Magnolia Table: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering

Magnolia Table: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering by Joanna Gaines has an interesting introduction.

Most people get serious about cooking when they have to feed someone else. One of the time, which this happens is when you are married. I used to think I knew how to cook some vegetables, but after eating them with my husband, I realise I should have scraped those ridge gourds and fuzzy opo before cooking them, so they would cook faster and would go down easy. Gaines share their spaghetti story My husband recalls the first meal I made for him which had two curries both learned from recipes online. He regales friends on how long it took me to make it.

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Leidenfrost effect

I was thinking about how water drops evaporate and came across Leidenfrost effect . A line in that article about dipping wet hands into molten lead made me ask if this is the effect that lets some people dip into boiling vat of oil for picking out pakoras with bare hands . Sure enough

Banana pudding

I went over the roasted banana pudding recipe from yesterday and found it too consuming (shopping time, dishes, baking time), I finally decided on caramelized banana pudding . And meringue making is merry. Flour is used in making the custard. all purpose flour plays the corn starch role of thickening the custard. I used Parle G instead of vanilla wafers.

Chemical study of food

Can you guess the physics experiments that potato chips are put to? Cake recovery. siphon cake The picture of algination looks like people in a line dancing alternately with the next one's hands and legs.

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