THE ‘E’ SETTINGThis is used for slow cooking, keeping food warm and warming plates for shortperiods.USING THE ‘E’ SETTING FOR SLOW COOKING1. All dishes cooked by the ‘E’ setting should be cooked for a minimum of 6 hours.They will ‘hold’ at this setting for a further hour but marked deterioration inappearance will be noticed in some cases.2. Joints of meat and poultry should be cooked at Mk 6 for 30 minutes beforeturning to the ‘E’ setting and never be cooked lower than the middle shelfposition.3. Joints of meat over 6 lbs (2.7kg) and poultry over 4 lbs 8oz (2kg) should notbe cooked using the ‘E’ setting.4. Always stand covered joints on a rack over the meat tin to allow good aircirculation.5. Pork joints and poultry must be checked for an internal temperature of atleast 88°C using a meat thermometer.6. This method is unsuitable for stuffed meat and poultry.7. Always bring soups, casseroles and liquids to the boil before putting in the oven.8. Cover casseroles with foil and then the lid to prevent loss of moisture.9. Always thaw frozen food completely before cooking.10. Root vegetables will cook better if cut into small pieces.11. Adjust seasonings and thickenings at the end of the cooking time.12. Use the zones of heat in the oven, e.g. meringues and milk puddings can becooked lower in the oven whilst other dishes requiring greater heat can becooked above them.13. Egg and fish dishes need only 1-5 hours cooking and should be included in daycooking sessions, when they can be observed from time to time.14. Dried red kidney beans must be boiled for a minimum of ten minutes aftersoaking, before inclusion in any dish.REPLACEMENT OF OVEN LIGHT BULBLight bulbs are not covered by the manufacturer’s guarantee.A new 25W, 300°C rated SES bulb can be obtained from your cooker supplier or anymajor electrical retailer.1. Disconnect the electricity supply to the cooker and remove the shelves from theoven.2. Unscrew the lens using a thick cloth to protect your fingers in the unlikely eventof a lens fracture.3. Unscrew bulb.4. Fit new bulb and refit lens.22MAIN OVEN