room temp boiling and cooking

Discussion in 'Physics & Math' started by !!!!!batman!!!!!, Jun 23, 2014.

  1. !!!!!batman!!!!! Registered Member

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    a question i have is if you placed pasta in water and dropped the atmospheric pressure to make the water boil at room temperature, would it cook it in a similar manner at heating the water to boiling.
     
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  3. matterdoc Registered Senior Member

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    Cooking is done by real level of heating and not by apparent boiling.
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  5. Nomadd22 Registered Senior Member

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    No more than if you pumped air into the water to make it bubble. Boiling has nothing to do with cooking. It's mainly used as a reference, since the temperature of boiling water will be constant under normal conditions.
     
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  7. cornel Registered Senior Member

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    The main use of cooking water is to kill off most bacteria, and although i have no doubt some would die, many more then with normal cooking would survive.
     
  8. OnlyMe Valued Senior Member

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    The portion in bold above is only partially accurate. For many cooked foods, like meat and some vegetables, the process of cooking makes the nutrients easier to digest, which increases the useable protein and carbohydrate content. Some trace nutrients are likewise more easily absorbed once the food is cooked.

    Still your basic point above, represented one of the major advantages associated with cooking.., killing some decay bacteria and even neutralizing some toxins.
     

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