pmeheran
Senior Cook
Some idiot suggested that beets only took 25 minutes to boil to completion. I am stuck up here at 8000 ft in colorado and as you know due to lack of air pressure things boil at a lower temperature. It can be one and a half to two hours for beets. Even at sea level at my house in texas it took more like an hour. I realize the size of the beet will have an effect on cooking time, also I find when someone says they only take a short time, the beets must be really tiny. Well, I will put up with it and cook until they are done and butter them and enjoy anyway.
Oh, on another note, the recipes I have been reading say things like, if cooking at high altitude like 3000 ft. do this or that. Wait! Many of us up here in colorado and elsewhere are at or above 8000 ft. which makes cooking a very different proposition than 3000 ft. Oh, by the way I am referring to printed recipes dealing with appliances and good old betty crocker etc. Well anyway thanks for letting me blow off some steam.
Oh, on another note, the recipes I have been reading say things like, if cooking at high altitude like 3000 ft. do this or that. Wait! Many of us up here in colorado and elsewhere are at or above 8000 ft. which makes cooking a very different proposition than 3000 ft. Oh, by the way I am referring to printed recipes dealing with appliances and good old betty crocker etc. Well anyway thanks for letting me blow off some steam.