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- From: mph@plasma.apana.org.au (Martin Peter Howell)
- Subject: Re: Thawing food in cold water
- References: <mjenkins.725212210@cunews>
- Organization: APANA site, Melbourne, Australia
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 14:35:00 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.143500.13507@plasma.apana.org.au>
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- mjenkins@alfred.carleton.ca (Michael Jenkinson) writes:
-
- >My wife says food thaws quicker when immersed in cold water, as
- >opposed to thawing it just sitting in the air.
- >I think my wife's been sitting in too much cold water recently. (OK,
- >she says that's mean..she's reading this over my shoulder. Sorry
- >dear.)
- >What say ye? Does food thaw quicker in cold water or just in the air?
-
- Water will act aas a much better conductor for the heat in the water
- to transfer to the food. Even if the water was a lot colder than
- the surrounding air, it would probably still thaw quicker.
-
- -Martin.
- mph@plasma.apana.org.au
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