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Turkey Day Chemistry in the Kitchen

Posted by samzenpus on from the obligatory-story dept.

instupor writes "Just in time for the holiday, PopSci runs through the food science behind moist turkey, perfect potatoes and flaky pie crust. Besides the actual "why," the article explains how to apply the scientific principals in your own kitchen."

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  1. oh noes by telchine · · Score: 5, Funny

    My mother's banned me from doing science experiments ever since the last "incident". :(

  2. "apply principals"? by phaunt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do the recipes actually include smearing headmasters over the turkey, or was 'principles' meant?

  3. What's the number? by FredDC · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... how to apply the scientific principals in your own kitchen ...


    What's the number of the poison control center again?
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  4. Re:Cooking is science by should_be_linear · · Score: 2, Funny

    In the end, art is just applied science, but with wildly varying parameters, so it takes a very complex measuring instrument to appreciate the results.

    Is it another way of saying "Art is cool but I just don't have fucking idea why!".

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  5. Re:What the hell by CmdrGravy · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's some sort of festival they have in the US. I think the Turkey is the national bird over there and by eating it they hope to assume some of it's qualities. Backwards and primitive though it may seem to European eyes it does seem to work.

  6. Math by Thanshin · · Score: 2, Funny

    Let's assume T is a perfectly spherical turkey...

  7. Re:What the hell by StormyWeather · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually I think the Turkey was 2nd runner up to be the national bird, but the bald eagle won out.

  8. Re:Physics by Bazman · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ah, friction physics jokes:

    Q. Which is the slipperiest cat?

    A. The one with the lowest 'mew'.

  9. Bastards... by bigstrat2003 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm at work this morning, and now I'm hungry, you insensitive clods! :(

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  10. Re:What the hell by skoaldipper · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ever try chasing down a bald eagle with a fork and knife?

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  11. Re:Sniveling little whiners? by TheRaven64 · · Score: 4, Funny

    My dear boy, I have to comment, because this is just such a superb way of beginning a post it deserves mod points irrespective of what else you say. In my mind, the rest of it was read by Noël Coward.

    I'm British You know, I'd never have guessed. There is such a thing as labouring a point, my good fellow.
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  12. Shouldn't the Slashdot subtitle today be ... by pauljlucas · · Score: 5, Funny

    Turkey for nerds. Stuffing that matters. :)

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  13. Re:Why turkey? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Wait: are you supposed to kill the goose before you put it in the oven?