Chill: The science of cooking, pt. 2

Brains On! Science podcast for kids

American Public Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

From ice cubes to ice cream, cold things are a crucial part of cuisine. How do we use chill to our advantage? This is part two of our series on the science of cooking, a collaboration with the brilliant foodies at America's Test Kitchen Kids. This episode is (literally) super cool. We're figuring out how refrigerators work and why some of their parts are hot. We're traveling back in time to find out how selling ice became a very big business (for a while anyway). And we'll learn why ice cream makes people thirsty and how to make incredibly delicious paletas. Plus: Our Moment of Um tackles the question, "Why do mints make your mouth feel cold?" For more recipes and information for young chefs, head to americastestkitchen.com/kids to sign up for their newsletter. Brains On is sponsored today by Children’s Cancer Research Fund (ccrf.org/brainson)

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0:00.0	You're listening to Brains On, where we're serious about being curious.
0:03.7	Brains On is supported in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
0:11.0	All right, Anteen, are you ready to do this? So ready, Molly.
0:15.4	And I'm ready too!
0:18.4	Bob, what are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be at work?
0:21.8	I took the day off. I heard you were doing a show about chili. I love chili.
0:27.5	Beef chili and three bean chili. I eat it all. Even if it makes me a tad gassy.
0:33.9	Um, Bob.
0:35.1	Okay, fine. A lot gassy, but who cares?
0:38.8	We'll all be gassy together, right? Let's get some chili.
0:42.9	I think you must have heard that. We're doing a show about chili, you know, cold stuff,
0:48.0	not chili, the food. Sorry, Bob.
0:51.4	So no beans, no onions, no paprika.
0:55.1	No, but you know what is perfect for an episode on chill?
0:58.9	Popsicles.
1:00.0	Yeah, I think we have some in the freezer.
1:01.9	Oh, I do love getting fresh popsicles to X from my collection.
1:06.3	You wouldn't happen to have any chili flavored ones, would you?
1:09.7	With a little frozen beans and beef in them.
1:12.5	No, because no one wants that. But we do have grape.
1:16.0	Grape, let me add it. You don't mind if I take the whole package, do you?
1:20.8	Okay, great, thanks. Bye!
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