re: Hot water from the tap, do you use it to cook?

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I had a science teacher in high school that said cold water would boil faster, no idea of the science behind this and I never tested it.

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Your science teacher was an idiot

Hot water definitely boils faster, that's pretty basic stuff. The rate at which it boils depends on the differential between the liquid temperature and its surrounding temperature.


Anyway, I use the hottest water I can get from the tap all of the time to boil because I don't feel like waiting.

I obviously don't do this for something like rice, however.