Monday, March 09, 2009

Chips



Or fries to those of you who hail from the US of A

Some recent research seems to zero in one why we like the smell of fries or chips

It is a mixture of onion, butterscotch and would you believe ironing board!

Food scientists at Leeds University in the UK took apart the smell of chips in their laboratory

They also used human noses as well

They broke down the smell into components using gas chromatography mess spectrometry

The results showed the chip aroma is made up of cocoa, onion, flowers, cheese and ironing boards

The research was sponsored by the Potato Council lead by Graham Clayton

He said Lightly cooked or undercooked chips were found to contain three simple aromas including bitter cocoa

A little extra cooking will produce a more complex aroma profile with up to nine different aromatic notes

So now you know

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