On 2/14/2011 10:12 AM, Vic Smith wrote:
On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:03:53 -0500, "
wrote:

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BTW, why is called pre-heating? pre means before. We're not doing
anything "before" heating the oven, we're just *heating* the oven as
soon as we turn it on.

Bringing the oven up to temp before putting the food in the oven.

You mean pre-heating?

--Vic

"Pre-" being afore ya put the food into the warm (not hot yet) oven. If
the oven heats slowly, it might dry out some foods too much if put into
the oven before it reaches the right temp.