Hello Advicenators: Is it okay to use hot tap water from the kitchen sink to cook with in recipes? From boiling potatoes to mash or for soup etc. Thanks, Dzadzy
rainhorse68 answered Saturday November 22 2014, 3:29 am: Just looking at your post and reply. As answered, no, tap water from a heater is not boiling and unless you keep putting heat in from the gas rings or electric hobs it will of course rapidly cool even further. If you mean can you use the hot water tap to fill the pots etc in cooking (as a sort of a 'head start' over using stone-cold water from the cold tap) it's possible but not advisable. Pull a glass of hot water and put it in the chiller till it's cold. Then pour a glass of cold water from the cold tap. They don't taste the same do they? The hot water that has been in your domestic heater and cooled down tastes 'funny' and not as pleasant for some reason. You don't want to taint the food so use cold water every time. Guess it must be 'going through the heater' that makes it taste dodgy, because all the water comes into the house through the same single pipe, from one water-main originally. Save the hot tap for washing the dishes and always pull from the cold tap for drinking, making tea or coffee and cooking has to be the rule, I should say.
Dragonflymagic answered Saturday November 22 2014, 1:14 am: Even if tap water was hot enough to scald you, it would not cook potato's by simply letting potato's sit in them. You would need to use a stove top, and any temp water will do. there's no need to use hot, but the hotter the water you put in, the less time until the pot gets to boiling is all the difference. In microwave cooking, I stick with the recipe and use cold water and use of hot might over cook something. [ Dragonflymagic's advice column | Ask Dragonflymagic A Question ]
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