The other day a friend of mine who just moved back from Italy was complaining that she was having trouble getting a big pot of water to boil. Since we got here my wife has been saying the same thing. You know, at first I thought she was crazy but the other day I too couldn't seem to get the pot of water boiling to make some pasta. What's going on with this? Does the gas here burn cooler? is the atmospheric pressure in the tropics greater? Any physicists out there with a penchant for cooking? Or maybe my stove just needs some adjusting, it seems to have a big flame. Any thoughts?
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