Culinary Myth #17: Cold oil in a hot skillet? Um, not really.
Bruce and Mark wrote the entertaining and informative LOBSTERS SCREAM WHEN YOU BOIL THEM and 100 OTHER CULINARY MYTHS. In these short episodes of their podcast they debunk another piece of kitchen wisdom that's been handed down but has nothing to back it up. This episode tackles the theory that you're always supposed to add cold oil to a hot skillet.