Hot Air From the Oven is insignifcant (was: Delicious Dinner inUnder 30 Minutes)
On Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 6:32:11 PM UTC-4, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Jun 2021 06:49:10 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> > On Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 8:02:01 AM UTC-4, Sqwertz wrote:
> >
> >> It sounds like kitchen myths your [grand]mothers passed down to you
> >> without much science behind it. The oven isn't exactly a forced-air
> >> furnace. Undisturbed heat rises pretty quickly while you spend most
> >> of your time indoors in the lower 3/5ths of the space between your
> >> feet and the ceiling.
> >
> > How friggin' tall are your ceilings? 3/5ths of 8 feet is 4.8 feet. My
> > head, which is where the "thermometer" is, is 5.5 feet off the ground.
>
> You're arguing about 8 inches out of 96? OK, what proportion of 24
> hours in your home do you spend standing upright as opposed to
> sitting or lying down? I sit with my head 4'5" above the floor. And
> I lie down even lower when sleeping for 4-10 hours. So there's my
> (our) 8" and more! :-P
What proportion of your time in the kitchen do you spend sitting
or lying down?
Cindy Hamilton
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