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You usually want to leave the water boiling for a minimum of a minute or longer depending on boiling temperature of your location. Higher altitude (lower press
by Duladian 8y ago
You usually want to leave the water boiling for a minimum of a minute or longer depending on boiling temperature of your location. Higher altitude (lower pressure) reduces the temperature required for water to boil which means you will want to boil the water longer.
From my understanding, the reasoning behind this is to make sure the entire container of water is at temperature and not just hot spots in the fluid.
- timr 8y agoAlso, some organisms are resistant to heat. But really, the bigger issue (IMO) is that people don't know how to define "boiling". It's one of those things that you don't think is an issue until you're teaching people to cook, or work in a lab. There's surprising variation. One person's "barely steaming" is another's "full boil".