Steven Slap just told me more about that mysterious brown box in the kitchen 
that gets the food so appallingly hot, than I ever knew in my life.

Bearing in mind that the only stupid question is the one not asked: >>Take 1 
L of distilled water at room temperature and measure the temperature with an 
immersion thermometer.<< Steve, that's a Celsius (Centigrade) thermometer, 
isn't it? - I'm tempted to ask how you derive that finagle factor of 35.

Bob Richmond
Samurai Pathologist
Knoxville TN