Note 3 — Chapter VIII
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When discussing this matter with a great gas expert I find that his opinion is contrary to mine.
"I strongly disagree. The system is wasteful and unsatisfactory," were his words.
With regard to simmering taps, he also holds a contrary opinion.
"I again disagree. You can easily turn down a boiling burner to simmering point, but you can't turn up a simmering burner to boiling point," he objected.
True, but to me that is the advantage of the simmering burner, for it seems to me that nothing short of a burner which refuses to give out more than a certain degree of heat will deter the English cook from cooking too quickly and by too fierce a heat.
—D. C. P.