Doing Science To Stuff

Since it happened to be a rare sunny winter day and one of the cats that resides at the primary testing facility was enjoying the sun, I wanted to see what he thought of my radiometer.

Despite being all ready to do science in honor of National Margarita Day (Feb 22), we were stymied by a late (read that non) delivery of a crucial supply. Plan ahead for your science (adult-sized a...

Most of us have them always handy, but is a two finger pour always a good idea?

Low and slow vs a pressure cooker - which will win a taste test? which will use fewer electrons in the effort to turn pork ribs into tasty noms?

Alton Brown exposed many people to baking bacon via Good Eats. There seems to be some differing instructions online about time and temperature - in addition to some non-specificity on bacon thickne...

The Gastropod podcast "looks at food through the lens of science and history", so it's only natural that they'll cover stuff relevant to our interests here at Doing Science to Stuff. The May episod...

King Arthur Flour had a very intriguing blog post recently about the steps necessary to create brownies with a shiny and flakey crust. They had some outstanding follow-up questions which we decided...

Here at the primary testing facility we are always looking for ways to improve how we cook delicious meats.  So, when vacuum sealable zip-top bags recently appeared on the market we wanted to see h...

Pi-day, the perfect day for pie. While this post is pretty belated, we did celebrate on the appropriate day - for science, of course! This time, how does pie plate material impact the finished pie?...

A news item popped up today about how alcohol conglomerate Diageo would be offering nutritional information. However, a little bit of cognitive dissonance set in after reading this sentence "And a ...

Sometimes frost on the *inside* surface of the car's windows is a fact of life here at the primary testing facility. The defroster grid in the back window, while typically used to melt frost, the c...

We have investigated sidecars in several ways (different orange liquors, lemon vs ReaLemon, the impact of aging lemon juice), but this time we wanted to compare more types of lemon juices side by s...

We've previous subjected beef to 8 (sometimes tortuous) hours in a slow cooker; but what happens after 8 hours via a temperature controlled, sous-vide method? Cooking meat in a slow cooker for long...

We made a New Year's resolution to do more posts, but like many such resolutions it isn't going so well... but we will do better (we have a plan, and will follow through...)! Dissertations still mu...

Turkey-day brines! Alton Brown's "Romancing the Bird" likely introduced a lot of people to the concept of brining, in a fun and well-reasoned way. However, after making several turkeys this way, it...

You might be a scientist when... ... you spend an inordinate amount of time trying to locate two, nearly identically sized, turkeys at the local grocery store for an experiment.

Peanut Butter Fudge Day? That sounds like an excuse for a taste test.... Alton Brown posted a very simple peanut butter fudge recipe in honor of "National Peanut Butter Fudge Day" (Nov 20), so we w...