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- haney64, on 10/12/2007, -0/+40Ah, the exaggeration... For a more serious take on an "engineer" approach to cooking, here's an example of peanut butter cookies
http://www.cookingforengineers.com/article.php?id=58&TRN - itistoday, on 10/12/2007, -1/+36@CDHarrisUSF:
Computer Engineers use that hexadecimal RGB notation--Chemical Engineers use wavelengths. Coincidentally, "golden brown" falls around 600 nm. ;-) - AeonTorpor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+34You know you're geeky when you read the 2 comments above and go, "No kidding, that's what I was thinking".
- burke, on 10/12/2007, -2/+23"Heat in a 460K oven for a period of time that is in agreement with Frank & Johnston's first order rate expression (see JACOS, 21, 55), or until golden brown."
Ha! This is hilarious. - ferrell, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19The only mistake is here...
5. 177.45 cm3 crystalline C12H22O11
6. 177.45 cm3 unrefined C12H22O11
He is of course referring to...
3/4 C. Sugar
3/4 C. Brown Sugar
The mistake was in assuming that brown sugar is "unrefined". For the past 50 years "brown" sugar has been produced by re-adding molasses to refined white sugar. For someone who went to the extraordinary lengths of determining the chemical names and metric volumes of all the ingredients of a batch of chocolate chip cookies, I'm surprised he made this blunder. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+22It should have been more specific about the color... something like "or until #CD7F32"... or in parentheses, after golden brown.
- tardmongerster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16More like "Why Chemists Don't Write Recipes".
- gh02t, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14Easier to follow than a normal recipe, for me. Is this bad?
- midgetbus87, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11www.cookingforengineers.com
I like that site. - kevin.gc, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11I'm pretty sure an engineer didn't write that. It looks like someone just took a normal recipe and changed the measurements to standard units.
For a real engineer's recipe: http://www.cookingforengineers.com/article.php?id=58 - Bootes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9That's actually a very nice design. :)
- itistoday, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8"... but this is getting a bit out of hand. I admit that I was in error. :P"
It's OK, I forgive you, let's shake and make up. ;-)
Oh man... this *is* getting out of hand! Look at us! Two geeks getting all flustered over the proper technical terminology for "golden brown". I need to get out more... - Computer_Kid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Why cant all recipies be writen like this! I love this disign!
- chrisdelta, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7He also switches between Metric and English units. BTU's anyone?
- itistoday, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7There is such a thing as a Chemical Engineer.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7In my defense, it just used the generic "Engineer" in the title... and, were it not for the Vodka, I might have used the more appropriate wavelength based on the context.
Still, in terms of usefulness, I'd say an HTML value would be better because you could enter it into ColorZilla (a Firefox plugin) or an image editing program for a quick comparison. Alternatively, if you have access to one, it would also allow you to use a Pantone color cue to accurately identify the HTML value of the food's actual color for a direct comparison.
... but this is getting a bit out of hand. I admit that I was in error. :P - goingstuckey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7i hate myself for finding this humorous... and i also noticed the unrefined sugar mistake. unrefined sugar is disgusting, unlike brown sugar
- corduroy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Switch it all to ml, mg, state all the boiling points, melting points, molecular weights, densities, perhaps a few calculations, and state it all in 3rd person and voila, we have a flashback to organic chem :)
well, without all the carcinogens ;) - boredzo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Actually, C&H does use "real" brown sugar, not molasses. It's one of their selling points.
- fighto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5this makes me so happy!
- theotheragentm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Report this clown to abuse@digg.com.
- gh02t, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I agree, more a flashback to my old chem class, but still digg-worthy.
- Kirti, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Something tells me you're an engineer ;-) Just teasing - good catch
- wilf_brim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3+ Digg for the design. I like the graphic representation, simple gets the point across. Best part is that its harder to skip a step. I omitted a liquid ingredient a while back and runied a batch of peanut butter choc chip cookies.
- hundrednorth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Although http://www.cookingforengineers.com/ is a decent recipe site.
Oops, nevermind. Already mentioned below. - craigtheguru, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Should be "Why Bad Engineers Shouldn't Write Recipes." Good Engineers know better.
- Computer_Kid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2arnt BTU's a universal unit!?
- Jack9, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This is lame and inaccurate. Wow. BTW, engineers don't reference technical specifications as a requirement for an act. That's a technical writer.
- cjurczak, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Not so much an Engineer as a Chemist...
- adml_shake, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3hahaha, oh god thats funny because it's so true!
- thewebguy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5if i wanted to read something like this i would just sign up for AOL and wait for it to be forwarded to my inbox
- nathanstarr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I think I am going to make some peanut butter cookies.....
- SPLASTiK, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"Why Engineers Don't Write Recipes..."
So the recipe isn't any good? Anyone try to make it yet? - cwcheang, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I smiled. =)
- tokyopimp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Actually the title of this should be.
Why Engineers shouldnt attempt comedy! - BlackCow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1mmmm.... Im going to bake some cookies now!
- H2SO4, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Nice find - after just taking a chemisty course I found this very funny. On a plus side it taste better than Thermite!
What's Thermite.....google it. ( I know you where about too anyway) - pseudojd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1British Thermal Unit
- Pacotheparrot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Witty.Original.I Liked it
DON'T DO IT AGAIN! - kevinharbin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1A real engineer would never use volume measurements for compressible substances (brown sugar, flour, etc). Instead one would use the proper measurement of mass. Sheesh.
- Woknblues, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@corduroy, actually, more like inorganic chem. however, they could have worked a kreb cycle into it, I bet....
- iXneonXi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Old news. No digg. Science teacher showed this to me 2 years ago.
- WVUChrisF, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Make me proud to be an engineer.
- tacom8, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1ugh, this kinda crap makes me want to reconsider my career... come on guys, lets at least pretend not to be so geeky..
- PathDaemon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1IDK, it's a bit overdone.
- jerbaker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Why don't they just call sugar by its chemical name, β-D-fructofuranosyl α-D-glucopyranoside? C12H22O11 is kind of awkward.
- xice, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0whats so hard to understand?
if really writtten by an eng' they'd have done it in dot points. - schmity, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0tru.dat
Thats what my chemistry was like this year. - gregmo, on 10/12/2007, -5/+5oh. ok
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