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8 minutes ago, CookBot said:
What is the alleged advantage of this? If a potato is cooked through at that temperature in an hour, what's to be gained by wasting another hour of fuel time on it?
First I need to point out that I am not the one proposing nor defending this method. I still have to try it. But here you can read for yourself why James Beard thinks two hours is better than one hour:
6 minutes ago, CookBot said:
What is the alleged advantage of this? If a potato is cooked through at that temperature in an hour, what's to be gained by wasting another hour of fuel time on it?
First I need to point out that I am not the one proposing nor defending this method. I still have to try it. But here you can read for yourself why James beer thinks two hours is better than one hour:
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