Kitchen Terms:Boil

To boil means to cook a liquid over a temperature that allows bubbles to form in the liquid and rise to the surface steadily. If the recipe requests a rolling boil, that is when the bubbles rise so quickly that they can not be stirred down.

Boiling is a term used widely in cooking but you need to be sure to read each recipe closely before preparing to make sure that you boil long enough or short enough achieve the desired results.

When you boil steam is rapidly released into the air and it will evaporate fairly quickly. If you let a recipe boil too long it may boil dry.

NEVER leave a boiling pot unattended.