Comment on Handy temperature conversion scale.

• ricecake@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I gotta ask, do you use a thermometer to boil water?

  Metric is a more coherent system, but let’s not pretend it’s magic or more than it is.
  The numeric value associated with boiling water has no impact on cooking, because the boiling water doesn’t care.

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  • merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I gotta ask, do you use a thermometer to boil water?

    No, but I use a thermometer (built into the electric kettle) to prepare tea. Greens want to be brewed at 75-80C. Whites are often about 70C. Oolongs are about 95C.

    The numeric value associated with boiling water has no impact on cooking, because the boiling water doesn’t care.

    But the human who is doing the cooking might care.

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