« Checkers' Nutrition Info Missing: What is Checkers Hiding? | Main | Veal Cheeks with Mashed Purple Potatoes, Roasted Carrots, Reduction Sauce »
June 4, 2006
View Comments | Post CommentSeparating Pans with the Weird Science of Foo
Ever since the 1985 film Weird Science, the suburban have been interested in science and technology in the hopes that they could create a super hot, foreign sounding, domestic looking babe that grants their wishes with magic. While that goal is yet to be acheived, science and technology make our lives a lot cooler than they would be otherwise, and this extends to the kitchen.
Unpacking into my new house this week and flat broke, I was unpacking some pots to make spaghetti. The noodles were boiling and close to done, so I went for a saucepan only to find two of them spooning each other in what can only be described as hot gay pan love. You see, spaghetti is celebrated for its economic properties. It is basically pure sustenance covered in a thin veil of tomato and parmesean based makeup. Without the sauce, I had nothing. I really needed one of these pans.
I struggled with them for a minute, lamenting my lack of sauce, when all of a sudden a lightning bolt struck and I was granted the powers of common sense: If I could hold the pans over the steam coming off of the noodles, they might expand and I could get them apart easily.
I did it, it worked, we ate, and relished in man's victory over the molecular.
Edit: Forgot to mention I like to look at food from a pseudo-scientific standpoint. Linkdrop: Cooking for Engineers.
Posted by Chris Santoro at June 4, 2006 4:18 PM | Comments (0) | EatFoo 1.0 Posts
