What exactly is *pre*heating?

Davlo said:

Can someone explain how you pre heat an oven?

This old whine again? Why do you care? It's idiomatic English. Do you
actually have trouble understanding it?

Brian

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won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

Davlo said:

Can someone explain how you *pre* heat an oven? You either heat it up or
not. You don't Pre-boil a pot of water, or pre-wash some vegetables.
Pre-heat...sheesh, gimme a break.

It works for most people. You turn the oven on and heat it up to the
required cooking temperature so that is ready to throw in what ever you
cooking.

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Davlo said:

Can someone explain how you pre heat an oven?

This old whine again? Why do you care? It's idiomatic English. Do you
actually have trouble understanding it?

Yes, I do have trouble understanding it. Once it's preheated, do I turn it
off and then back on to the actual required temperature. Also, I wonder if
it's really necessary to lather, rinse and then *repeat* when I shampoo my
hair. Do you have any pearls of wisdom on this dilemma too? Thanks for your
enlightening edification. You rool dude!! Oh, and is idiomatic like idiotic?
Please clarify (not like the butter).

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Davlo said:

Can someone explain how you *pre* heat an oven? You either heat it up or
not. You don't Pre-boil a pot of water, or pre-wash some vegetables.
Pre-heat...sheesh, gimme a break.

It works for most people. You turn the oven on and heat it up to the
required cooking temperature so that is ready to throw in what ever you
cooking.

Why doesn't this work for *all* people? How do you know it works for most
people? Have you asked? I didn't get that memo.

Davlo said:

Can someone explain how you *pre* heat an oven? You either heat it up or
not. You don't Pre-boil a pot of water, or pre-wash some vegetables.
Pre-heat...sheesh, gimme a break.

Why are you called a troll when you probably don't live under a
bridge?

(And is it improper for a cooking board to not feed you?)

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Can someone explain how you *pre* heat an oven? You either heat it up or not. You
don't Pre-boil a pot of water, or pre-wash some vegetables. Pre-heat...sheesh,
gimme a break.

Pre- as a prefix generally indicates something BEFORE. Since you are heating the oven
BEFORE using it to bake/roast/whatever, you are PRE-heating it. Simple.

Davlo said:

Can someone explain how you *pre* heat an oven? You either heat it up or
not. You don't Pre-boil a pot of water, or pre-wash some vegetables.
Pre-heat...sheesh, gimme a break.

Do anything you want to do, and have all the breaks you need.

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Davlo said:

Can someone explain how you *pre* heat an oven? You either heat it up or
not. You don't Pre-boil a pot of water, or pre-wash some vegetables.
Pre-heat...sheesh, gimme a break.

Why are you called a troll when you probably don't live under a
bridge?

(And is it improper for a cooking board to not feed you?)

Geez - let's all take ourselves so seriously. I guess a little attempt at
levity is something that some people can't fathom.

Davlo said:

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Davlo said:

Can someone explain how you pre heat an oven?

This old whine again? Why do you care? It's idiomatic English. Do
you actually have trouble understanding it?

Yes, I do have trouble understanding it.

I don't believe you.

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Once it's preheated, do I
turn it off and then back on to the actual required temperature.

Nonsense. If it doesn't instruct you to change the temperature, why
would you?

Only by being perverse (which you can do with almost any English
sentence) can you pretend to have trouble with it.

Brian

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If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

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Can someone explain how you *pre* heat an oven? You either heat it up or
not. You don't Pre-boil a pot of water, or pre-wash some vegetables.
Pre-heat...sheesh, gimme a break.

If that's a problem for you, come to Canada, where people routinely remove
food from the deep freeze to de-thaw, or to un-thaw...

And the streets are paved with ash-phalt...

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Can someone explain how you *pre* heat an oven? You either heat it up
or not. You don't Pre-boil a pot of water, or pre-wash some
vegetables. Pre-heat...sheesh, gimme a break.

Do you use a HotWater Heater?
Why would you heat hot water?

BOB

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Can someone explain how you *pre* heat an oven? You either heat it up or
not. You don't Pre-boil a pot of water, or pre-wash some vegetables.
Pre-heat...sheesh, gimme a break.

I do lot of "pre-eating."

I eat before breakfast. I eat before lunch. I eat before dinner.

I also eat before I go to bed but that is not technically "pre-eating."

Mitch

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Can someone explain how you *pre* heat an oven? You either heat it up
or not. You don't Pre-boil a pot of water, or pre-wash some
vegetables. Pre-heat...sheesh, gimme a break.

Do you use a HotWater Heater?
Why would you heat hot water?

BOB

Because if you didn't heat it you would have COLD water.

Mitch

And what exactly is pre-boarding an airplane? Does it have the same
time dynamics as pre-heating?
http://chefofsteel.blogspot.com/

Davlo said:

Can someone explain how you *pre* heat an oven? You either heat it up or
not. You don't Pre-boil a pot of water, or pre-wash some vegetables.
Pre-heat...sheesh, gimme a break.

Dear Davlo:
I see you are getting a nitwit answer(s), trying to make YOU look like
the nitwit.

However, in newer (I don't know how new) conventional/convection
ovens, the answer is:

"While in a preheat mode, the convection fan will reach it's target
temperature faster."

This is different than just pressing or turning a knob to a certain
'bake' temperature.
HTH

Dee Dee

Dee Dee said:

Davlo said:

Can someone explain how you *pre* heat an oven? You either heat it up or
not. You don't Pre-boil a pot of water, or pre-wash some vegetables.
Pre-heat...sheesh, gimme a break.

Dear Davlo:
I see you are getting a nitwit answer(s), trying to make YOU look like
the nitwit.

However, in newer (I don't know how new) conventional/convection
ovens, the answer is:

"While in a preheat mode, the convection fan will reach it's target
temperature faster."

This is different than just pressing or turning a knob to a certain
'bake' temperature.
HTH

Dee Dee

I failed to mention also, that when the recipe says to 'preheat the
oven,' that is an indication that the pan/dish will go into a 'hot
oven,' as opposed to an oven that has not been heated to temperature.

Dee Dee

Davlo said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Can someone explain how you *pre* heat an oven? You either heat it up or
not. You don't Pre-boil a pot of water, or pre-wash some vegetables.
Pre-heat...sheesh, gimme a break.

It works for most people. You turn the oven on and heat it up to the
required cooking temperature so that is ready to throw in what ever you
cooking.

Why doesn't this work for *all* people? How do you know it works for most
people? Have you asked? I didn't get that memo.

I dunno. Maybe it's because some people are a little dense.

Davlo said:

Can someone explain.

Um, pre heating = foreplay.

Sheldon

and a "near miss".. shouldn't that be a "hit" or a "near hit"?

Davlo said:

Can someone explain how you *pre* heat an oven? You either heat it up
or not. You don't Pre-boil a pot of water, or pre-wash some
vegetables. Pre-heat...sheesh, gimme a break.