Comments on: Cooking Class

By: Pointy-Hatted Geek

Pointy-Hatted Geek — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:38:41 +0000

You’re also not supposed to refill and freeze water bottles. I think it breaks down the plastic or something.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 04:08:20 +0000

I suggest checking with Snopes.com about the plastic. There have been all kinds of rumors about reheating in plastic containers.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 21:04:21 +0000

Sure, wash your wooden cutting board in hot water to kill the gunkies, but then the lead’ll kill you.

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:46:15 +0000

Jason – if you find a good plumer in North Jersey (Denville) let ME know!
;)

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:14:52 +0000

Re not to drink hot water:

There are some otehr reasons…

1. If you ever drain any water from the spigot on your hot water tank, you’ll see there accumulates in there a LOT of crud and mineral deposits. It probably won’t make you sick, but it is a bit nasty.
2. This one is a bit more serious… There are some micro-organisms that can happily hang out in the not-quite-hot-enough water of hot water tanks. This can be minimized somewhat by running the temperature up, but the risk of someone (especially little kids and older folks) getting seriously scalded (or worse) goes WAY up at temperatures over 120F, the setting typically recommended. Industry experts and safety ‘experts’ weigh these things, and the burn risk is a lot higher than the critter risk. Thus, it’s best to only use cold water for drinking & cooking.