00:00:01explaining the difference between
00:00:02boiling water and simmering water this
00:00:05one here this pot here is full of
00:00:08boiling water see that the way that the
00:00:10bubbles are rolling up to the top and
00:00:12the surface of the water is completely
00:00:13moving all the time that’s what we call
00:00:16boiling this you can see the surface of
00:00:19the water is quite flat and there’s some
00:00:21bubbles tickling up around the edge so
00:00:23it’s boiling but only just
00:00:25well that’s what I would call simmering
00:00:27so simmering what so that’s rolling boil
00:00:30boiling that’s simmering now this is the
00:00:33kind of water you want for example if
00:00:34you cooking pasta that’s that’s how fast
00:00:37you want it to be boiling so it’s good
00:00:39for a pasta it’s good for noodles and
00:00:41it’s good for things like green
00:00:43vegetables green beans Monge – that kind
00:00:45of thing broccoli those kind of lovely
00:00:47vanch need to be cooked in that kind of
00:00:48water simmering it’s what you would
00:00:51poach an egg in or perhaps poach piece
00:00:53of fish in or well if you’re making soup
00:00:56you don’t ever want it to get like that
00:00:58because if when you boil a soup you
00:00:59spoil all the flavor in it so really for
00:01:01soup you never want to get more than
00:01:03simmering so there we go boiling and
00:01:06simmering
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