Heat: The science of cooking pt. 1

Brains On! Science podcast for kids

American Public Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

We’ve teamed up with America’s Test Kitchen Kids to delve into the scrumptious science of cooking. You’ve sent in so many great cooking questions that we had to spread the answers over four episodes. This is our first installment: HEAT. What crazy chemical reactions does heat trigger in food? How do microwave ovens work -- and why can’t you put metal in them when they’re lined with metal? We’ll answer those questions, find out how feeding squirrels helped profoundly change how we prepare food and learn the recipe for a perfect grilled cheese sandwich. Plus: our Moment of Um tackles the question, “How does coffee keep you awake?”

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) and KiwiCo (kiwico.com/brainson).

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0:00.0	You're listening to Brains On, where we're serious about being curious.
0:04.0	Brains On is supported on part by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
0:12.0	Welcome to Brains On Headquarters. What floor?
0:16.0	We should probably go straight to the studio, but I'm feeling super low-key.
0:20.0	I need to get my energy up.
0:22.0	Yeah, we're about to do a show on heat. We need to bring it.
0:25.0	Did I hear bring the heat?
0:28.0	Oh no. What?
0:30.0	Coming right up.
0:32.0	This is our new experimental go-anywhere elevator, and let's just say it could take you a bit off course.
0:40.0	Here you go. Death Valley, California.
0:44.0	One of the hottest deserts in the world.
0:46.0	So dry. I feel the moisture being sucked out of my body.
0:50.0	I can't think. Need air conditioning and a drink with a huge ice chunk in it.
0:56.0	Oh, you want a chunk of ice? Got it.
1:00.0	Thanks goodness the heat was mounting my brain.
1:04.0	I have a feeling we're not done yet.
1:06.0	Here you go. Huge chunk of ice.
1:10.0	Wait, you put us on a sinking ship? Oh no.
1:14.0	Call the phone. That's an iceberg. Those are old tiny people. Is this the Titanic?
1:20.0	How did they even get here? This was like a hundred years ago.
1:24.0	Rose, I'll never leave you. Oh Jack, my heart will go on.
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