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Janet Wilder[_1_] Janet Wilder[_1_] is offline
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Default Yeast vs. chlorine question

hahabogus wrote:

> Or make tea the night before, with extra water in the kettle, and use
> that pre-boiled water. Water outgases as it gets warm...boiled water has
> only the gases availible to it in your kitchen air as it cools to absorb.
>


My mother always kept pre-boiled water in the big kettle that just sat
on the stove all the time. She used that water to add to soup stock that
was too strong, or to other things she was cooking that required water.
I always wondered why she needed to use pre-boiled water. Now I know.
Thanks.

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