ROB, ha – on both counts! And even if you are 50s, that’s not nearly enough years to validate your ridiculous assertion as to your memories!
SJS, I do not disagree with a psak. I am not on the level. I am saying that there is no such psak. Here are the shittos that I am aware of.
1) One may never lower a flame on Y”T. One may light a second, smaller flame instead to better cook the food (most poskim). One may also light flames for other purposes (when mi’toich applies).
2) One may lower a flame or light a second smaller one to better cook the food. One may also light (but not lower) flames for other purposes (when mi’toich applies).
What no one says is that one may turn off the burner after the food is finished cooking. It doesn’t matter that a small flame remains somewhere else, what does matter is that the flame was lowered for a non-oichel nefesh purpose. If oomis is going to cling to a non-existant shittoh, one which doesn’t even make sense if you understand what we permit on Y”T for oichel nefesh, then I don’t think it is ridiculing her to want that others should not accept it on her word.