Genius Hour

Genius Hour 

(cook/bake)

For genius hour I have chose to learn how to cook and bake and some of the ways that the ingredients that we use react the way they do. I have always been interested in cooking/backing. Always enjoy helping my mom out for dinner. But for some reason whenever I start to bake or even sometimes cook something goes wrong. Weather it is just plain laziness or I just skip or repeat a step. This is why I want to learn how to cook and bake to further educate myself in this skill that I know will help me out some day when I don't have my mom around with me everyday to help instruct me on how to cook and bake. I think that this will be a very important skill for me to carry throughout my life and use it to the best of my ability. On top of learning how to bake. I really want to learn how the ingredients in baking effect the recipe and the reaction that causes the cookies to rise the mixture not to separate. Also why some things don't react well together.

To be honest I am very lazy when It comes to taking out the electric beater to cook or bake something. Last time I made pudding it was a little lumpy. I want to learn why the pudding did not combine evenly with just the force of the whisk as a pose to using an electric beater. I know that it is because the force is not being spread evenly and constantly with a whisk as a pose to a beater. Also that you whisking is not as fast unless you are a pro. But I want to know more about why there has to be so much force to make it smooth.

 I wonder how expensive can cooking get because on some cooking shows that I watch to get the defined flavors they have to spend a lot for good quality final dishes. Also some ingredients that work well together can be pretty expensive. For example something called a truthful that tastes really good with lots of ingredients. But it is very very expensive. If I start to bake and cook I wonder if I will enjoy baking or cooking more. This will benefit others by introducing them to different flavors and foods .

             
        Questions:
   -why do you need to use a electric beater as a pose to a whisk?
           -what are some ingredients that work very well with each other?
           - what are some ingredients that don't work well together?
           -what properties do baking soda/baking powder have to make something rise of explode (for                  example cake)
           -what are two ingredients in the world that work the worst together by making a huge explosion
      What I need to find out about:
       - how ingredients react to each other

           -the science in foods
          - what is inside of the ingredients to cause this reaction to happen
          What do I hope to learn:
           - What is the science behind food and the ingredients used to make things.
           - What does and does not work together while making food an using different
           -more about food and further extend my knowledge about the ingredients that we are putting in              our bodies

 sprite and banana reaction
     milk soap and food coloring: I know that this one is not  all food but I wanted to add It because I found that the reaction looks really cool.
         Coca Cola and Milk
        7 Coca Cola reactions  
        Coca Cola and mentos

        Coca Cola and salt
        baking soda and lemon