/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.11968919]

>cooking is just basic physics
>I am a physics phd

So why do I fuck it up all the time?

[Anonymous No.11968931]

its maths but its that kind of maths where you fuck up the work but still get the right answer

[Anonymous No.11968935]

>>11968919
Get a black gf

[Anonymous No.11968943]

i ate my homework

[Anonymous No.11968944]

>>11968919
Lmao, why don't you use your Ph.D. to model heat dissipation from a pan to a chicken breast.

[Anonymous No.11968946]

>>11968943
F

[Anonymous No.11968947]

>>11968919
If you're so smart you can figure it out instead of humble bragging as a frog poster on a Mongolian basket weaving forum

[Anonymous No.11968957]

>>11968947
Dude, I'm not bragging. Getting a phd is like one of the most retarded things you can dedicate your time to. I'm basically overqualified for everything except academia.

[Anonymous No.11968961]

>>11968919
Because physics won't teach you how to pair flavours or how long to cook specific ingredients and other practical applications of knowledge. Chemistry is far more helpful for cooking.

[Anonymous No.11969020]

>>11968919
Enjoy your lifetime of debt

[Anonymous No.11969024]

>>11968919
>>just basic physics
dumb dumb frog it's chemistry

[Anonymous No.11969136]

culinary arts are an applied science

[Anonymous No.11969141]

>>11968919
I'm also a physics PhD, OP, git gud and you might one day discover how to use flavour covariance to perfect your cooking.

[Anonymous No.11969148]

>>11968919
Because Stem fags are actually retarded?

[Anonymous No.11969172]

>>11969024
chemistry is just applied physics, 99% is just variations on coulomb's law

[Anonymous No.11969181]

>>11968919
You dumb frog boy it's Chemistry not physics

[Anonymous No.11969210]

Cooking is about soul you book learning faggot.

[Anonymous No.11969216]

>>11969172
And physics is just applied mathematics. Can we say cooking is just math, then?

[Anonymous No.11969253]

>>11968919

because you're not good at your job

[Anonymous No.11969264]

>>11969216
yes

[Anonymous No.11969357]

>>11968919
>be chem major
>shit at orgo, decent at pchem
>parents constantly tell me the reason I'm good at cooking is because of my degree
>friends tell me I should apply my knowledge
I'm in sales now. All I know is that grilled meat is the Maynard reaction. Completely forgot all my orgo. All I do is look up recipes from Chef John and follow the directions to a T.

[Anonymous No.11969410]

>>11969357
>Maynard reaction
I'm sorry anon

[Anonymous No.11969428]

>>11968919
No it isn't, it's applied biochemistry and you might be trying to follow a procedure that was written for a different climate or for commercial equipment without ever knowing

[Anonymous No.11969429]

>Make meal
>It's mediocre
>Make same meal with the same things, as close to the same amount as possible a month later
>Most delicious thing I've ever eaten
>Can never replicate it

I don't understand

[Anonymous No.11969443]

>>11968919
Because cooking isn’t physics, it’s passion, training, experience and intuition.
Physics plays its part but if you don’t have at least one or two of the above, it’s useless in the quest to become a great cook.

[Anonymous No.11969459]

>>11968919
I'm a physics PHD and did a masters in chemistry and earned an honorary doctorate in domestic science through my career contribution to research. I've looked at a models and data and have discovered that the problem with cooking these days is that climate change isn't real.

[Anonymous No.11969465]

>>11969357
>Maynard reaction
Thank Christ you didn’t get into nuclear physics or work at CERN.

[Anonymous No.11969487]

>>11969357
Maillard Reaction
>>11969465
hurr durr you have a warped perception of what's actually challenging or important

[Anonymous No.11969503]

>>11968919
Ahh I remember when I used to be a loser like you. Can’t believe I passed the bar while you were being a loser. So let me tell you something funny. I’m the first attorney in my family. But somehow all these clowns are doctors and surgeons. But the moral of the story is you weigh more than 170. Thus you’re a fat fuck. Let me help you anon. Gargle my cock. Open wideeeeee

[Anonymous No.11969511]

Lol I've been cooking for 20+ years. I just feel the food/recipes. I don't need recipes. After a bit, you just sort of become the food.

[Anonymous No.11969580]

You’re what me and my dad refer to as a really stupid smart person. Basically you are book smart and can absorb knowledge easily and understand it but a lot of everyday life activities that everyone else is good at your are completely inept at. These can include cooking, dealing with social situations, not being an aspie, screwing in a lightbulb, and in general working with your hands. You know normal shit.

[Anonymous No.11969588]

>can bake a cake with ease
>can't cook rice on a stovetop

[Anonymous No.11969631]

>>11968919

Most cooking is just following directions, dude. Some things require decent timing and a watchful eye, like making candy, or not letting the egg yolks curdle in bearnaise sauce, but it just takes a little bit of practice not to fuck everything up. Honestly, you should be cooking every day. It's a basic life skill.

>>11968957

>tfw I'm pursuing a PhD in comp sci specifically to work in academia
>could probably work private sector if I had to

>>11969020

Dude, you don't take on debt for a PhD. Once you're at that level, the university pays you, not the other way around.

>>11969588

You use equal parts rice and water. Put the water in the pot, wait until it starts bubbling, then add the rice. Leave it there for maybe a minute or two until the rice absorbs all the water.

White rice on its own tastes like garbage. What I do is I'll mix in some yellow curry powder, salt, pepper, and tarragon, and then fry the whole thing in butter after boiling it. Tastes amazing.

[Anonymous No.11969672]

>>11969631
I do brown (long grain) rice, which I think takes a bit longer.

[Anonymous No.11969681]

>>11969631
Wow, you could work in the private sector? Very impressive.

[Anonymous No.11969732]

>>11968919
Take it from a physics Ph.D. who actually can cook: it only has to do with physics when you're explaining concepts of thermodynamics to your students. (I also find that bringing in an application of these...thermodynamics...for the students to sample helps a lot.)
Otherwise it's applied physics. Sports are applied physics, too, mostly Newtonian motion. But you have to practice that particular application to be good.
Good luck though, practice enough and you'll get better!

[Anonymous No.11969860]

>>11969264
so go do the math and figure out why you suck at math

[Anonymous No.11969883]

>>11969429
Either you didn't make it the same way despite thinking you did, or you actually did but with higher quality ingredients that one time which explains why it tasted better.

[Anonymous No.11969885]

>>11968919
How good are you at *experimental physics*?

Knowing just the theory won't get you far.

[Anonymous No.11969940]

>>11969580
Uh dude thats called looser

[Anonymous No.11969944]

>>11969631

>yeah haha comp sci
>yeah I could work private sector

you can't even cook rice properly you imbecile, stop giving advice. the rice is never thrown into boiling water, rather they're slowly heated together til boiling point, then reduced to a slow simmer.

Curry powder in rice sounds fucking asinine and overpowering, try a cardamom pod, some rice vinegar or saffron you pleb.

>white rice taste bad!!

Imagine being this much of a tastelet

[Anonymous No.11970036]

You're good at calculations and logical thinking in the realm of physics.

In the realm of cooking you only extract knowledge and logical thinking by cooking and understanding the physics of the specific ingredients that you cook, no two chicken breasts are physically identical, no popcorn kernel is physically identical, you don't know the physics of cooking.

[Anonymous No.11970066]

>Frogpost

[Anonymous No.11970117]

>>11970066
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[Anonymous No.11971706]

>>11968919
Shouldve went to a real school and not a diploma mill, doctor.