What's going on with spaghetti, when we crush them, and why it is better not to do
Food / / December 19, 2019
You probably noticed that one strand of spaghetti breaks are not two, but into three parts. It took a long time scientists, including Nobel laureate Richard Feynman. Normally, all the objects in the form of a rod in flexion broken into two parts. But spaghetti is not so.
Sendlin Destin (Destin Sandlin), an American engineer, a leading educational channel on YouTube Smarter Every Day, I decided to investigate this phenomenon. First he filmed breaking of spaghetti at a rate of 18,000 frames per second. However, it seemed that the two fault occur simultaneously. Sendlin more slow shooting. At a speed of 40,000 frames per second, he could see where in the string is broken at first.
"Part of spaghetti next to the site of the first fault starts to be straightened, twisting up - explains Sendlin. - The second part of this time are still bent. As a result, almost immediately spaghetti breaks elsewhere. And with each fault the process starts all over again. "
The theory is applicable to a single strand of spaghetti, which is held at the opposite ends and bend.
So faults spaghetti look like a chain reaction of unwinding. It is because of this thread is broken into several smaller pieces instead of two.
Of course, the chemical composition and taste of the pasta after breaking unchanged. But it is better to cook the spaghetti entirely. And not only in the tradition of Italian cuisine. By words Chef Caroline Garofani, so much more convenient to eat.
Spaghetti eat by screwing on the plug. And for this they should be long enough.
Otherwise, the pasta just do not hold out on the fork or they will drain the sauce.
If the noodles in Asian cuisine made scoop straight from the bowl, the spaghetti to treat impossible. Long pasta tightly wound on a fork. If break before cooking the pasta in half, then they will simply uncomfortable there. There are, of course, people who are ready to cut spaghetti with a knife. But it is the same, there is a fork rolls.
If you do not want to mess with the winding on a fork, do not cook spaghetti and short paste.
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