• @Zachariah
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    786 months ago

    You can put potatoes in water that’s already boiling. It’s fine.

    • @[email protected]
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      316 months ago

      I think the point is that the cooking process starts well before boiling temp. Potatoes take a lot longer to cook than corn so you would want to take advantage of that fact. Where corn cooks a lot quicker you would want to have a shorter cooking time to preserve the fresh flavor and texture so already boiling water helps that.

    • @[email protected]
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      66 months ago

      iirc there’s some (mainly textural) differences that make having potatoes stay somewhat below boiling for a bit better.