Yes, Virginia…I am a rocket scientist…
Last night while reheating leftovers I was reminded that, yes, Virginia…I am a rocket scientist.
So, where I used to live in Providence, UT was something like 4,700 feet in elevation. Where I live now in Lexington, MA its like 250 feet.
One of the tricks I use with some leftovers is to use steam to heat them up, it keeps meat from getting too dried out when reheating things in the microwave. Can you see where this is going yet?
So yes, I expected the water to boil faster here, but I didn’t realize how much faster it would actually be. What used to take 5-10 minutes to boil was like 1 minute now. (The heat was ostensibly set to the same amount.) Hrm, I’m going to have to pay more attention (or resist the urge to use “medium” heat) more now.
Thankfully I really couldn’t set off the smoke detectors with steam…
So the funny thing is, this is a post I wrote a week or two ago and scheduled to be published on the 7th. But, by coincidence I happened to do the exact thing I described in this post to reheat dinner on the 7th! Hrm, maybe I can see in the future.