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- From: brett@sr.hp.com ()
- Subject: Re: Thawing food in cold water
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- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 19:26:59 GMT
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- Michael Jenkinson (mjenkins@alfred.carleton.ca) wrote:
- > My wife says food thaws quicker when immersed in cold water, as
- > opposed to thawing it just sitting in the air.
-
- Since water is a better conductor of heat that air, I would expect the above
- to be true.
-
- Of course the larger the temperature difference between the water and the
- food, the faster it will thaw.
-
- And just to CYA (CMA?), I'm sure it's possible for very hot poor conducting
- air to thaw something faster than very cold good cunducting water. :-)
-
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-
- Brett Carver
- (707) 577-4344
- brett@sr.hp.com
-
-
- Yes, but what happens if I put my frozen food in an air-filled baggy,
- immersed in a pan of ice-water, placed in a hot oven at the North Pole,
- in summer?
-