{"id":2429,"date":"2009-06-14T07:06:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-14T07:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paslongtemps.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/14\/herve-thiss-10-elements-of-basic-kitchen\/"},"modified":"2009-06-14T07:06:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-14T07:06:00","slug":"herve-thiss-10-elements-of-basic-kitchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paslongtemps.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/14\/herve-thiss-10-elements-of-basic-kitchen\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Herv\u00e9 This&rsquo;s 10 elements of basic kitchen knowledge<br \/>\n1. Salt dissolves in water.<br \/>\n2. Salt does not dissolve in oil.<br \/>\n3. Oil does not dissolve in water.<br \/>\n4. Water boils at 100 C (212 F).<br \/>\n5. Generally foods contain mostly water (or another fluid).<br \/>\n6. Foods without water or fluid are tough.<br \/>\n7. Some proteins (in eggs, meat, fish) coagulate.<br \/>\n8. Collagen dissolves in water at temperatures higher than 55 C (131 F).<br \/>\n9. Dishes are dispersed systems (combinations of gas, liquid or solid ingredients transformed by cooking).<br \/>\n10. Some chemical processes &#8211; such as the Maillard Reaction (browning or caramelizing) &#8211; generate new flavours.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class='attribution'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/life\/article683885.ece\">Herv\u00e9 This: Salt doesn&rsquo;t dissolve in oil, silly &#8211; The Globe and Mail<\/a> &#8211; oldie but goldie<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Herv\u00e9 This&rsquo;s 10 elements of basic kitchen knowledge 1. Salt dissolves in water. 2. Salt does not dissolve in oil. 3. Oil does not dissolve in water. 4. Water boils at 100 C (212 F). 5. Generally foods contain mostly water (or another fluid). 6. Foods without water or fluid are tough. 7. Some proteins [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-quote"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paslongtemps.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paslongtemps.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paslongtemps.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paslongtemps.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paslongtemps.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paslongtemps.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paslongtemps.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paslongtemps.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paslongtemps.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}