Oh Lore...

[bluegargantua]

You make me so happy. Brunching Shuttlecocks Forever!

later
Tom

p.s. although I actually do have these arguments when trying to cook. No one has ever really adequately explained what constitutes "boiling".

Comments

[foxtown.livejournal.com]

"I'm going to make my friends eat infinite oregano and they'll have to do it because the recipe says so! "

*snerk*

[mikecap.livejournal.com]

Oh for pete's sake... 100 degrees celsius Tom!!!

[asciikitty.livejournal.com]

or 212F.

[dirkcjelli.livejournal.com]

... if you get your water out of a distillation tank...

[asciikitty.livejournal.com]

hmm... does the amazing cholorine in the Maynard tap water make it boil hotter or cooler?

[dirkcjelli.livejournal.com]

'stuff' dissolved in water (whether chlorine from chlorination or chlorine and sodium ions from table salt) raises its boiling point.

[asciikitty.livejournal.com]

that's what I figured, but it's always nice to double check.

[mikecap.livejournal.com]

I think Tom would prefer cooking with distilled water, and he would also like to use pipettes for more exact measurement.

[brainiac69.livejournal.com]

Dude. I can explain "boiling" to you. Don't listen to Mikey. He doesn't know shit about cooking.

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From The Art and Sophistry of Cooking by Alonso Ximenez, p.845, translated from his native Portuguese...

The myth of "boiling", perpetuated by the French, is a culinary burden akin to the historic Dance of the 1000 Infantile Carp performed twice yearly at Guimarães to commemorate the Battle of São Mamede; a useless and barbaric custom.

Accurate water temperature measurements should be taken no nu, in a process known as the technique de sachet à thé, a French term undoubtedly but a technique certainly stolen by them, as is their want and predilection, during the 14th century. Obviously, women performing this measurement must use a surrogate.

[mikecap.livejournal.com]

Ooo, how'd you do the funky forn'r accents?

[brainiac69.livejournal.com]

High tech...copy/pasting from wikipedia.

[etherial.livejournal.com]

The easiest and most reliable method is to buy a mac.

[jeffwik.livejournal.com]

That is the best thing he has written since that thing about that guy.

[sunspiral.livejournal.com]

That was the funniest thing I've seen yet today.