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Tag: sauce

Pasta that’s boiled longer is softer (new study)

May 7, 2018 Martin Gardiner

If you like pasta with tomato sauce (e.g. Neapolitan style) you may have asked yourself, ‘Which factors affect the suitability of boiled pasta with tomato sauce for eating?’ If so, a new paper from the Japanese Society of Food Science and Technology could be of interest. “Physical properties of the pasta boiled for the shortest […]

Research Newsboil, hard, pasta, sauce, soft, tomato

When soy sauce squeezing residue (SSSR) explodes

June 21, 2014 Marc Abrahams

Bad things can happen when soy sauce goes to waste. Bad things can happen, too, when the residue of making soy sauce goes to waste. This study explains and explores: “Causes of accidents by soy sauce squeezing residue and fish meal,” Naoharu Murasawa, Hiroshi Koseki, Yusaku Iwata, Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, January 2013, […]

Research Newscombustion, explosion, sauce, soy

Telegraph: BBQ sauce good for health!

March 25, 2010 Marc Abrahams

The London Telegraph cautiously interprets a possibly new research study, presenting the happy headlines: Barbecue sauces ‘are good for your health’ Barbecue sauces can be good for your health, scientists have found. (Thanks to investigator Ron Josephson for bringing this to our attention.)

Arts and Science, Research Newsbarbeque, health, newspaper, sauce, Telegraph
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