There's an insightful pot discussion going on at the moment. I want to talk about the various burner options and their inherent techniques, advantages, and disadvantages.
Jacob seems to favor a gas stove, I suppose I'm looking for whatever is best to control heat. I'd like a stove to have a list of buttons that read
1.rolling boil
2.gentle boil
3.simmer
However, that hasn't been invented yet. In the meantime, I'd like to find out more.