Naturally, these methods don't work. At all. So I don't recommend trying them at home. I suppose I should explain their origin. All of this comes from a rather amusing commercial for T-Fal frying pans. According to the brillant folks at T-Fal, there's one single temperature at which all food cooks perfectly. They portray some 'alternative' methods of finding this temperature, such as the aforementioned magnetic approach, before revealing the true method to perfect cuisine: Buy their frying pan! And while the dot on the pan may turn red at the 'right' temperature, this in no way insures perfect cooking 'everytime'. In fact, it's ridiculous to assume there's any ONE temperature at which all food cooks perfectly. So in conclusion, stick to the magnetic approach. It's about as effective, and a whole lot cheaper.
Legends relate many strange things, of varying importance. One of upmost importance is about to be told to you here; it helps us sate one of our natural necessities. You see, according to these myths, there exists one perfect temperature at which to cook your food. All food. It really doesn't matter whether it's a porkchop or a pancake. The type is irrelevant. This temperature is the key to perfect cooking, everytime. As you can guess, this legend would hold great importance for chefs. If only they can get their pans to this temperature, they will be able to cook anything to perfection. Even raw food, apparently. But finding this temperature has proved elusive. To accomplish this feat, many diverse approaches have been formed to check the heat in your frying pan for the ideal temperature. One of these includes the magnetic approach. The steps to use this test are simple. First, you must be an idiot. Secondly, you must obtain a pocket watch, much like the one shown as the picture for this week's quote. Finally, you must slowly spin the watch overtop of the heated pan, in an attempt to measure some sort of magnetic field which will apparently surround the pan at the ideal temperature. This has yet to be confirmed. Another test is known as the smoke-detector
method. This means you just wait for your smoke-detector to go off and judge this to be the ideal temperature.
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