"June Hughes" wrote in message
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In message , Mary Fisher
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"Rachel Aitch" wrote in message
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Mary Fisher: yes, I agree that "turns to mush as soon as they hit the
water" is probably exageration, I interpreted that to mean "quite
quickly" !

Well that's good, saves fuel.

Sam: yes, it is a genuine question, and I have to admit that I don't
start spuds off in cold water - and I've been cooking all my life!
(Thinks, in indignant tone: "I'm a GOOD cook! How can I not have heard
about this??")

You're not Yorkshire or Scottish, it's another way of saving fuel!

Try it!

I boil potatoes for not more than ten minutes but I do use black pans
which
I swear cook faster than ss ones. Yes, I've done comparative tests!

How does it do that?

I don't know. I suspect it absorbs more heat, being black, rather than
reflecting some as the ss ones do.

Mary
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June Hughes