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Molecular Gastronomy, The Science of Cooking

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the frozen-pizzas-just-don't-cut-it-anymore dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "The Art of Cooking is evolving fast in this 21st century. New food products are being designed with the help of molecular technology, genetic discoveries or space research before arriving in our kitchens. For example, here is a Pravda article which says that NASA is preparing sandwiches which will still be edible after seven years. Companies like Kraft are also using nanotechnology to create food products tailored to users' needs. This is a booming market and, according to Associated Press, dozens of universities in the U.S. are offering degrees in culinology, attracting creative students in their food and science programs."

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  1. 7 years? pfft.... by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hah! I can make sandwiches that are edible RIGHT NOW!

    I better put that in my resume... brb.

  2. Should read: NASA is preparing sandwiches... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    NASA is preparing sandwiches which will still be inedible after seven years. And they borrowed this technology from my local high school. They should coat the shuttle with these monstrosities.

  3. 7 year old sandwiches... by cwest · · Score: 5, Funny

    this is obviously based on failed experiments by the airlines.

  4. Re:7 Year Old Sandwich by Kohath · · Score: 5, Funny

    But Fry got parasites that made him a superman...

    Damn cartoon mixed-messages! Be consistent!

  5. The science of cooking by GillBates0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Roland Piquepaille with Herbed Tomato Sauce

    INGREDIENTS:

    250 pounds Roland Piquepaille
    1 cup article excerpts
    1/8 teaspoon finely chopped original contributions.
    1 primidi.com blog
    1 popular techie website

    PREPARATION:

    Wash Roland Piquepaille; pat dry. Season with 1 cup copy pasted excerpts from article. Mix in 1/8th teaspoon finely chopped original comments. Heat 3 tablespoons oil in a large skillet or Dutch oven and cook until evenly brown. Link to blog and submit to popular techie website.

    Best served hot. Serves ~90,000.

    --
    An Indian-American Hindu committed to non-violent thought/speech/action alarmed by the global explosion of radical Islam
  6. You ever *see* a 7-year-old twinkee? by schon · · Score: 4, Funny

    I worked at a convenience store when I was younger - on one of the shelves we discovered a twinkee that was 6 years old. Still wrapped in plastic, the thing was as hard as a rock (literally.)

    We threw it as hard as we could at the arborite countertop. The arborite chipped, but the twinkee was unscathed.

    We hit it with a hammer. Repeatedly. It wouldn't break.

    We debated selling them to the military as a new armor-piercing shell.