"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> 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
>
>

You lead a very sheltered life. You should get out more.