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[-] Kata1yst@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago

A double boiler, sometimes called a "hot water bath".

Basically a container with what you're cooking inside over the top of a pot of heated water.

It heats things up evenly and gently.

[-] TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

Ok i know what a double boiler is and what theyre for. I've never heard them called that before

[-] skeezix@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

People use fancy words when they want something to seem important.

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 year ago

or, and hear me out there, other cultures exist outside North America.

[-] Kushan@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

It's what it's known as outside of the USA and the term has existed since about 300AD.

[-] kuneho@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

we call this cooking sth "over steam"

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