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  • May 7, 2010, 11:54 PM
    Clough
    When Baking, is "High Altitude" Considered to be from Sea Level or Ground Level?
    Hi, All!

    The title is my basic question.

    I see this a lot on the packages of things that we might bake about options to use if we would like what we might bake to be a certain way according to whether we're baking at a high altitude or not.

    Where I live, we're over 5,000 feet above sea level. For every box I've seen of something to bake, that would be considered to be a high altitude, if the measurement is taking from sea level.

    So, how is altitude figured when baking something? Is it from sea level or ground level, please?

    Thanks!
  • May 8, 2010, 06:49 AM
    Fr_Chuck

    It is all based on sea level, ground level is always ground level unless you are baking in an airplane.
  • May 8, 2010, 12:33 PM
    Clough
    Oops! I was incorrect about the elevation around here! We're actually around (+ or -) 600' above sea level.

    Thanks!

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