Tag: <span>science</span>

Tag: science

Beans And Legumes

On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen by Harold McGee

 , , , ,

food and cooking

The cooking time and temperature of the pasta sauce are modified to accommodate the larger volume of food being cooked. The new tomato pasta sauce recipe is cooked using normal kitchen equipment e.g., kitchen scales, saucepan, knife, chopping board, vegetable peeler, wood spoon and hob, to supply round 500g of sauce. The quantities of greens, seasoning and the cooking time and temperature are modified a number of instances earlier than the desired flavour, texture and color is obtained. Cooking due to this fact has a considerable impact on the final sensory (organoleptic), nutritious and well being properties of many different meals.

The main takeaway I obtained from this book is the sheer magnitude of how a lot we as a species shape our meals for our numerous and sometimes competing wants and needs, and have for thousands of years. Animals and plants evolved to survive, not to nourish us.

Another … Read More

Culinary Snack

On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

 , ,

food and cooking

However, as cooking continues, acids in the cells of the fruit or vegetable are released and cause a series response resulting within the conversion of chlorophyll to pheophytin a (a gray-inexperienced colored pigment), or pheophytin b (an olive-inexperienced colored pigment). Over time, the chlorophyll continues to degrade to an eventual yellowish color. Heating causes a complex sequence of bodily and chemical adjustments to happen. These adjustments range depending on the type of meals being cooked and the strategy used to cook dinner it. The modifications could also be advantageous e.g., improving the flavour, texture and colour of the food, or they may be disadvantageous e.g., lowering the nutrient worth of the food, or the generation of undesirable compounds.

Descriptive statistics (proportions testing or t-exams) were used to look at changes in the proportion of respondents who reported house cooking and imply time spent house cooking from 2003 to 2016 (min/per … Read More

Diet Food

On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

 , ,

food and cooking

The major takeaway I received from this book is the sheer magnitude of how a lot we as a species shape our food for our numerous and infrequently competing wants and needs, and have for hundreds of years. Animals and crops developed to survive, to not nourish us.

And for any two meals that technically come from the identical plant or animal, in actuality they arrive from different varieties that have been bred particularly for these meals (corn for consuming plain vs for popping, grapes for wine vs for raisins, cows for meat vs for milk, etc). Strictly talking, then, there’s very little you could say is solely ‘natural’ out there no matter the place you look. So it is not about whether or not or not you need to eat meals taken straight from the bosom of mother nature, it is about in what method and to what extent … Read More