Student: Looking something up online is like making toast in the microwave. You can do it, but it lacks something.
Frazz: The Maillard reaction.
Student: The what? I'm going to have to Google that.
I looked it up on Dogpile! And even then I had to reread the strip before it clicked in my head! This is why I love this strip. You learn from it, you have to in order to understand some of it! That is what makes it a classic for years!
Personally, I always use Ask.com. The first result is a concise explanation with a photo of a nicely browned muffin. I compared results from Google and prefer Ask.
But you can’t make toast in the microwave. Not only do you not get the browning mentioned, you don’t remove the moisture. Actually, you make the bread more moist. You can even restore a staling piece of bread to its former softness. A microwave is more of an anti-toaster.
Loved the strip. Loved the discussion afterwards. And, yes, I had to look it up. Can’t believe that with years of chemistry and cooking experience I had never heard of it. Thanks, Jef—always good to learn something new!
Well, most cooking programs are pre-recorded so even if things went that badly we wouldn’t see it. But I would like if instead of the obligatory (self-) compliments they would once in a while say something like: “Good, but next time I’ll put a little less coriander!”
Kim Metzger Premium Member over 10 years ago
Naw, just wiki it.
tammyspeakslife Premium Member over 10 years ago
I know I will
dputhoff over 10 years ago
More information about the Maillard Reaction can be found of the Internet.
starfighter441 over 10 years ago
Ok, be honest. How many googled it? (other search engines are available…)
tfreim912 over 10 years ago
I looked it up on Dogpile! And even then I had to reread the strip before it clicked in my head! This is why I love this strip. You learn from it, you have to in order to understand some of it! That is what makes it a classic for years!
Ironic Eggbeater over 10 years ago
@Tom FreimannYeah, Frazz does it up brown.
Manhunter808 over 10 years ago
Personally, I always use Ask.com. The first result is a concise explanation with a photo of a nicely browned muffin. I compared results from Google and prefer Ask.
Olddog1 over 10 years ago
I must be watching too much food channel. Didn’t have to look it up.
Otera over 10 years ago
I know about that one! my boyfriend is a chef, though, so it’s a common term in our household
TheWildSow over 10 years ago
That was a Jeopardy! clue the other night :-)
tommysmo over 10 years ago
Youtube it. The food science gal is a cutie!
Strod over 10 years ago
Yes, Alton Brown is the Carl Sagan of gAstronomy. (At leat he was when he had Good Eats .)
sbchamp over 10 years ago
Asked for a bagel toasted w/cream cheezPinhead put it in a nukerwanted it toasted, not rubberized
runningonsunshine over 10 years ago
Because we all know 10 year olds love nothing more than the dusty encyclopedia volumes at the reference library.
The kids are just such obvious mouthpieces for Jef at this point. They all sound like smug old men.
fred_dot_u Premium Member over 10 years ago
The letter I (eye) in the word prevents it from being a reference to the medical examiner on NCIS.
Diane in comics land Premium Member over 10 years ago
But you can’t make toast in the microwave. Not only do you not get the browning mentioned, you don’t remove the moisture. Actually, you make the bread more moist. You can even restore a staling piece of bread to its former softness. A microwave is more of an anti-toaster.
p10knee over 10 years ago
I learned something new today! :)
MajorPlowshares over 10 years ago
Almost as much fun looking up Jef’s under-the-radar references as trying to figure out what Frazz’s partly-visible t-shirts promote…
tomielm over 10 years ago
Loved the strip. Loved the discussion afterwards. And, yes, I had to look it up. Can’t believe that with years of chemistry and cooking experience I had never heard of it. Thanks, Jef—always good to learn something new!
Strod over 10 years ago
Well, most cooking programs are pre-recorded so even if things went that badly we wouldn’t see it. But I would like if instead of the obligatory (self-) compliments they would once in a while say something like: “Good, but next time I’ll put a little less coriander!”