Wednesday, February 20, 2008

TEMPERATURES

There are a few temperatures to know by heart. They are particularly important for cooks. It's good to see them on a list making special note of normal human body temperature.

Fahrenheit Temperatures
32 degrees Freezing
45 degrees Temperature of City water entering a house
68-72 degrees Comfortable daytime room temperature
98.6 degrees **** Normal human body temperature
110-115 degrees Best water temperature to activate dry yeast
212 degrees Boiling water
325-375 degrees Oven temperatures for most roasting/baking
500-600 degrees Commercial pizza ovens

Note that water entering a house must be brought up to boiling to produce steam for heat.
The solar panels on my house in the north-east heat that water to 85 degrees in winter and 110-115 degrees in summer. That saves a lot of expensive fuel. Installation of a solar hot water system represents a very small percentage of the cost of building a new house. We wish the world would catch on faster to this enormous energy saver.

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