SC - Boiling Water
Philip & Susan Troy
troy at asan.com
Thu Feb 1 16:51:43 PST 2001
Mordonna22 at aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 2/1/2001 9:10:51 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
> owner-sca-cooks at ansteorra.org writes:
>
> <<
> I'd say that as long as it's a gentle bubble, it is a simmer. Poaching
> heat is about 160 degrees F, wherein bubbles form but don't rise to the
> surface. Simmering is at around 180, but can have bubbles rising,
> usually in the center. I'd say a boil is characterized by bubbles
> blooping up from the entire surface. Of course, things like liquid
> viscosity, air pressure and altitude all affect boiling.
> >>
>
> Water boils at sea level at 212 degrees F, or 100 degrees C.
>
> Mordonna
True. Was this in reference to the last sentence above, or for some
other reason?
Adamantius
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