Enjoy this compilation of Thanksgiving turkey chemical deliciousness! We’re celebrating the holiday with our favorite food science bits and pieces. More PBS Digital Studios Goodness here!
Sources:
- On Deep Frying oils
- Smoke Point
- How Deep Frying Cooks a food
- Cooking Oils
- Cool Guide on how to use different oils
- How to Deep Fry A Turkey W/O Killing Yourself
- Turkey Fry Safety
- Autoignition of cooking oils
- Flavors in Frying
- Polarity of water and oil
- Maillard Reaction Infographic
- The Science of Deep Frying
- Polar Representation
- Steam is 1700 times original volume of water
- Turkey Fryer Fire
- Ace Media, LLC
- Andrew Bench
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission