Cooking as Science

Dan Abel said:

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Sheldon said:

On Sep 29, 9:09?pm, maxine in ri <[email hidden]> wrote:
Any public library in the US will have many books about the various
aspects of food science in their reference section... if your
particular library doesn't have the books you want the librarian will
obtain them for you through the inter-library lending system, a
totally free service. Nowadays you can access the list of books on
line.

I could be wrong, but I suspect that Maxine is not trying to teach food
science, but trying to teach science using food as an example. I think
that there is a difference. Maxine didn't specify the age of the
students, but if they are small children, teaching food science isn't
practical. and there are probably little or no facilities.

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No other organization has made greater contributions to the food
sciences than the US military. Every day people consume foods that
were developed in the US military test kitchens. No other culinary
school comes close to those of the US military.

My wife has a degree in chemistry. She worked as a food chemist for the
US Army for seven years. She has taught many kitchen chemistry classes
to elementary kids. It isn't the same.

You obviously haven't been following along, or you would have noted my
previous post: ""Food Science" is a popular degreed dicipline."

And I see no reason that young teens (JHS) can't comprehend the
concepte related to Food Science. Even budgeting is part of Food
Science... from that everyone can benefit greatly.

Sheldon

In article <[email hidden]>,

Sheldon said:

And I see no reason that young teens (JHS) can't comprehend the
concepte related to Food Science. Even budgeting is part of Food
Science... from that everyone can benefit greatly.

Even in first grade?

Dan Abel said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Sheldon said:

And I see no reason that young teens (JHS) can't comprehend the
concepte related to Food Science. Even budgeting is part of Food
Science... from that everyone can benefit greatly.

Even in first grade?

Yes. In grade school, the school did a project where they baked
cookies to sell at the open house. The weny on a field trip to the
grocery store to buy the ingredients. The little ones counted out the
eggs and learned how to measure, the older ones used division,
multiplication, fractions and decimals to figure out how much each
cookie cost them.

maxine in ri

Dee Dee said:

"maxine in ri" <[email hidden]> wrote in messagenews:[email hidden]...
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It wasn't until I read McGee, Corriher, and watched Alton Brown that
what was going on when i applied heat or mixed liquids and dry items
began to make sense, and I learned how to cook rather than just follow
a recipe.

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maxine in ri

I note that McGee's book was revised in 2004 (from 1984). I wondered
whether he had changed his mind on certain things.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_McGee
"McGee's science-based approach to cooking has been embraced and popularized
by chefs and authors such as Heston Blumenthal, Alton Brown, Shirley
Corriher, and Russ Parsons."

I can't remember the discussion regarding Shirley Corriher when her latest
(or only?) book came out about 5 years ago? about some things being in
error, or that she didn't know what she was talking about, etc. Whether that
was on this group or not, I can't recall.
I tried to read it, but with that thought in mind, I just couldn't take it
too seriously.

I've not heard of Heston Blumenthal nor Russ Parsons. But I'll keep my eye
out for them.

But, Alton Brown, geez, I love what he does, or has done -- is he doing any
regular shows anymore -- hope he hasn't turned into another Bourdain -- I
need him.

A new episode "Bean Stalker", about green beans, particularly the
casserole, will be shown on November 07, 2007. As for everything
else, his contract is ending soon, and he makes no money on Good Eats
broadcasts since he spends the entire Food Network budget on producing
the episodes. He only makes money on books, DVD sales, and his
appearances on other shows and elsewhere.

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A new episode "Bean Stalker", about green beans, particularly the
casserole, will be shown on November 07, 2007. As for everything
else, his contract is ending soon, and he makes no money on Good Eats
broadcasts since he spends the entire Food Network budget on producing
the episodes. He only makes money on books, DVD sales, and his
appearances on other shows and elsewhere.

Thanks for the heads-up on 11-7-07. Wonder if they'll keep his recipes on
the site.

I've been wondering about that with Mario's, too. I have been watching
Mario's old shows on FLIVING Channel 113, here, broadcast twice a day.
Mario still has one program on the food network on Monday's.

I like Alton's shows better than his books. I've not bought any. Too bad
his shows were not profitable for him.

--
Dee Dee
"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy
enough people to make it worth the effort."

Dan Abel said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Sheldon said:

And I see no reason that young teens (JHS) can't comprehend the
concepte related to Food Science. Even budgeting is part of Food
Science... from that everyone can benefit greatly.

Even in first grade?

Especially in first grade. It's because young kids aren't taught
budgeting is why so many grow up to be indebted losers. There is no
reason whatsoever that anyone in the US should be in debt, other than
because of their own weak minded stupidity.