PENMART01 wrote:

>>ben abc writes:
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>>sandy wrote:
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>>>Adjust your baking times in accordance with the real temperatures
>>>shown on your notes. If the thermometer's reading were less
>>
>>But how do you know that the cook book being followed had their oven set
>>right to give you the right temperature anyway?
>
>
> Someone who'd take the trouble to write a cookbook would very likely use an
> oven thermometer... I know, now you'll ask about the oven thermometer's
> accuracy. Simple, cooking ain't rocket science... BAM!

Oh yes cooking IS rocket science - have you heard of:

SMOKED BACON AND EGG ICE CREAM, Tomato jam, tea jelly
MINCE MEAT TOFFEE , Butternut ice cream, pumpkin seed oil
DÉLICE OF CHOCOLATE, Chocolate sorbet, cumin caramel

All from the menu of The Fat Duck: http://www.fatduck.co.uk/menu.html

Read about all these from:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0218/p11s02-lifo.html
(Don't say anything about the website, I was led to the article by the Arts and
Letters Daily.)