Everything I know is a lie!

[Trekker4747]

I was boiling some water to cook some pasta for dinner (Chicken Parmesan, Pasta, Sauce, Cheesy Garlic Bread.) So, out of "curiosity" I stuck a thermometer into the boiling water, knowing what to expect, and well I was wrong.

Everything I know is a lie.

The read-out on the digital thermo? 213.

 

[Plecostomus]

Ok you create a distraction and I'll edit Wikipedia.

 

[RJDiogenes]

You must be 27 feet above sea level.

 

[Emher]

Dude, celsius plz! I have no idea of what you're talking about!

 

[Small White Car]

Dude, celsius plz! I have no idea of what you're talking about!

213F is the same as 1C.

Freaky story, isn't it!

 

[Gates]

I hope it was just your thermometer or we might be looking at mass hysteria here.

Dude, celsius plz! I have no idea of what you're talking about!

A degree above boiling.

 

[Trekker4747]

Dude, celsius plz! I have no idea of what you're talking about!

213F is the same as 1C.

Freaky story, isn't it!

Or 100.56C

 

[Trekker4747]

You must be 27 feet above sea level.

Closer to 1000 FT

 

[0 of ln(kirk^3)]

Could lots of steam on its way out of the liquid (but not quite out) have rubbed against the thermometer?

Either that, or the thermometer isn't a very accurate instrument is all I can think of. Do you know its error rating?

 

[Trekker4747]

Only the tip of the thermometer reads, it was submerged in the boiling water.

No idea what the error rating but I suspect that's where the discrepancy comes from. Because, if I understand correctly, if anything my ASL could've made the water's boiling point a bit lower than 212.

 

[Amaris]

You must be 27 feet above sea level.

Closer to 1000 FT

Did you count by steps or by spans?


J.

 

[Plecostomus]

Now how many hundredweight of water were you trying to boil?

*runs like hell*

 

[Trekker4747]

You must be 27 feet above sea level.

Closer to 1000 FT

Did you count by steps or by spans?


J.

Uhhh feet.

Olathe, KS is around 1000 FT AMSL.

 

[Trekker4747]

Now how many hundredweight of water were you trying to boil?

*runs like hell*

1.5 Gallons.

 

[Holdfast]

Impure water has a higher boiling point anyway (just like it has a lower freezing point), so regardless of your elevation, unless you used distilled water and a sterile pan (and leaving aside thermometer inaccuracy), it was never going to read 100C anyway.

 

[The Borg Queen]

I'd say having pasta in the water would make it pretty impure.

But yeah, that's why people often put salt in there too, to raise the boiling point of the water so the pasta cooks faster.

 

[Trekker4747]

I'd say having pasta in the water would make it pretty impure.

But yeah, that's why people often put salt in there too, to raise the boiling point of the water so the pasta cooks faster.

Pasta wasn't in there yet when I took the temp, but I did have salt in there -though I've never heard of that raising the temperature just that it adds good flavor/taste to the pasta.

I *always* salt my pasta water. Overly. It should taste like sea water.

 

[The Borg Queen]

Ah, that explains it, salt water does have a higher boiling point than pure water.

Problem solved.

 

[Mallory]

Mystery solved.

 

[Maestro]

Impure water has a higher boiling point anyway (just like it has a lower freezing point), so regardless of your elevation, unless you used distilled water and a sterile pan (and leaving aside thermometer inaccuracy), it was never going to read 100C anyway.

Dude, he's an American. Of course it was never going to read 100C!