On 2014-02-26 01:04:48 +0000, sf said:

> 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.

Or laying it a hot-water heater too long. That's an interesting
possibility. But nothing about speed-of-boiling.