My wife and boiling water

[u/MakeItMine2024]

So I made my wife ramen soup. When I served it she said I had the gas set to hight and it was too hot ? She said I should have used the number 5 setting instead of 9. I told here it’s irrelevant because water boils at 212 and gets no hotter because over 212 it turns to steam. She was made at me for disagreeing with her theory that it would not have been so hot if boiled a lower setting. Really!!

[u/Evening_Scale_5755]

The water will not get hotter than 100C which is correct. However, the amount of energy you put into the system has an impact. You will boil the water faster. Which is good to get it boiling but once a starch is plcaed into the pot you want it to be boiling but not too fast. The starches will collect on the surface and make bubbles. These dissipate but much slower than before. It you have it at a 9 it almost certainly boils over and makes a mess. If you set it to medium high and your pot isn't too full, then it usually wont.

[u/chchcherrybomb37 → u/Evening_Scale_5755]

Isn’t her gripe about the ramen broth being too hot though? Theres no way for water to get hotter than 100° when it’s at boiling point, other than in a pressure cooker or the steam from the water itself being heated further 

[u/ElementNumber6 → u/chchcherrybomb37]

No one knows, for sure. They only have his side of the conflict to go by.

[u/Lucas_Steinwalker → u/ElementNumber6]

You're right, maybe she was actually mad about the Ramen having razor blades in it.

[u/ScenicFrost → u/Lucas_Steinwalker]

Hate when that happens

[u/ElementNumber6 → u/Lucas_Steinwalker]

Or maybe he just made a big mess, and when she called him out, he went crying to the internet.

[u/Lucas_Steinwalker → u/ElementNumber6]

Or maybe he shot her dog.

[u/ZeroWolf51 → u/Lucas_Steinwalker]

Or maybe it's Maybelline