Safe and Quick Tips for Boiling Water

Safe and Quick Tips for Boiling Water - as part of the expert series by GeoBeats. We are going to talk about boiling water. Now I know this sounds silly, but boiling water is hot, so be careful. Use hot mats on the pans so you do not burn your hands and if your draining pasta water let us say, have a clear line, know where you are going with that pot of water, so it is just one quick movement. Use the right size pot, if it is a little bit of food then you use a smaller pot. Put a lid on the pot, that makes a huge difference. Another thing if you are making pasta and you need to salt the water, let the water come almost to a boil, you know when you get those little tiny bubbles coming up, then add the salt, then it will come all the way up and boil much faster. Another thing is you can actually start boiling water with hot water from tap. As long as your not living in some old house with lead pipes your fine to start the water with hot from the tap and then it will boil much faster. Once it comes to a full rolling boil it is not gonna get any hotter, so you can then back down on the heat and sustain a low boil and cook whatever it is that you are making.