On Apr 15, 12:11�pm, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 01:37:30 -0500, "jmcquown"
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> >Goomba38 wrote:
> >> Sheldon wrote:
> >>> Roast boneless pork loin, Italian green beans, baked potato...
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> >>> Five pounder:
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> >> The finished roast looks incredible, but this one with the well used,
> >> old *meat thermometer is my favorite. I love it. I suspect this
> >> thermometer has been an old well used friend?
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> >That's exactly the type of meat thermometer I have and I love it. *Mentioned
> >it in the complaint/debate about the probe thermometers. *This type works
> >perfectly well for me; I can't see spending upwards of $20 or even $30 on a
> >meat thermometer.
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> <shrugging> *I use an instant read thermometer, which is less than $6
> at the grocery store. *

But the instant read thermometer can't be used inside the oven during
cooking so it's of little use as a meat thermometer.

Sheldon