how is chmestry used in cooking?

Answer 1

a good example is baking powder.
the combination of an alkali and a mild acid produce a reaction that makes bubbles that makes cakes etc rise.

Answer 2

Cooking essentially _is_ chemistry. Recipes are formulas used to get the desired result. For example: the "recipe" for water is:

2 atoms hydrogen (H)
1 atom oxygen (O)

Combine hydrogen and oxygen atoms electrically. Repeat.

Just as chemistry is the use of tools (cylinders, beakers, etc), a catalyst (fire, radiation, cold), and ingredients (metals, salts, water) to achieve a desired reaction or result, cooking is the same way. On the old "Mr. Wizard" show, they used to do a segment called "Kitchen Chemistry" which was where Mr. Wizard and one of the kids would, in essence, cook something and show how chemistry and cooking were related.

Answer 3

All of cooking is chemistry -
combining different ingredients (chemicals) in different ways and then exposing them to heat or cold -
it is just an edible experiment (or inedible if you are a lousy cook).

Baking, however is Rocket Science -
as you must measure everything and then combine them in the precise manner described in the method.

Answer 4

elevation of boiling point and depression of freezing point is a chemical rule
if impurities are present the boiling point goes up
this principle is used while cooking vegetables by adding a little salt
the vegetables get cooked faster
just one example cited

Answer 5

F'r instance, baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) is use to make cookies rise and get soft. This is a chemical reaction that releases CO2.

Answer 6

if you cook with your husband and you have great chemistry , the result is great ....

Answer 7

it's used because you're mixing unknown substances to create one bangin' substance.