NUTR 119 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Fat, Sugar, Milk
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When people from one ethnicity move to an area with different cultural norms, adaptation to the new majority society begins. For a substance to produce an odor it must be: volatile. Cultural, economic and preference factors can all influence and individual"s food choices. Flavor is the combined sense of taste and aroma. Oil has a higher specific heat than water. Functions of water include: heat transfer, chemical reactions, and universal solvent. The maillard reaction is the name given to the process that is responsible for the browning of the surface of meat when it is cooked. The unraveling of protein molecules when heat or acid is applied is known as denaturation. The chemical that is present in a habanera pepper that causes a burning sensation is capsaician. The amount of fresh minced herb used is approximately twice that is called for with the dried product. Whole spices take a longer time to release flavors than ground spice when cooking.
