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From: strickln@ihlpa.UUCP (stricklen)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: Boiling Water
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Date: Tue, 30-Apr-85 15:56:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Apr 30 15:56:00 1985
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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

I think also it might have something to do with the types of metals which
line some water heaters.  If such oxidize they could add undesirable 
contaminants to the water.