISH
It is so sad that majority of Nigerian students in tertiary institutions don't bother about polishing their spoken and written english. Some graduates speak english worse than a toddler, making one wonder what they spent 16yrs doing in school. You hear them spew gabbage like "he come and slap me and I come and beat him". If you speak such english to an interviewer, even with first class clearly written on your CV, he will probably think

you runzed your way through school.
The use of words like yeah, goddamn, omo, sh*t, f**k etc should be stopped cos they don't portray you as a decent person.

2. MODE OF DRESSING
Looking fly on campus was one of the things I enjoyed during my undergraduate days. It was fun cos you had so much of the opposite sex around to admire you. The moment I graduated, my orientation changed. Not that a graduate should stop
wearing denims and sneakers, but sagging and putting on studs with crazy hairstyle should come to a stop if such a person wants to fit into the corporate world. In the corporate world, you get to mingle with matured or married men with enough
decency. Sagging in their midst will make you look kiddo. Just cos your favourite musician davido sags his trousers doesn't mean you should do the same. He gets paid to do that while you could get fired for doing the same.

3. SPEND THRIFT ATTITUDE
The first time I heard someone say his salary is 70k, I hissed and mocked him in my mind cos that was thesame amount we students spent on phones just to oppress each other.

Now I've seen people earning less than 45k even with years of experience. What kind of person do you think you'll turn out to be when all you want is the latest expensive gadgets? In the real world, no one cares about the kind of phone you
use. Even on naija campus these days, girls have stopped falling for a guy because of the phone he uses, they now trip for flashy cars. So, before you spend that huge amount on a phone, ask yourself this question: "is it going to improve my standard of living?". I didn't know I could turn my smart phone to a mini laptop with WPS, Excel etc until I got employed. My phone was all about bbm, whatsapp and facebook. I now saw the full potential of the phone.
You need to cut down on your spendings. Also, get the idea of clubbing off your mind or it might ruin your pockets. The money saved from disciplining yourself can be
used to start something great. Use your head.

4. LAZINESS
You remember how you use to complain about the large notebooks you have to read for exams? If you lack a good reading culture, it is certain you will be bereft of ideas to contribute to a company's growth.
You are always seen reading gossip
blogs where you are updated with the lifestyle of celebrities but lack the idea of what the top 20 questions interviewers ask. Scaling through campus days as a lazy
person doesn't mean such is likely to continue in the real world. Carrying on with laziness is what leads to prostitution, where a lady feels she can use her body to fetch her daily bread instead of her brain, or where a guy still expects his uncle to be
the one to help him achieve his targets even after getting him a job through nepotism. You get to wonder why they spent 16yrs developing their brain in school.

5. PRIDE
I remember when I was in my final year at school, I was always happy about what the future held for me. I knew I was going to get a job that pays 350k immediately I graduated. Reality slapped me in the face when my first offer was a job paying 30k.
I had no choice but to take the offer cos I was already tired of adding more months to the six months I had spent at home just sleeping. Luckily for me, that job paved the way for a better one cos it gave me the
needed experience recruiters want to see on a CV. I've now realise that 350k is only feasible for those in the oil sector and those with huge years of experience, not a fresh graduate who doesn't know his left
from his right. As you are about graduating, never see any job as demeaning. Take it up while you continue searching for a better one.
This gives you experience. A bird in hand is better than a million in the bush. Remember, no one gives a damn about you out there. So, drop your pride and
use your head and hands or end up spending years still eating your mum's food with insults.

If it makes sense to you share to all students you know and you will be blessed for changing lives!

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