Why should you know how to boil water?
If you are able to boil water, you should then be able to make some other basic things like:
- white rice
- boiled potatoes
- mashed potatoes
- Spaghetti
- Macaroni & Cheese
- hard boiled eggs, etc.
- Macaroni Salad
- Potato Salad
This simple video explains how to boil water with the use of an electric stove or a burner. Do you have a gas stove? Boiling water can be done on a gas stove as well.
Put water in a pot that is larger than the amount of water you need to boil.
Place it on the stove.
Turn on the stove burner – high heat.
You do not need to cover the pot with a lid but it helps it boil faster which will save on your energy costs. It also helps trap the steam inside and conserves the water.
It is boiling when the water is vigorously bubbling.
Boiling is a basic cooking skill that you can use to keep yourself and your family fed. See the list of common foods above that you can make once you are able to confidently boil water.