Can you cook anything at body temperature?

Scott T. Jensen said:

Is there anything that is designed to be cooked at the temperature of the human body?

Not cooked, but certainly melted, as in chocolate or butter. One of their appealing aspects is that
they melt at or below body temperature.

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On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 22:18:24 -0600, "Scott T. Jensen" <[email hidden]>

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Is there anything that is designed to be cooked at the temperature of the human body?

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Scott T. Jensen said:

Is there anything that is designed to be cooked at the temperature of the human body?

The problem with body temp is that bacteria thrive in that range (95-105F or 33-37C) so if
you're cooking anything that could house bacteria, it's got to spend as little time in that
range as possible.

Also "cooking" implies that the addition of heat is required. If you figure that room temp is just
below body temp, then you're not really cooking all that much - sounds more like it's being warmed.
Technically you could cook something by raising its temp a few degrees, but this is a rec group and
not a sci group.

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Is there anything that is designed to be cooked at the temperature of the human body?

A baby (or a bun in the oven)

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Is there anything that is designed to be cooked at the temperature of the human body?

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Scott T. Jensen said:

Is there anything that is designed to be cooked at the temperature of the human body?

Not cooked, but certainly melted, as in chocolate or butter. One of their appealing aspects is
that they melt at or below body temperature.

Just so you know, peanut butter does NOT melt at body temp. I know. I tried it. Oh, what a
mess that was!

Chocolate is much better.....

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Is there anything that is designed to be cooked at the temperature of the human body?

A baby (or a bun in the oven)

Yeah, but look how long it takes to bake!

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Is there anything that is designed to be cooked at the temperature of the human body?

Yoghurt? Cheese?

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Is there anything that is designed to be cooked at the temperature of the human body?

Bacteria generally do very, very well at that temperature.

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Is there anything that is designed to be cooked at the temperature of the human body?

Bacteria generally do very, very well at that temperature.

Oh that was SCARY!!! ;-D

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A baby (or a bun in the oven)

Yeah, but look how long it takes to bake!

Some things work better low and slow.

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Is there anything that is designed to be cooked at the temperature of the human body?

A baby (or a bun in the oven)

Yeah, but look how long it takes to bake!

On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 22:18:24 -0600, "Scott T. Jensen" <[email hidden]>

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Is there anything that is designed to be cooked at the temperature of the human body?

Cheese (and cheese curds) are produced at near-body temperature.

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I would answer "no". Your example of cheese is not really about cooking. It's the action of enzymes
and bacteria that produce the change in structure, not heat. So it's not cooking.

I don't know of anything that would undergo the change in structure that we equate with "cooking"
just by applying body heat.

Christine

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Scott T. Jensen said:

Is there anything that is designed to be cooked at the temperature of the human body?

Cheese (and cheese curds) are produced at near-body temperature.

-sw

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Is there anything that is designed to be cooked at the temperature of the human body?

Fungus and bacteria

On Sun, 4 Jan 2004 23:53:25 -0500, "Christine" <[email hidden]>

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I would answer "no".

Well, it wasn't exactly as much a question as it was a statement.

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Your example of cheese is not really about cooking. It's the action of enzymes and bacteria that
produce the change in structure, not heat. So it's not cooking.

The simlified definition of "cooking" is to prepare food for eating by application of heat. Without
applying heat to milk, it would not become cheese. The enzymatic action is also required, but in
itself does not produce cheese in the absence of sufficient heat.

Heating milk + enzymes into curds fits the definition of cooking.

-sw

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I don't know of anything that would undergo the change in structure that we equate with "cooking"
just by applying body heat.

Christine

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Scott T. Jensen said:

Is there anything that is designed to be cooked at the temperature of the human body?

Cheese (and cheese curds) are produced at near-body temperature.

-sw

Jean Clarke said:

The human body, is just a warm bed for some of the more minute life forms. They eat us while we are
still raw, sort of like breakfast in bed, along with a cruise through the blood stream, and
stopping off at some vital organs for a rollicking good party. Of course, this carnival eventually
leads to their own demise, unless they escape by way of some indecent exposure, to proliferate
again as outrageously as they began!

Nah. I keep 'em down by dousing them in alcohol periodically.

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