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[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 days ago

mmmm, nuclear pasta

[–] FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The person who wrote the title for this clearly doesn't get the joke. "Ig Nobel" is the entire point! "Ig Physics Nobel Prize" makes no sense!

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago

OP is using Physics as an euphemism, and then uses it as a fornicative for expletive infixiation.

[–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 4 days ago (5 children)

I think it would be so cool to have a cookbook cowritten by physicists/chemists and professional cooks.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 days ago

You might enjoy the work of Kenji López-Alt, from Serious Eats. He's not a scientist, but the manner in which he investigates and iterates when solving cooking problems is super scientific. I fucking loved his investigation into Yorkshire puddings , because it validated some of my own findings when investigating the best methods. For example, my tests led me to use a hydration level of 250% (so for every 100g of flour, use 250g of liquids (a combination of eggs and water/milk). López-Alt found that 266% worked best, and I was pretty chuffed at someone I respect so much arriving at such a similar answer to my own.

He also wrote a book, titled The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science . It's one of the few books that I've actually bought. Lots of the good stuff can be found on the Serious Eats website though.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Something different, maybe in the same vein. It is the only cookbook I need: https://archive.org/details/flavorthesaurusc0000segn

[–] Tuuktuuk@mastodontti.fi 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)
[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's available if you go ask Anna about her Archive. ;)

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

While I was there, I also noticed that the author has another book, Lateral Cooking, that I was able to borrow, along with the 2023 2nd edition of Flavor Thesaurus.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

They're both excellent!! She also has a part 2 to the first book and a veggie thesaurus too.

[–] Pudutr0n@feddit.cl 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

have you heard of this? I'd link it, but idk how friendly this community is with the sebben seas. Yarr...

[–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'll find it. 😈😈😈🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴🏴🏴

[–] Pudutr0n@feddit.cl 2 points 4 days ago

Hoist the sails!

[–] HejMedDig@feddit.dk 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Exactly what I'm looking for but I will proudly be stealing this one for his connections to Epstein and Bill Gates 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴🏴🏴

[–] HejMedDig@feddit.dk 2 points 4 days ago

Good plan!

I bought Modernist Bread for my wife some years ago. They are really a work of art

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

The Nobel Piece Prize should go to a slice of cake.

[–] individual@toast.ooo 1 points 4 days ago