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Chefs Preview Surface Tension-Based Cocktail Garnishes
carmendrahl writes "Last fall, MIT researchers made news for developing two bioinspired cocktail toppers-- a moving cocktail boat and a floral pipette-- in collaboration with James Beard Award-winning chef José Andrés. Both the boat and floral pipette operate by taking advantage of surface tension-- either to propel the boat forward or to keep small drops of liquid inside the flower's petals. Some of those early garnishes were nominally edible. But to make them worthy of a restaurant debut requires balancing of flavors, temperature, density, and alcohol content, among other factors. Here's a look inside Andrés' company ThinkFoodGroup to see how the project is coming along. The toppers aren't available to the public just yet."
There are numerous advantages to science classes to take place in bars. Top argument would be the increased interest.
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As long as you don't formulate and drive.
Back when I was a kid there were these little toys you could put in a bowl of water, add a drop of vegetable oil to and watch them zip around until the surface of water molecules and been evenly overlaid with a uniform layer of oil.
I see petals, blooms or leafs drop into pools do this at times while out on a hike or in a park.
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There are numerous advantages to science classes to take place in bars. Top argument would be the increased interest.
Science applied to make your choice of intoxicant more fun is always a plus.
Generally, when I've done something with a drink in a pub, which confounds and amazes, I proclaim "It's SCIENCE! Drink up!"
Cheers!
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Makes formulating rather difficult, while driving or not.
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Fun fact: Time wasted by having to deal with concern trolls like you is the main reason why cancer hasn't been eradicated yet.
Surely this means that all world hunger and nutrition issues across the globe have been solved, now that corporations are pouring millions into 3D cocktail garnish R&D, right?
It'll all be upset by the second coming of Prohibition.
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If it makes money then DO IT.
Or as my english teacher said as she poured everyone another Johnny Walker: Drink up! That's liquid culture!
bickerdyke
Think how many present countries and/or past civilizations would stand mouth agape at our excesses.
Good times.
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Surely this means that all world hunger and nutrition issues across the globe have been solved, now that corporations are pouring millions into 3D cocktail garnish R&D, right?
Yes, it's frivolous, but it's interesting. Unless everything you do every day drives towards those goals, you're a hypocrite.
Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
HAHA. I'm sure these cute little toppers will be available to the public once the technology is patented and licensed.
(yes, this post is a troll)
Of course! If it weren't surely you'd be too busy working on that problem to make this post, right?
There are numerous advantages to science classes to take place in bars. Top argument would be the increased interest.
Science applied to make your choice of intoxicant more fun is always a plus.
Yea, but if your choice of intoxicant needs to be made more fun, you're not doing something right.
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Wow, AC totally flubbed that joke.
"Don't Drink and Derive!"
There, was that so hard?
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This will go over really well in the Capitol of Panem.
So did my Kindergarten teacher.
I don't doubt it.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Well, believe it or not, (probably not if you're from the US) but school can be quite relaxed if students are past legal drinking age.
I don't know how other schools handles it, but ours had a tradition of out-of-school meetings/party/BBQ with students and teachers during the last two years of school. Not too exciting if you know that we were around 19/20 then and a legal age of 18 for alcohol consumption.
bickerdyke
Manhattans and martinis aside, cocktails are for faggots.
I'm on psychiatric medicine, so I avoid alcohol for safety reasons. But I'm sure I'd love to experience something like this. Maybe soon there will be a version for people who aren't smashed?
As if prissy wasn't prissy enough.