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Peter A

In article .com>,
says...
> Hi there,
>
> I recently bought a small hollow metal plate about 1/2" or 1" thick
> with regular openings around its side and which claimed to be as good
> as a double boiler. You would just place the plate on the stove flame,
> and your cooking pot on the plate, and, the label claims, the plate
> will distribute the heat evenly, just as a double boiler would.
>
> Is this true, or is this distinctly inferior to double boiling using
> heated water?
>
> Thanks.
>
>

It is totally different. The point of a double boiler is not just that
the heat is distributed, but also that the heat never goes above the
boiling point of water. Your device may distribute the heat but surely
it can get hotter than 100C.

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Peter Aitken