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Old Sun Apr 29, 2007, 12:02am
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Originally Posted by KCRef
That would actually be backward of what it should be. In Johnston, Iowa, water will boil at 210.3 F while at GJ, CO it will boil at 203.7 F. You cannot get H2O in the liquid form at a temperature higher than that, so that is the hottest temperature you can cook in water. Therefore, cooking in boiling water in CO would take longer than in IA. The altitude would not affect cooking time in the oven.
What a geek engineer I am.
And this is how I've demonstrated the futility and inaccuracy of anecdotal evidence.

However, I have to ask. Why do the instructions for various items state that cooking times are shorter at higher altitudes?
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