Ingredients
2 cups tap water
1 teaspoon salt (optional)
Preparation
Pour the water into a medium-sized saucepan. Add the salt. Place the pan onto the stove and turn the burner to “high”.
Wait approximately 10 minutes. When lots of bubbles are coming up from the bottom of the pot, it is boiling.
Yield: approximately 2 cups boiling water.
Notes
- Unsalted boiling water is preferable for tea, coffee, and hot chocolate.
- Salted boiling water is best if you plan to cook pasta, rice, vegetables, or potatoes.
- In areas where tap water quality is dubious, using bottled water may be safer.
- Boiling water is very hot. Do not pour it on yourself or you will get burned.
- Do not stand next to the stove waiting for the water to boil; this will only increase cooking time. After all, a watched pot never boils.
- Happy April Fool’s Day!
April 1st, 2008 at 7:04 am
There is a long and well researched thread on this subject here, that is well worth reading for those just starting to attempt this difficult technique.
It also includes a link to a similar thread on Epicurious.
Have a good day
April 1st, 2008 at 7:04 am
It would help if I posted the thread:
http://www.americastestkitchen.com/ibb/posts.aspx?postID=236310&postRepeater1-p=1
April 5th, 2008 at 6:02 am
Not to be confused with a rolling boil, a simmer or a fast rolling boil!
😉
April 5th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Maybe I’ll do a recipe for one of those next year!
April 13th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Can you include a chapter on how to make tepid water?
😛