Cooking with Cells
Plants
Plant Cells
Plant Cells
The Central Vacuole
Cell Wall - Cellulose
Cell Wall - Cellulose
Parts-o-the Plant
What do we Eat?Roots: Leaves:
Stems: “Fruits”, seeds:
Cut it Out…Cutting open cells releases enzymes and exposes the delicious insides to oxygen – oxidation.
When cutting, cut as few cells as possible!
Oh….and Pizza is a Vegetable!
Fun GuyFungi
Cell Wall - Chitin
Ky-tin….not Chi-tin. Get it right.
Hyphae
Fungal textureThe hyphae form a mesh – cooking breaks only hydrogen bonds; the texture doesn’t change much.
Longer cooking removes more water and will make the fungus more dense.