Questions tagged [physics]
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Cracked oven proof dish - trying to understand the physics of what went wrong
I was baking bread for the first time in years the other day, and the instructions said put a baking tray full of water in the bottom of the oven. I didn't have a metal baking tray, so I put a ceramic ovenproof dish in the oven, and let it warm up.…
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How does deglazing work?
If you put a steak or a chicken into a hot pan which is not completely non-stick, it is likely to stick to it a bit and leave a residue when you flip it. That is our fond.
Later we deglaze the pan by adding some liquid which causes all of the small…
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What is the polymorph reached by letting the chocolate cool down?
I'm learning the physics of the chocolate and experimenting with tempering.
If you just melt the chocolate and then you let it cool down at room temperature you haven't tempered it of course. So it's not the V form.
But all the other polymorphs seem…
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Chocolate won't melt
I'm trying to melt some Belcolate Vietnam 45 milk chocolate, pictured below
in order to make it easy I decided to just put some pieces in a small pot and put it in the oven at a low temperature (this chocolate melts at 40-45 degrees C) for hours,…
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Oven spring:release of CO2 in to the surrounding gas cells?
I’m recently reading an article about bread science https://www.researchgate.net/publication/370828942),and there is one section dealing with the physical changes of the dough during oven spring ,among others there is a statement which indicates…
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Instrument to detect food composition and preparation techniques based on physically sensed molecules?
I was wondering whether it is possible to devise an instrument (or whether anything has been devised), that can be inserted (like a thermometer/receptor/detector), into a food (such as a soup (or other)), that can be used to figure out the…
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How does ice cube bag work
An ice cube bag allows pouring water in and when turning an filled bag upside down, the bag seals itself. What is the physics behind it?
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