In article om>,
"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote:


> Steaming is much like boiling, only more prone to overcooking
> because steam is hotter than boiling water.

As a practical matter, in the home kitchen, I doubt that steam has a
higher temperature than boiling water. To get steam that is hotter than
boiling water, from boiling water, you have to either heat the steam
after the water boils, or boil it under pressure.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA