"James Silverton" > wrote in message
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> There was a interesting thread recently concerning following recipes
> exactly. The results showed a division among those who follow recipes,
> those who modify as they go and those, like me, who follow directions once
> and then feel free to make changes.
>
> Another aspect is cooking methods; does everyone follow them exactly?
>
> I discovered a long time ago that frozen bagels could be cooked
> efficiently by nuking for 20-30 seconds per bagel, then placing them in a
> cold oven and taking them out when the oven temperature reached the
> recommended temperature for defrosting: 350F.
>
> I like frozen French bread rolls whose recommended cooking method is heat
> the oven to 400F, put in the frozen rolls and cook for 8 minutes. However,
> today I tried the bagel method without nuking. I put the rolls in a cold
> oven, took them out when the temperature reached 400 and the results were
> indistinguishable!
>
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
> E-mail, with obvious alterations:
> not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not


I predict over 400 messages in this thread within 48 hours, resulting in
nothing conclusive. :-)