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July is our warmest month, its steamy days and sticky nights giving us a little taste of the tropics. When we look for ways to beat July’s heat, we often end up in the water – sprinklers, backyard pools, or one of Michigan’s many lakes. So let’s take a few minutes on this hot July day to think about how cool water is.
While water does cool food by pulling heat out, you don’t have to run the water directly on the food. What’s wrong with a few minutes in the cool air, or at least a flavorful dip? To cool his pizza down quickly, user DaddyRavioli's husband rinses it with water. (Here's the video, if you dare.) While there are lots of reasons this sounds positively disgusting— mmm, soggy pizza crust with coagulated oil and grease—we couldn’t help but wonder if this pizza pioneer’s logic is actually sound. Let’s just get something out of the way very quickly here: There’s no scientific reason t...