Why do cheese get melted when fried?

Question

When I fry a cheese piece, it gets melted. Where as should have been brown.

Answer 1

no coz it was made up milk liquid.. so when you heat it it will go back to its real identity so it will just melt but if you would make in high temp maybe it will be brownish..

Answer 2

The molecular structure of cheese cannot withstand the heat of a frying pan. Just as some plastics will melt on a open flame but not from the sun alone. Some bonds between molecules are stronger than others and thus can withstand certain conditions better than others. Cheese is primarily a weakly bonded block of good tasting mold.

Answer 3

Cheese does melt when heated and if heated too long it will sometimes brown if thin enough. Look at pizza, some pizza has cheese that is melted while other parts are browned and crispy cheese.

Answer 4

Cheese melts because it gets heated

Answer 5

Cheese melts when you heat it. Thats what it always does. You can't fry cheese without it melting.

Answer 6

It is going to melt unless there is something holding it together. Ever have cheese sticks at a restaurant? There is a thick coating around it.

Answer 7

it is because of what it's made of. it will burn and stick to the pan. better to put in on something hot and let it melt over it or grill cheese w/bread.

Answer 8

It will get brown if you leave it there long enough. It just melts first.

Answer 9

first of all, if you wait a bit more itll get brown. second, i think its because it gets in contact with its original temperature (its hot in the cows belly if you ever noticed) so it goes back to its original form. only since its hotter than the original heat, after a while it gets crusty and brown.

Answer 10

it's got a low specific heat capacity.

it melts easily due to a rise in temperature.

when temperature rises, a substance changes from:

solid -------> liquid -------> gas

duh