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From: shp@crystal.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: Boiling Water
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Date: Sun, 28-Apr-85 00:58:29 EDT
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>                Every cookbook I have read says that you
>      should use COLD water when you are going to boil something
>      (like noodles in a pot).  Why not HOT water?  Does anyone
>      have an answer?

	I think it may have something to do with water softeners, and what
    they put *IN* to the water (I know, they're supposed to remove minerals,
    but they do put something else in....I can't rinse my hair in pure hot,
    as it is far to slimy).  I find that hot water tastes funny, too.

	=shp