Food Definition and 280 Threads

I found this link pretty interesting: http://www.6die.com/2010/07/family-food-consumption-by-country.html No wonder why America has an obesity problem if your typical American family is eating that much processed food.

Do they exist? I just tried to cook pancakes on this non-stick pan I have and I have never witnessed a stronger adhesion in my life. However, if this pan promised to weld food to itself, and if people actually wanted to do that, I would buy stock in this product.

I was reading in my chemistry textbook that lettuce gets crisper when soaked in water and wilts quickly when drenched in vinegar. Can someone explain this to me, the book does not give a clear reason as to why this happens.

I have to create a presentation on a physics-related topic. I personally love baking and would like to know what aspect of baking should I focus on that is also related to physics? Or how can i relate chocolate to physics? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Well, I guess on the grounds of known medical science and general knowledge, this is entirely impossible so I would like to ask two things of you: 1) What do you think of this (I understand this is a scientific forum, but perhaps the moderators will allow a certain degree of speculation)...

This is a problem I created for myself, and I've been thinking about for a while and would like some other opinions on the matter. I'm using simple numbers just for example. The problem: Suppose you are hungry, and you need to eat at least 10 calories worth of food to get full, and you'd...

So just a thought that popped into my head, and I wanted other peoples opinion on it. What if a fundamental law in science is not quite right, I was thinking about the first law of motion. I realize that sounds stupid, but I was reading an article about dark matter… Link and excerpt bellow…...

I've heard it implied and outright stated numerous times that corn based ethanol was at least partially responsible for rising food costs. This has never made any sense to me. My reasoning: A) The majority of corn goes to feeding livestock B) When producing ethanol, there are...

Homework Statement For how long would a 68 kg person have to swim at a fast crawl to use all the energy available in a typical fast food meal of burger, fries, and a drink? Assume 25% efficiency. Homework Equations Fast food meal provides 1350 Cal or 5670 kJ A 68 kg person swimming at...

Homework Statement The mass of the tray itself is 0.187 kg, and its center of gravity is located at its geometrical center. On the tray is a 1.31 kg plate of food and a 0.300 kg cup of coffee. Assume L1 = 0.0610 m, L2 = 0.130 m, L3 = 0.224 m, L4 = 0.365 m and L5 = 0.387 m. Obtain the...

Some very unusual food combinations. Just don't look on a full stomach. http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/"

Food & Drink[/color][/size] [SIZE="3"]We've had a couple of these in the past but I'm sure you all have plenty of food themed pics. matthyaouw should be back next week, in which case normal service will be resumed. [SIZE="4"]Contest Rules: 1. Any digital photo or digitally-scanned photo...

Ok, I'm watching all of the episodes this season. This seasons does seems to be going better, they are eliminating the duds upfront, which is a nice change. They canned that weird health food nut this week. The next person I want to see go is Jamika. She is so fake when she gets in front...

FOOD!:Holiday get-togethers I was thinking how most people say that when the holidays roll around or after a holiday weekend, they're stuffed and can't eat for a month and blah blah blah. My situation is the exact opposite. Sometimes I even go out for fast food after one of these so called...

Definitely a must see. This movie was shocking. Some of the things food companies are getting away with and how they are able to write our laws is incredible. If you care about your health and what you eat, definitely see this film.

Does anyone have any idea what the heat flux of a barbeque grill might be? I'm estimating the temp. of the meat at 370 K, which is a little larger than that required to grill burgers to well-done. Just need a ballpark figure for the flux...I am trying to make my own grilling utensil and want...

In light of a report on The NewsHour tonight, on PBS, this incidental story about canned cheeseburgers seemed like a nice opening. http://www.gizmag.com/pictures/lrg_img//8713_27010831227.jpg http://www.gizmag.com/the-canned-cheeseburger--fast-food-in-the-wilderness/8713/ In his book, The...

I had no idea about this stuff before watching this...now I'm shocked and scared http://www.hulu.com/watch/67878/the-future-of-food

The Burger King king: http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/09/ceo_socnet/image/burger-king.jpg[/Img] Baby Ronald McDonald: [PLAIN]http://content4.clipmarks.com/image_cache/constantskeptic/512/3D4C4195-AC21-40F1-A90B-E589D50FC792.jpg...

Ok, someone pointed out to me a list of sources that "seem" like they are the real deal that proves the ingestion of GMO is harmful in lab rats. Unfortunately since this is not my field, I have no idea if this is the real deal. Can anyone verify this? If anyone is wondering, the context was...

I'm a bit alarmed by the trend in creating something that tastes like food, but is not food. There are actually restaurants that only serve non-food. :bugeye: These people go to incredible lengths to create items that smell and taste like real food, but don't actually have any substance or...

How is food classified as junk food? what is your favorite

I just read the following article on MSN News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30028134/wid/11915773?GT1=31036 and I was wondering what kind of perchlorates? The only perchlorate rocket fuel I am famaliar with is ammonium perchlorate used in the solid fuel boosters on the Space Shuttle. That was...

http://arxiv.org/abs/0903.4315 The role of information in gravity Authors: M. Spaans (Submitted on 25 Mar 2009) Abstract: It is argued that particle-specific information on energy-momentum affects the strength of gravity. This form of gravity has no free parameters, preserves...

I'm less certain about what is cause and effect, but the correlation is interesting. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Diet/story?id=6914363&page=1 Have the fast food places sited their pick-up windows where their market is, or is the statistical correlation a result of the siting of so many...

I think I will add a poll later. I am addicted to food shows. There is a new show on the Travel Channel called Man Vs. Food. It's about a guy that travels around the country taking on restaurant challenges to eat grossly oversized portions of food. Normally I would be appalled, but the guy...

Whoever designed this show should be chopped. I watched the premiere the other night and visually it was dreadful. The contestants are all identically dressed in dark charcoal grey chef jackets, which matches the dark charcoal grey backdrop of the kitchen set. The result is a dark, grey...

So it is some crazy -c temperature about my area now, so i thought about winter food ,or if even food makes a difference with changes in weather, like is it better to eat porridge or cornflakes for breakfast, is a stew better than a salad for dinner.

I was watching a tv show about adults with serious food phobias. They actually would have panic attacks thinking about these foods. One guy would eat nothing except bread, cheese, (think grilled cheese) and over cooked french fries. He couldn't even go to restaurants. Another woman...

I'd say Thai food. No other cuisine that I have come across has as many types of different ingredients, foods, and entrees as Thai food. No other cuisine masters the flavors of sweet, spicy, sour, and salty like Thai food.I'd say mexican is a very close 2nd. God I love carnitas.

I don't quite get how food is considered chemical energy. Can someone clear this up and explain it to me?

I have this bug/s living in my food cupboard, what it is living off is a mystery as all the food in there is in tins, bottles or packets, apart from that the blasted thing/s are so fast i can not swot it/them, and it/they disappear if i empty the cupboard. This thing/s is about 3/16 inch long...

I bought two cans of tuna and when I went to drain one, it just kept draining until almost nothing was left in the can. I could tell something wasn't right. There was almost no tuna. I looked at the can, and it was only 5 oz net wt. I pulled one of the older tuna cans, same size, but it was...

How much energy is wasted as we digest and convert our food into energy?

I have read some stuff about how a much greater portion of society has parasites in their intestines than is normally assumed. Does anyone know what foods are known to contain lots parasites or if they mainly contracted when people touch soil or fecal matter and then touch their mouth? Also...

Hi, I have quite a severe milk allergy. If I eat or drink something containing milk I get bad sleep & excessive dreaming, and bad gas and bowel problems plus low energy. I ate two bags of very nice and very tasty gum sweets about 4 weeks ago. They were cola bottles and cherry gums and my...

Maybe I'd like to have an astronaut meal some time, complete with tang, that "astronaut ice cream" they sell at NASA Space Stations (I've never had either), and something else astronauts eat. Have you tried any "astronaut food" before? How was it?

The guy never did know how to cook, but I have to admit, being home sick, I actually started enjoying some of the recipes that his chefs prepared that he pretended to cook. His show sure beat the 3 "Food Challenge" shows that they have been repeating every evening in his time slot. Can we...

Our PM is telling us Brits we throw far to much food away, up to one third of what we buy, i do not know how he found out or how true it is, i know i have to throw bread away that goes mouldy rather than stale, other than that i sure do not throw much away, so are we the only ones?

To you have or seen any offensive food items. There is this chocolate drink in Sweden that translate into "dimwit". How about you?

And why can't food be cooked with X-rays or radio waves?

My korean friend told me about this korean shopping market that has three little food stores inside of it where you can buy some chinese/jap food (but its cooked by koreans). If you walk into this store its a dingly little store that's behind the shopping center, so if you don't drive behind it...

Food prices are not only rising, but you are even getting less for what you paid for. The worst part is the fact that food makers are packing their products to make them look the same as they did before all while charging the same or more! I especially noticed this with produce. It used...

Hey all, what magazines, journals, website, etc. would you recommend for aspiring CS majors? Thank you. Jordan Joab.

Lack of food will bite before global warming. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/mar/07/scienceofclimatechange.food

Is it because their lives are so busy they can not sit down to a proper meal, even then do they call a proper meal some thing that is out of a packet or tin. I think most fast food tastes disgusting, years ago fish and chips were a Friday night treat but now the vendors have lost the art, it...

This channel cracks me up. Could they possibly have more people hosting cooking shows that have no background in cooking? :smile: Bobby Flay, high school drop out that is dating the producer's daughter. This classless idiot has no place in the cooking world. Emeril Lagasee. As his...

The UN reports that the World's food supply is dwindling rapidly while prices are approaching historic highs. http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/17/europe/food.php Wheat has just hit a record high of $10.095 per bushel for March delivery. What happens if next year's crops don't do well?

I live in housing for students where we share a kitchen and prepared meals nightly. I'll watch people cooking the meals for everybody handle food with their bare hands and pick up shared food in the fridge like blocks of cheese with their bare hands. And when suggest that they not do so, they'll...

Since the first vote in this contest ended up in a tie for first place, we will have a runoff between the two pictures that tied at the top. Please vote for the best picture that represents our theme, which is a picture on food and/or wine. Remember, the first place winner will win a 3-DVD set...