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Why do green bell peppers become bitter when cooked?
Why do green bell peppers taste sweet raw, but become bitter when cooked (steamed)?
What chemical process is responsible for this? I don't believe the temperatures are high enough for the Maillard ...
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Why do many organic halogen compounds smell or taste sweet?
Is it just coincidence that many organic halogen compounds (especially chlorinated ones) tend to either taste or smell sweet? Examples include dichloromethane, vinyl chloride, chloroform, and ...
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Which chemical reactions occur between my tongue and the food I eat?
There are various chemical reactions that can occur between materials.
Which chemical reactions occur with the tongue?
How come all reactions are reversible (nothing sticks to my tongue)?
What's ...
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What compounds exist in the bitter peel of specific fruits?
Actually, my original question was: What makes a pith of pomegranate so bitter?
Then I decided to be more generic. You'll hardly find someone that consumes pomegranate and doesn't nag about the bitter ...
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Do all salts taste salty?
Recently, I am learning the production of soluble and insoluble salts. My friend and I have done this experiment at the school lab.
We wanted to taste them to see whether they are salty are not. The ...
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