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Food and Nutrition

Coagulate

Verb

to coagulate

1. To cause to congeal, to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.

   In cheese making Rennet causes milk to coagulate into curds that become cheese.

2. (intransitive) To become coagulated, congealed

Antonyms

• Dissolve, melt

Hmm…

Coagulation

Noun

coagulation

1. the process by which blood forms solid clots
2. similar solidification of other materials (e.g. of tofu).

The combination of the two definitions and the antonyms make the true meaning of the term clearer. Coagulation appears to be the thickening of a liquid to a sort of semi solid, runny, goopy, gloopy, gloppy (lol, love the adjectives) mass. I imagine it feels something like putty, only runnier. I can imagine a substance that it feels like however i do not know what it is called.

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Gelatinize

Verb

to gelatinize

1. 1. to cause to become gelatinous.
   2. to become gelatinous.

      We allow that to cook long enough to gelatinize so we can mix it easily.

This appears to mean that the substance becomes jiggly like jello…a key ingredient in jello is gelatin anyways.

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Caramelization

Noun

caramelization

1. (cooking) The process that converts sugars into caramel; the process of caramelizing.
2. (cooking) The browning of sugars by heat.

   Slowly cooking the onions will cause caramelization which will bring out the sweetness and give them a brown color.

This is a simple enough definition, it doesn’t need an explanation.

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Thoughts on coagulation, gelatinization and caramelization

I really don’t have any comments, these are simple enough concepts. My real comments will be valuable when i get onto the math, biology, chemistry and i/t. Those, i think, are my strongest subjects.

Food and Nutrition

Noun

Gluten

The major protein in cereal grains, especially wheat; responsible for the elasticity in dough and the structure in baked bread.

Gluten is a protein found in wheat. It plays a major part in the formation of the cake structure, and it is what causes cakes to have that particular shape and texture

My Thoughts About Gluten and Additional Information

Hmm…not many comments on this topic. Did you know that legend attributes the discovery of gluten to Buddhist monks in 7th century China who sought meat-like ingredients for use in their vegetarian diet? With easily available wheat flour and water they made a dough which they submerged in cold water and kneaded. The water dissolved the starchy components of the dough and left behind an insoluble, gummy mass, 70% to 80% of which was gluten.

How interesting…it sounds like a forerunner to tofu, especially the “insoluble, gummy mass” description. Tee-Hee. Tofu doesn’t taste bad though…

Centrifugation

The process in which mixtures are separated using the centripetal force generated by spinning in a centrifuge (from a wikitonary article, centrifugation)
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the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation (from a wikitonary article, centripetal force)
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device for separation of substances (from a wikitonary article, centrifuge)
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The process in which mixtures are separated using the force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation  generated by spinning in a device for separation of substances. (My combination of all three definitions from Wikitonary, the free Wikepedia dictionary.

This is what I have managed to extract from wikepedia about centrifigation. Centrifigation is the process that is used to extract gluten from wheat. It is basically the process described above: With easily available wheat flour and water they made a dough which they submerged in cold water and kneaded. The water dissolved the starchy components of the dough and left behind an insoluble, gummy mass, 70% to 80% of which was gluten.Can you believe that’s all they meant? All that trouble to say that they stuck the wheat in water and kneaded it.

The Recurring Theme Of The Week

“Don’t you know that there is an economic crisis going on?”

Every single day of my life, my dad finds some reason to point this out. Need a new sketch pad? “Don’t you know that there is an economic crisis going on?” Comment that your current computer is slow and old, and even though it works a new one would be nice? “Don’t you know that there is an economic crisis going on?” Observe that the birds might like a different kind of food that just happens to be more expensive? “Don’t you know that there is an economic crisis going on?” Decide that you are full and will put up the rest of your food until tomorrow? “Don’t you know that there is an economic crisis going on?” Over and over and over again. Oh Lord, deliver me…

Shakespear is a horrible thing, when you try to understand the language. Yus. Now, tell me what this means:

[Enter SIR ANDREW AGUE-CHEEK.]

AGUE-CHEEK.
Sir Toby Belch! how now, Sir Toby Belch!

SIR TOBY.
Sweet Sir Andrew?

SIR ANDREW.
Bless you, fair shrew.

MARIA.
And you too, sir.

SIR TOBY.
Accost, Sir Andrew, accost.

SIR ANDREW.
What’s that?

SIR TOBY.
My niece’s chamber-maid.

SIR ANDREW.
Good Mistress Accost, I desire better acquaintance.

MARIA.
My name is Mary, sir.

SIR ANDREW.
Good Mistress Mary Accost,—

SIR TOBY.
You mistake, knight: accost is, front her, board her,
woo her, assail her.

SIR ANDREW.
By my troth, I would not undertake her in this company.
Is that the meaning of accost?

MARIA.
Fare you well, gentlemen.

SIR TOBY.
An thou let part so, Sir Andrew, would thou mightst never
draw sword again.

SIR ANDREW.
An you part so, mistress, I would I might never draw
sword again. Fair lady, do you think you have fools in hand?

SORRY!

Ok, please, throw tomatoes at me. I have not blogged since ever, and I aplolgise profusely. On the other hand, here is a DOUBLE post to make up for my temporary absence.

 There I was, sitting in art class tuning out Mrs.Titus, thinking about my Harry Potter fanfic “She’s Royal’ when I heard this:

Mrs.Titus-> So if I should give you a test, you would get 100%

Me———-> WHAT?! *sputter, sputter, cough*

Mrs. Titus-> Werent you listening?

Me———-> But of course! 

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Adventures In Science Class (c)

It all started that fated day when Blair and I decided we should start throwing paper planes with writing on them in class. Natrually, we needed a class to test this in, you know, where the teacher is lenient to check if this system works. It was between science and christian life education class, but science was sooner, so, that is what we chose. Well the plane system was working fine, when I got the idea that I should throw one out the window. (We’re on the 2nd floor.)

Well , the teacher went into this little side room and shut the door, and we all(the class)  did the usual ‘teacheroutoftheroom’ things.Well I chose that time to throw it, and she walked out of the room in time to see the plane leave my fingertips.She puffed up like a big bullfrog and bellowed: “YU HALF-MAD CHILD?!?” and I was just giggling. That is why I will never ea anything sweet at school again. I think it affects my brainwaves.