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Originally Posted by Goliath
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Originally Posted by peer
When the oven is being heated, the food is in three possible states:
1) it is in the oven.
2) it is not in the oven.
3) it is being entered into the oven.
If preheating occurs, then only 2) is a valid state. If heating occurs, then 1), 2) & 3) are valid states.
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Again, you're wrong. If you are heating the oven, then it isn't heated yet. Therefore options 1 and 3 don't make sense unless you wish to incorrectly cook whatever it is that you intend to cook. |
Hey,
Unless, of course, certain dishes specifically require being placed into an oven while its heating up, and not when it heats up. Also, seeing as cooking manuals and thier ilk are usually written so that they can be used by a broad range of people, the usage of 'preheat' also significantly reduces this ambiguity to those that don't know much about cooking.
Cheers,