On Tue, 22 Mar 2016 09:52:01 -0000, "Ophelia" >
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> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> >> First question: Do you bring the water up to temp before putting the
> >> food in, or can I put cold/room temp food in cool water like I do with
> >> a slow cooker?
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> > It won't begin to time until it reaches temp so I usually put hot water in
> > to start with.
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> Sorry. I should have said that I put the food in to start with along with
> the hot water ... the timing will begin once it reaches temp.

Oh! That makes a lot of difference, thanks. How does it notify you
that it's up to temp? Does it ding or do you have to keep checking?

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sf