• Question: are all foods affected by temperatyre and humidity, are their any unusual results you have found that are different from what you expected

    Asked by danielknight to Rachel on 15 Mar 2013.
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      Rachel Edwards-Stuart answered on 15 Mar 2013:


      All foods are affected by temperature. Usually they change from solid to liquid to gas, like water. Oils and sugars go from solid to liquid as you heat them, but neither of them turn into a gas so you never get gas sugar or gas oil. Humidity can affect how things dry (it is very hard to dry foods in a very humid environment) and affects how meat is cooked. Meat and fish cook much more quickly in a humid environment than a dry environment, because water vapour heats more efficiently than hot air.

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