Subject: Re: Botulin toxin (was Re: [Sca-cooks] Trying again)

[Nick Sasso]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Myers" <doc at medievalcookery.com>
> Pizza ovens are normally kept near 500 degrees F, and the pizzas
cook
> for about 15 minutes.  I read an article once that explained why it
> seems to be so easy to burn your mouth on pizza - it concluded that
the
> layer of cheese and the crust act as insulation, keeping the sauce
from
> cooling.  By the amount of steam that I've seen coming from the
sauce
> on a slice of pizza I would guess that the sauce is pretty close to
its
> boiling point - say 190 to 200 degrees F.
>
> Yup, got to measure it to be sure.
>
> - Doc


That factoid alone is worth the price of admission here. . . or more.

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