Where to defrost your food
The situation: you have some food to defrost, and you’d like to place it on a room-temperature surface, one of the following:
a. the table
b. the counter
c. the cutting board
d. a trivet
Which is best?
The answer: touch each surface with your hand for ten seconds. The one that feels the coldest is the winner. Yes, the coldest. Can you explain it?
Themocracy
The coldest is the best conductor, and therefore the best method by which to draw heat away from an object.