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You're welcome, Poppy!

You've lost me, Rusty.......cooking by gas....?

Oh! Is that not an old saying, Elle?
Meaning, in top form?

Goodness, I've no idea, Rusty! I've certainly never heard it before! Maybe we should try looking it up in Brewers?
(but we ARE of course, on top form; it goes without saying!)

Yes, Elle, it is in Brewers!
To cook with gas.
To meet with success, to do well.
The phrase is often used in the exclamation "now we're cooking with gas!" denoting that satisfactory progress is being made.
It emerged in the USA in the 1940's.

Good, I wondered if it might be in there! Well found!
I'm sorry I doubted you.... I'd just never heard it said before!

It's a phrase I've used for many years, Elle.
Some great stuff in Brewers.
I would not be without it!

Hi! answered on other thread....