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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Tbh, I don't get it. How can a coffee, that can be max 100°C cause such burns? I would have never believed hot/boiling water is that dangerous, without that story.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I mean, it's easy to believe when you consider what might happen if you put your hand into a boiling pot of pasta, for example.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

Well, scalding hot water, some of the hottest you are legally allowed to have set out of a water heater, is about 130 degrees F, or 54 degrees C. That will scald you in a few seconds.

Her coffee was near double that. So, ice at 0, can burn you at 54, and then around 100 degrees... Yeah.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That’s literally a temperature you would cook meat with

What do you think people are made of?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

TIL, videos saying "cook meat at 180°" actually meant 180°F and not 180°C.

Now I have to check what my induction stove means when it reads 180 in deep frying mode.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Afaik it means °C usually, but when boiling meat it will be cooked at 100°C give or take.

But since well done steak is supposed to be 71°C, everything hotter than that would sooner or later cook the meat.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Considering that Google says 350°F - 375°F for deep frying and that I am in a °C country, I would lean more this way.

Of course, I have never cooked meat and have no idea what deep frying meat at 180°C would do.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Ah, I don't know about deep frying, I was speaking about boiling, baking, and air frying, rather. Maybe my point is not valid in that case

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Boiling water is extremely dangerous! Water at 140°F (60°C) will cause a serious burn in 3 seconds. Even water at 120°F (49°C) will cause a serious burn within 10 minutes. Source

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

Are you American? 100 degrees celsius is 212 degrees Fahrenheit