Ken wrote:
> Everyone,
>
> I was at a friend's house and was helping in the kitchen. We were
> making a roast for dinner, but they didn't have a meat thermometer,
> only a candy thermometer. Can a candy thermometer be used in a roast/
> other meat cuts?
>
> I'm guessing they work in the same way, so they should be
> interchangeable, but I don't know. It seems that if they can be
> interchanged, they would be sold that way. So does anybody out there
> know instead of my guess?
>
> TIA,
>
> Ken

I've never seen a candy thermometer that wasn't made of glass. Granted,
it's been a long time since I made candy but mine is a candy/deep fry
thermometer; it certainly wouldn't work for meat. Why not just run out and
buy one of those metal skewer type meat thermometers; even a drug store
(like Walgreen's) has a small kitchen section? They only cost a couple of
bucks.

Jill