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I can't help thinking that the average Slashdot reader has already watched every episode of Good Eats and knows not to do this already.

And if you haven't, that'd be S10E12 - Fry Turkey Fry. Enjoy your next 21 minutes, or read the transcript.

(For anyone just looking for the big fireball, it's at 10:32)

Because, uh, nobody lived in the New World to eat (and breed, corn in particular) that food until the Europeans showed up?

I note, also, that tetanus, botulin, diphtheria, and shiga toxins are all proteins.

Old-style crossbreeding is rather different from some of the stuff we're doing now. Bt (bacillus thuringiensis) proteins, that was never in anything that we ate before. On the one hand, there's all sorts of harmful stuff that we tolerate now and even build up immunity to (here, a great story about nightshade soup, read on down: http://www.goodeatsfanpage.com/References/TheInterviews/DebDuchon1.htm ), on the other hand, profit-oriented business in the US has a long track record of telling us that whatever happens to make money for them is totally harmless. You'd have to be a complete idiot to not be skeptical of whatever happy talk you heard from anyone selling you stuff. Caveat emptor.

I don't know about hamsters but I can answer for dogs. As this post clearly demonstrates, there won't much for scientists to do with a dog's thoughts. The dog's diary however is incomplete as it left off the parts where the dog would obviously --SQUIRREL!!-- meander into other thoughts.

"Jelly is clear, Jam is not. Conserves have nuts, Preserves have chunks and Marmalades always have peel."

Good Eats, "Urban Preservation: Part I"

Heck, that's been done.

Somehow I doubt soaking has any effect on the huge sugar molecules ("oligosaccharide") that causes the Tummy MUsic per Alton Brown.

if everyone was educated who would do the hard labor?

How about the ones who *want* to?

You seem to believe that if everyone gets the same education, that everyone will be a scientist - that's absurd on its face.

I know lots of farmers who actually *enjoy* farming. Or mechanics who enjoy working on cars. Chefs who do it because they enjoy cooking.

I went to school with a straight-A student who became a geophysicist, and quit to become a courier - because he enjoyed driving.

What's wrong with people doing what they enjoy? If you give everyone the chance to become a scientist, not everyone will actually do it. Isn't it better to give the same chance to people who would actually enjoy it and do good at it?

Right and then you would not be able to write OSS to use on that PDA and take advantage of the card. This isn't about getting the specs for the card this is about being able to legally write drivers and software that use the card.

The correct anlogy would be a microwave that would only work with food from certain vendors and I not, for example, with my own pouches

Um, we also need to weigh out five and three quarter ounces of flour. Why weigh? Because, unlike crystalline products like salt and sugar, flour particles can be compacted, ok, and that means you could end up scooping a cup of flour that weighs 3 ½ ounces or 6 ½ ounces and that makes kind of a big difference. -Alton Brown (source)

Ignorance is bliss. Now try to learn something.

Wow, if you're going to be snarky at least get your facts straight.

You're right about the frequency of the microwave oven, but it's not the resonance frequency of water, that's 545GHz.

Microwaves work by electromagnetically vibrating any asymetrical (polar) molecules found in the target foodstuffs. Water is usually a very large percentage of that, but you're just vibrating the molecule, not causing it to resonate. If you did, the water on the outside of the food would absorb all the energy and you'd have a cold center.

Some links:
Microwave tech
Good Eats
Water resonance chart
How Things Work

As for your particular case, it happens that even Alton Brown explained it in the yogurt expisode, which I'll leave you to read or watch at your leisure.

You can usually find transcripts from the show on the Good Eats Fan Page. Complete with links to the recipies over at the food network page.

ITYM this episode.

Lesson #1: Hyperlinks good.
Lesson #2: Linking to page with transcript so he doesn't have to wait for the episode to reair doubly good.

Actually, according to Alton Brown's 'Good Eats' tv show (on the cooking network) espresso coffee has LESS caffeine (per ounce) than regular (lighter roasted) coffee.

The farther you roast coffee the lower in caffeine it becomes. So an Espresso Roast has actually got less caffeine per ounce than the Light City.

See the transcript from his coffee show.

However, brewing strength of espresso and regular coffee depends on your ratio of beans to water. What was that you're saying about "no duh"?

This doesn't answer the submitter's question, but I've made it a daily workday routine to start off with 3 cups of coffee and it gives me the caffiene fix for the rest of the day (tho a good mocha latte calls me from time to time ... Mmmmm ... Chocolate).

Our thanks to the Anal Retentive Chef for his guest editorial.

Come on now... I realize that it's the weekend and all, but honestly....suggestions for teaching board games? I think now we're just posting stories to have new stuff on the front page (please hold all "witty" comments regarding /. & dupes for another thread)

With a story like this, I almost mistook it for an SNL skit Delicious Dish

If you head over to the Good Eats Fan Page you'll find a good FAQ list and a very lengthy, sincere interview by AB.

I'm a fan of the show and I admit I was also disappointed by the short responses. Then I read the fan page interview...the man has worked 6 day weeks on 5 hours of sleep a night since 1999! He's truly committed to doing quality work and it shows. He also has a respectable attitude towards product endorsements. You gotta admire the guy.

Oh yeah, did I mention he's a father too!

Excellent. I've added that to my Good Eats Humor page, Bad Eats division:

Bad Eats

Main page here:
Good Eats Humor Page

Mikemenn
#1 Good Eats Aficionado
http://www.GoodEatsFanPage.com

Excellent. I've added that to my Good Eats Humor page, Bad Eats division:

Bad Eats

Main page here:
Good Eats Humor Page

Mikemenn
#1 Good Eats Aficionado
http://www.GoodEatsFanPage.com

Excellent. I've added that to my Good Eats Humor page, Bad Eats division:

Bad Eats

Main page here:
Good Eats Humor Page

Mikemenn
#1 Good Eats Aficionado
http://www.GoodEatsFanPage.com

ALTON No. [chuckles] Although I did have Golden Age of Wireless when it first came out, but I didn't look anything like Thomas Dolby. I don't think I look anything like Thomas Dolby now. We both have bad haircuts and glasses. Although I often wonder about Thomas, you know. Where did he go? What did he do? He made a lot money there for a few minutes. But, no. No. I am not Thomas Dolby; I'm not related to Thomas Dolby; never met Thomas Dolby. But there are several Blinded Me With Science references in upcoming episodes.

Where are the kitchen scenes from seasons 1 to 4 shot?
They are shot in a real home in the Atlanta area but the house does not belong to Alton.

Where are the kitchen scenes from season 5 and on?
Beginning with season #5, Alton's own production company, Be Squared, began shooting Good Eats. My sources say that they purchased a real house--also in the Atlanta area--solely for use by his company. No one actually lives there.

Many of the answers to some of the questions asked so far can be found at www.altonbrown.com and also at (especially check the FAQS on this site).

I mention this because I'd like to see slashdot add to the internet's collective pool of Alton Brown knowledge, not repeat stuff that we already known.

I think you mean www.goodeatsfanpage.com.

Back in June, Mr. Brown (AB to his friends and fans) went on tour to promote his book. I caught his last stop here in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (It's the hometown of Borders, don'cha know...)

Basically, the guy is just as witty and cool in person as he is on the show. He was obviously a little burnt out from the tour, and there were rumors his marriage was on the rocks, but in every other way he was just... himself. Most celebrities, when you meet them in person, are paler and scabbier and much more socially inept than they ever appear on screen. Not AB. Watching him during the Q&A session was just like watching him on his show -- so much so that I actually got a slight sense of dissociation.

He's going back out on tour again soon. Here are the dates. If you can, go see him. It's definitely worth it.

The best Good Eats site is not at the Food Network's main site. They just warehouse AB's recipes. The best Good Eats site is the Good Eats Fan Page. News, transcripts, FAQs, family tree (no, really ;-) and a complete index of the recipes. Enjoy.

...who in slashdot actually COOKS stuff???

Cooking is science you can eat. There's a lot to like there.