Cooking in long sleeves

[Yorky]

I often use a cotton kitchen towel aka dish drying towel - to lift lids, move hot handles, etc. about a week back DW was asking about something, I turned away from the gas cooktop, and in short order smelled something funny.... lit my dish towel on fire... doused it in the sink, but it was a goner.

I used to use oven gloves until I set fire to them one day.

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Now I use silicon grips.

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[Yorky]

Well I suppose it makes sense but given how hot most professional kitchens are (why don't they use air-con?) it must be quite uncomfortable.

I decided not to install aircon in any rooms when I built my house (but installed cabling for a bedroom aircon if required later). I never considered installing aircon in the kitchen which would have been prudent given ambient temperatures of 40°C and above. I also did not install permanent fans (as I did in all the other rooms of the house, bathrooms excepted). Because a lot my cooking requires low flame simmering, I would have trouble keeping the gas lit.

 

[pocofan]

No way. Too dangerous. I do wear aprons quite often though.