Boils

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GregP
GregP
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I've looked at several recipes this morning. They seem to be equally split between bringing things to a boil, which is fair enough, and bringing things to *the* boil, which isn't.

In the latter case, how do I know whether I have brought my pan to the correct boil, please?
McGoohan
McGoohan
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9:44am, 1 Jul 2019
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McGoohan
Dip your boils in it. If they hurt, it's boiling.
RunningRonnie
RunningRonnie
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9:52am, 1 Jul 2019
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RunningRonnie
Bring it to the Susan instead?
Wriggling Snake
Wriggling Snake
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9:54am, 1 Jul 2019
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Wriggling Snake
Shakespeare has the answer, follow this recipe:-

Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the caldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and howlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.

Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Cool it with a baboon's blood,
Then the charm is firm and good.

The ingredients are readily available at most 'good' supermarkets.
McGoohan
McGoohan
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"Wool" of bat? Are there professional bat-shearers available?
TRO Saracen
TRO Saracen
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TRO Saracen
If the boiling point of water is 100 then is 'boil/boils' the same as simmer? Still 100 deg surely?
McGoohan
McGoohan
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McGoohan
Hello and welcome to Cooking With Heston. Today I'll be preparing Fillet of a Fenny Snake topped with a delicious Baboon Blood jus.
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
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10:19am, 1 Jul 2019
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Derby Tup
It’s actually rare for water to boil at 100 deg C. A simmer is more like 94 or 95 deg and even a good ‘rolling’ boil is rarely higher than 97 or 98 deg

Boil is a bit like The Led Zeppelin or The Arsenal; ‘the boil’ is correct imho
Wriggling Snake
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10:40am, 1 Jul 2019
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No, no it IS The Arsenal.

Also consider the altitude you are boiling at.
GregP
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Also The Mainly Nationalist Springfield Road.

Not familiar with sticking the definite article in front of Led Zeppelin, but it makes sense. Pink Floyd occasionally attracted a spurious 'the' too. But not, never not no not, Foo Fighters.

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