a bare simmer

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 10:43:12PM -0500, Barbara Need wrote:
> A recipe for a dish I made this evening asked me to "cook [the
> chicken] at a bare simmer". Well, I knew what was meant* but it
> seemed odd to me. On the other hand, Google gives me 1800 hits for
> the phrase!
>
> Is there anyone familiar with this use?

I read a lot of cooking stuff--not like Barry, of course,
but enough--and I think it's very common.

Jesse Sheidlower