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Study: STOP REFRIGERATING YOUR TOMATOES 2016-10-26 19:28:07 Post No.8221896
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Study: STOP REFRIGERATING YOUR TOMATOES
Anonymous
2016-10-26 19:28:07
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/10/17/refrigeration-really-does-ruin-tomatoes-according-to-science/
tl;dr Researchers have found that refrigeration ruins a tomato's flavor at the genetic level. Permanently.
>Researchers at The University of Florida have found in a study published Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study opens with what one might call “a truth universally acknowledged”: Commercial tomatoes are often flavorless. The researchers, led by horticulturalist Bo Zhang of the University of Florida, argue that the problem stems not from the tomatoes themselves, but from the post-harvest practice of chilling fruit. Keeping tomatoes at low temperatures slows down the ripening process and prevents them from rotting, but it also interferes with chemical compounds that give tomatoes their taste.
>Flavor in a fruit is determined by three things: sugars, acids and “volatiles,” the chemical compounds that are largely responsible for its aroma. Sugars and acids aren’t affected much by refrigeration, but most volatiles are synthesized during ripening, which is part of the reason ripe fruit has such a strong smell.
>To figure out how long a tomato needs to be chilled for volatile synthesis to be disrupted, Zhang and Co. collected a bunch of them, both heirloom and ordinary store varieties, and stuck them in a 41°F fridge for 1, 3, or 7 days.
>Each tomato then got either a 1- or 3-day “recovery” period at room temperature.
>The shorter periods of refrigeration didn’t have much impact on volatile content, but seven days significantly depleted those compounds, and neither of the recovery periods seemed to bring them back.
>The tomatoes were then tested by the discerning palates of 76 volunteer consumers; the tasters rated the chilled tomatoes significantly lower than ones that had been stored at room temperature.
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>Next, the researchers probed what was going on inside the cold tomatoes at a molecular level. Using RNA sequencing, they were able to figure out which genes were expressed differently when chilled. It turned out that affected genes numbered in the hundreds (the tomato genome has 25,000 genes – about 5,000 more than humans). Refrigeration set off a cascade of changes, starting with a set of cold signaling genes and moving through the ones responsible for metabolism, ripening and volatile synthesis. It also affected DNA methylation – the mechanism that cells use to control which genes get turned on and off.
>This is especially problematic because, unlike sugars and acids, volatiles don’t stay inside a fruit once they’re synthesized – they’re lost through the stem scar (the spot where the fruits were once attached to a stem). A tomato may be bursting with flavor when picked, but seven straight days of cold temperatures and no volatile production render it “insipid.”
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>>8221896
Wow, my grandmother should have won th Nobel prize since she knew that in the 1920's.
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>>8221896
>STOP REFRIGERATING YOUR TOMATOES
>implying I ever did
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How do you like my dinner
I've dubbed it Cocl
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>>8221827
Version 2
There are three ways to prepare this dish
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>>8221827
Here's the third
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My workstation and tools
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What's /ck/'s opinion on marmite?
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Oi m8 u fucked off ya cunt?
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Is the taste similar to nutritional yeast?
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Superb condiment
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My grandma used to say:
Skinless? Boneless? Flavourless.
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>>8221709
is it a meme to post chicken breast with some kinda garnish that shouldn't go on raw meat?
I think it might be.
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>>8221709
Your grandma was a wise woman.
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>>8221709
yo for real try sumac on chicken
soaks right in i know usually the spices just sit on the top of chicken but sumac is fucking god tier
sumac + szeuchan pepper + whatever u want mmmm my fave on chiki diki
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Anybody here ever tried these?
Are they worth buying?
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>>8221648
>asking if destroying your taste buds is worth paying for on a food board
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The best cigar hands down is the honey flavored phillies
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>Food & Cooking
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>you are now salivating profusely
sorry ;)
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>>8221633
what the fuck is that shit
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>>8221634
thai red curry, newb.
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>>8221639
i'm not salivating.
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How do I cook this please thanks.
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>>8221599
I don't know where to even begin with somebody who doesn't know how to make pancakes, or scrambled eggs, or dinner rolls, or french fries, or grilled meat, or salad.
Do you just live off of fast food or something?
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>>8221599
"Elementum recolligo Huic commodo locus mihi vestri vox.
Elementum ego unda dico vos.
Permissum Pluit es est meus nos sic vadum is exsisto”.
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>>8221626
It looks so tasty and I want it in my mouth. Do you know any restaurant I can pay money for them to cook me this?
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>order buffalo chicken
>receive hot chicken
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>boneless
Worthless
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>>8221576
>getting more food that you don't have to fight a shitty bone for
>bad
Right-o, famalamino
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>>8221617
Fuck off with your nuggets
Actual wings taste 100x better
Alright /ck/, here's what's happening:
I'm a skelly NEET who feels like using my trust fund to travel to the US, specifically SoCal, for the winter. I'd like to gorge on fast food and other American delicacies, and hopefully try to gain some weight for once. I will try to combine it with exercise to do a kind of dirty bulk.
Anyway, what are the best places for fast food in SoCal? I've heard that FiveGuys is good, as well as In-N-Out. I guess the Mexican food is good in that area too?
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If you're gonna be in the LA/Santa Monica neighborhood and want someone to hang with a bit post steam/skype/drop email, would be fun to show someone some places
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There's a burger place called Vaka burger, it's pretty good.
Los Angeles also has some good Jap restaurants
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Five Guys kind of sucks. Overpriced and the food's not that good. In & out's good though.
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Pic related is just
FISH OVER RICE
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The selling point is that it's bite sized
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I just eat it to pretend I'm in anime
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Obnoxious vertical posting.
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This guy has a gf and only eats yorkshire puddings yet you're culinary master and couldn't get laid in a brothel...
Really makes you think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ojz9eHTtlqM&ab_channel=OnlyHuman
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people from the UK always say VITA mins
and not vytamins (vitamins)
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>>8221410
What are you going to aluminium about it?
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this type of tv show is captivating to women...
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I have a 2lb ribeye. How do I cook this bitch to perfection? It's over 2 inches. The only thing I have is a stove top and no cast iron.
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>>8221333
You ain't gonna get perfection with a choice steak, anon.
anyway, since it's boneless the best method would be to sear it on the stove top and then transfer it to the oven to finish.
If you don't have an oven then you have no choice but to just cook it in a pan.
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>>8221333
Go to a local park and use the public grill
Bring a wire brush because it will be either filthy or rusted
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>>8221333
Sous vide for at 126f for two hours,
sear in pan after
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You have 5 (five) seconds to tell me why mayonnaise is not the best condiment.
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Miracle whip is best but also isn't mayo.
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>>8221219
It's gross.
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Because BBQ sauce.
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i fucked up, forgot to thaw out my pizza base.
I'm starving so I want to eat now, will the toppings burn by the time the base is cooked if i use cold toppings on a frozen pizza base?
Should I stick it in the oven for 2 minutes before prepping it?
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>>8221199
Yes
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>>8221208
you can't say yes to 2 questions, now you're as retarded as I am.
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new from Pizza hut, stuffed base!
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Hey /ck/, you guys got any good chicken recipes? Something that is moderately easy and filling?
I'm open to it being brothy.
Pls help.
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>>8221017
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>>8221017
>good chicken recipes?
Sorry, I only have mediocre chicken recipes.
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I like making a salt, vinegar and brown sugar mixture to soak chicken thighs or drumsticks in, then rub in some herbs and spices (I tend to experiment with random shit so I have no concrete advice here) then bake it in the oven with some oil. Grill would probably do better but I don't have one at the moment.