"Peter Aitken" > wrote in message om>...
> Thanks to everyone who responded to my request. I couldn't use all of the
> ideas - some seemed too specialized, some I couldn't verify, and others
> seemed too obscure to qualify as a myth. But I used quite a few, plus some
> of my own, and the result can be viewed at
>
> http://www.pgacon.com/KitchenMyths.htm

Clarification:
Room temperature water can boil faster than hot water out of the tap
if.... the room temperature water was previously boiled and allowed to
cool. That's because boiling gets rid of the dissolved oxygen usually
found in water, making it easier for the water to boil the second time
around.

The discussion of which is better gas or electric. You didn't take in
to account a measure of importance for each example. For me
responsiveness carries an 8 out of ten while using a wok is a 1 out of
10. The argument can still be made that gas is better based on how
you rate the test criteria. Does electric not also heat up the air
around the pan causing it to rise, that reasoning is difficult to
swallow.

Aluminum and Alzheimer's: Though this is true absorption and
transference of aluminum in to the body by way of the cooking utensil
is still a concern. It may not cause Alzheimer's but too much aluminum
can still be harmful.