Does your stove/range/cooktop/cooker have a handy-dandy warming zone? Here’s what I mean:
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You can see the one burner there is labeled “Warm Zone,” and the little button to toggle it on and off is in the top-right corner.
It is exactly what it says it is, a spot on the cooktop that gets warm, but that’s it. No other temperature control other than off or on.
If you have one of those, do you use it? If so, what do you use it for?
I use mine all the time, but probably not the way the manufacturer intended, which is to hold, say, a soup or a sauce at a warm temp while waiting on something else.
What I use mine for:
1. Melt butter - put the required amount of butter in a small bowl, pop it on the warm zone, and several minutes later, melted butter, without having to worry about potential spatters in the microwave, or having to cover it. It takes longer, but it’s less messy - you just have to remember to do that first thing.
It’s also nice because it’ll hold that melted butter indefinitely, without browning or burning jt.
2. Heat maple syrup for pancakes and waffles - same idea as the butter. Stick some syrup in a little glass jar, in with a dollop (or five) of butter, and let the warm zone do its magic.
3. I used it just yesterday to heat up a very small amount of from-powdered chicken broth. I needed a mere two ounces, so into a prep bowl with 1/8 teaspoon of powdered broth, the water, and in short order, it was warmed through enough to mix up the broth.
Larger amounts, I use the microwave. Last one…
4. I’ll occasionally use it as a hotspot for my mug of tea or coffee, when I’m making breakfast. Plop it on there, and it never cools down.
How do you use yours?
