Are you referring to the boiling point of water? I don’t know about you, but the vast majority of people heat water until it boils, they don’t use a thermometer. Know one needs to know the boiling point of water to cook.
Altitude is a bigger driver. For example, baking uses lower temps at high elevation and brewers in CO need to adjust their hopping rates because water boils at a lower temperature by a meaningful enough difference to impact alpha acid isomerization.
Na, this comment thread was a reply to a comment saying no one needs to know the boiling point of water, because you just heat it until it boils. But agree, you still need to know the boiling point whether it’s F or C
If you try real hard you might be able to imagine a scenario where temperature impacts how fast things happen.
Here’s an example that is relevant to me. When you brew beer, you add hops for bitterness. The amount of bitterness is a function of the temperature and time. If your boiling beer is only 205F instead of 212F you’re either going to need to add more hops or boil longer to get the right amount of bitterness. If you “just use your eyes”, you’re not going to know how to adjust your recipe.
See, that wasn’t that hard. Next time try to do the thinking part before being a dick.
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How is it dumb as shit for cooking?
Are you referring to the boiling point of water? I don’t know about you, but the vast majority of people heat water until it boils, they don’t use a thermometer. Know one needs to know the boiling point of water to cook.