Skip to content
Facebook
Facebook
NomNomenon
Skip to content
  • About Me!
  • Contact Me
  • Search
Home Posts tagged "water" (Page 3)

Tag: water

Water you cooking?

Molecular weight. Conduction. Evaporation. And how water is so important to cooking.

 

Role of water in cooking Continue reading…

Popcorn-fession: We are actually acrobats.

Thickness. Starch. Mechanics. And why popcorn kernels pop and hop when heated.

popcorn - why they pop and hop

 

Continue reading…

“Are you straight?”

Amylose. Molecular structure. Retrogradation. And why some foods with sauces are best served hot.

 

straight chained amylose in Bechamel sauce used to make croquettes Continue reading…

Water you mean you like me a blot?

Latent heat. Evaporation. Maillard reaction. And why we blot meats before we cook them.

 

blot water off raw meat and Maillard reaction

Continue reading…

Be rice to me!

Short grain. Medium grain. Long grain. And what rice grains are used in different foods.

 

medium rice grains - paella

 

Continue reading…

Su-shi told us we should stick together.

Bonds. Water. Starch. And the science of sushi’s sticky rice.

 

science of sticky rice in sushi

Continue reading…

The temperature rices.

Thermostats. Latent heat. Culture. And how science gets steamy with culture in rice cookers.

Photo of rice cooker with lid open showing cooked rice

Continue reading…

You crack meat up.

Cells. Crystals. Freezing. And why fresh meat trumps frozen.

 

Two pieces of frozen meat with funny eyes and one cracking the other up Continue reading…

Get fresh. 

Crystals. Pores. Density. And how to pick up the right egg with one simple trick.

Eggs kissing with an explanation about how to pick up fresh eggs using the science of crystals, pores and porosity and density Continue reading…

Feeling negative? 
Mayo control your emulsions.

Shearing. Suspension. Stability. And how to make water and oil get along.

Use Egg Yolks to Mix Water and Oil to Make Mayonnaise

Continue reading…

1234
  • Starters!

    Multi-generation family having a delicious dinner with starters and courses - aerial shot

    New here? Why not start here?

  • Specials: Spaghetti!

    Brittle Spaghetti Becomes Ductile as it Boils in Water The truth about spaghetti, noodles and what some call mee!!  
  • Specials: Surprise Me!

    Bananas Ripened by Giving Off Ethylene GasGuess how often we have hydrocarbons in our food?  
  • Explore by Searching!

  • Explore by Posts!

    • When You Can’t Sleep And Just Eat Instead…
    • Owl’s the sound from the satellite?
    • The art of plating: a point-by-point color guide.
    • Go plated.
    • There and back again – a saucy tale.
  • Explore by Concepts!

    alcohol amino acids bacteria boiling caramelization carbon dioxide chemical bonds collagen colors conduction convection cross-links crystals culture denature design dough eggs energy enzymes evaporation evolution fats force gas geography heat heat transfer levers light Maillard reactions meat melting oxygen pressure proteins radiation rice salt solubility starch steam sugars temperature water
  • Explore by Posts!

    • When You Can’t Sleep And Just Eat Instead…
    • Owl’s the sound from the satellite?
    • The art of plating: a point-by-point color guide.
    • Go plated.
    • There and back again – a saucy tale.
    • Have salt will travel.
    • Wanna gas which beers have balls?
    • The whole tooth and nothing but the tooth about fluorine.
    • If I micelle so, you are looking fat and white.
    • Take my breath away.
  • Explore by Concepts!

    alcohol amino acids bacteria boiling caramelization carbon dioxide chemical bonds collagen colors conduction convection cross-links crystals culture denature design dough eggs energy enzymes evaporation evolution fats force gas geography heat heat transfer levers light Maillard reactions meat melting oxygen pressure proteins radiation rice salt solubility starch steam sugars temperature water
we are all nomnomenon
hands that feed - finger licking good - fork in the road
Facebook
Powered by Tempera & WordPress.
 

Loading Comments...