Sorry, I made my point poorly. :smack:
What I meant was this: Boiling water removes SOME of the dissolved oxygen -
reboiling removes MORE and it’s this that affects the taste. Reboiling AGAIN
will taste even worse.
Sure, there are those who say they’ve never noticed a difference, but that
doesn’t mean there isn’t a difference in taste, it simply means that these
poor people are unable to tell the difference. This could be due to a poorly
developed palate, a lack of observational skills or perhaps they’re
smokers (or just ‘simple’?) who knows?
The thing is, we need to be VERY wary of the lazy, illogical, existential notion of
“If I didn’t see it/touch it/taste it, then it doesn’t exist”. My mother lived in Romania
during the '50s and SWORE there was no Russian influence in Romanian politics,
and NO Hungarian revolution - simply because she (a) saw no Russians, and (b)
heard nothing about the uprising in Budapest.
Facts are facts, perceptions can lead us to facts, but they are not facts themselves.
Anyway, if you’ve REALLY not noticed it, try this test.
(1) Fill a cup with cold tap water. Put it to one side and label it (A)
(2) Boil some water.
(3) Fill another cup with this water. Label it (B)
(4) Reboil the remaining water.
(5) Fill another cup with this water. Label it (C)
(6) Leave all cups to cool.
(7) When all cups are at the same room temperature, drink from each one.
(8) Each cup WILL taste differently. The boiled water will most likely taste flat,
dead, dull. (A) will taste better than (B) and (B) will taste better than (C).
(9) If you still don’t notice a difference, might I suggest you never ever
eat at good restaurants or buy good quality food. There’s no point, it’s
wasted on you!
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NOTE: It’s important to note that we’re talking about dissolved oxygen, and not the oxygen that makes up the H2O molecules. ![:slight_smile: :slight_smile:](https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/slight_smile.png?v=10)