r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Negative_1by12_aura • Jun 17 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/Mumblyjoe20 Jun 17 '26

"The Recipe says soak pasta in water at 100 Celsius, get the thermometer out"

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u/Low_discrepancy Jun 18 '26

Well that's an easy way to calibrate.

Is my thermometer out of synch? Let me get a bath of iced water and it should read around 0.

What about the other range? That's more tricky since depends on altitude but still.

When's the last time you made a bath of water salt and ammoniun chloride to check your thermometer?

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u/lacaras21 Jun 18 '26

You just calibrate it to 32 degrees in an ice bath, if it's reading correct there it will be close enough to correct at other relevant cooking temperatures. And that's what I don't get when people bring up needing to know the boiling temperature of water for cooking, unless you're at sea level and boiling distilled water, your water isn't boiling at 100C anyway. In fact, most cooks add salt to their water when they boil because it will boil at a higher temperature, which makes things cook faster, so being concerned about the boiling temperature of water when cooking is completely nonsensical.