Today we learned about protein, gums, emulsifiers, and additives. You could tell the timbre of the room, when the gums talk was over, the heretofore mum crowd was clamouring with questions. Goes to show you what the food industry is all about: fillers.
Processed food is an elaborate, highly choreographed dance with chemicals. Tread carefully.
My buddy in the course is Hans, a retired food scientist from Pennsylvania. He is Woody Allen if he had worked for Kraft instead. He's got a New York twang, and an anecdote for every iconic processed food from the past 35 years. Infact, he developed not only Tang and Popping Rocks, but Fruity Pebbles, too.
Yet another grant was rejected for my research program. I'm trying to continue, but on what?
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Am I nuts? I'm jealous of you and your buddy Hans, he sounds quite fasinating. Tang! Pop rocks! Oh those illusive treats from my childhood that were forbidden but longed for!
ReplyDeleteI saw part of a tv show last night that was about molecular cooking. It would have been up your alley.
ReplyDeleteOne of the demonstrations was putting some apple cider (with a few spices added in a balloon and gently blowing in a bit of nitrogen gas, then dipping the now enlarged balloon and rolling it on the surface of liquid nitrogen. Then the balloon was submerged for a few second and frozen. The balloon was then cut off and the resulting hollow ball could be broken and eaten. I think you could use it as a dish and fill itn with something cold .
The taster said it was good.
I don't know about you M but Thanks for the tip MOm, I'm going to get right on that balloon ball today! It's apple cider balls for dessert all around in Kelowna tonight!
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