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Not a pre-thermomenter text, but a good summary: https://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/candy/sugar-stages.html https://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/candy/sugar

• pjc50 11y ago
  To bring this full circle, my wife's sugar thermometer has the stages ("soft ball" etc) marked on it alongside the temperatures. To insert a side rant on the subject: this is why IoT cooking gizmos like smart pand get a terrible reception. Because there's already a full set of tranditional techniques for cooking, most of which are fairly easy to learn with time.
  • venomsnake 11y ago
    Sous vide is revelation for delicate proteins and transforms low and slow for tough ones. For everything else there is pressure cooker (which by the virtue of its design is extremely high tech/precise instrument).