I was looking for a recipe for homemade mayonnaise and stumbled onto this site:
http://www.cookingforengineers.com/
"Have an analytical mind? Like to cook? This is the site to read!"
http://www.cookingforengineers.com/r...ade-Mayonnaise
Loring, is this for you?
What interested me on the name of this site was my perspective of cooking since I was in elementary school (grammar school back then). I have always looked upon "cooking" as an extension of chemistry and physics. Change an atom here and there or an electron or particle and get a different result = In cooking - Change the amount of water or milk, or the liquid ingredient itself and get a different result. Same for temp changes, or order of mixing in some cases, or temp of ingredients when mixing, the waiting times between mixes influences the results too.
AHH, chemistry and physics!
Cooking has always been scientific to me - with the results "usually" being edible and good. I am one of those that when I put my mind to it, I can often duplicate a recipe just by tasting something.
A Simple Recipe With This Thread, - quick easy good tasting SuperBowl snack:
An often used recipe in our family is to make brownies from cake mix - Duncan Hines or Betty Crocker or other. White, yellow, or chocolate or other. Simply change the amount of ingredients (or leave a couple of ingredients out). We call those brownies with white or yellow cake mix - Blond Brownies!
Recipe:
1 box of cake mix
1 egg
1 stick of margarine (melt and let set to room temp)
Mix all three well, looks like cookie dough
Place in an 8 X 8 or 9 X 9 baking dish
Bake for 20 minutes on 350°
Can add walnuts or pecans
Can add an icing
Changes Cake Mix to Brownies - Quick, simple and good - unless you are diabetic!
http://www.cookingforengineers.com/
"Have an analytical mind? Like to cook? This is the site to read!"
http://www.cookingforengineers.com/r...ade-Mayonnaise
Loring, is this for you?
What interested me on the name of this site was my perspective of cooking since I was in elementary school (grammar school back then). I have always looked upon "cooking" as an extension of chemistry and physics. Change an atom here and there or an electron or particle and get a different result = In cooking - Change the amount of water or milk, or the liquid ingredient itself and get a different result. Same for temp changes, or order of mixing in some cases, or temp of ingredients when mixing, the waiting times between mixes influences the results too.
AHH, chemistry and physics!
Cooking has always been scientific to me - with the results "usually" being edible and good. I am one of those that when I put my mind to it, I can often duplicate a recipe just by tasting something.
A Simple Recipe With This Thread, - quick easy good tasting SuperBowl snack:
An often used recipe in our family is to make brownies from cake mix - Duncan Hines or Betty Crocker or other. White, yellow, or chocolate or other. Simply change the amount of ingredients (or leave a couple of ingredients out). We call those brownies with white or yellow cake mix - Blond Brownies!
Recipe:
1 box of cake mix
1 egg
1 stick of margarine (melt and let set to room temp)
Mix all three well, looks like cookie dough
Place in an 8 X 8 or 9 X 9 baking dish
Bake for 20 minutes on 350°
Can add walnuts or pecans
Can add an icing
Changes Cake Mix to Brownies - Quick, simple and good - unless you are diabetic!
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