On Tue, 25 Feb 2014 14:24:02 -0800, gtr > wrote:

>
> 35 years later I heard Gordo tell a lackey in Hell's Kitchen to restart
> a dish that demanded boiling water, likely pasta. Someone noted the
> lackey pulling cold water and Gordo asked why. They proffered the
> age-old snipe-hunting mythology: Cold water boils faster and his
> incredulity knew only the limits of his rage du jour

Boiling faster would be some wanna be science nerd making things up.
I've heard something to do with heath concerns... probably coming from
the old lead pipe days. In any case I'm not in such a rush that I
care and start with cold water.


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