1. why does it get all bubbly when you pour dry macaroni into a pot of boiling water?

5/21/2009 7:41:34 PM

when a tree falls in the woods, does it make a sound?

5/21/2009 7:43:02 PM

text that to cha cha and tell us what they say

5/21/2009 7:51:23 PM

^^you left out a vital piece of information

5/21/2009 7:51:44 PM

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"1. why does it get all bubbly when you pour dry macaroni into a pot of boiling water?"

my guess is that there was air trapped in the noodles

5/21/2009 8:10:08 PM

nah, i know what he's talking about. it foams up almost like soap or something. it's weird.

5/21/2009 8:10:47 PM

qntmfred is a prince of the Universe

5/21/2009 8:10:50 PM

it probably is something more than that, but it was a guess

5/21/2009 8:11:36 PM

it's a terrible guess

5/21/2009 8:13:22 PM

heating up the starch in the pasta?

5/21/2009 8:14:05 PM

^noodles are coated with corn starch after the cooking process to prevent them from sticking together. dropping them in boiling water separates the corn starch from the noodle, creating the frothy bubbles.

it is also why many people toss pasta in extra virgin olive oil- to keep it from sticking after cooking


QUESTION ANSWERED!

5/21/2009 8:20:56 PM

CHA CHA

5/21/2009 8:23:49 PM

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5/21/2009 8:35:46 PM

where's my remote???

5/21/2009 9:05:45 PM

lol wut?

5/21/2009 9:10:16 PM

how far is away?

5/21/2009 9:25:51 PM

where in the heck do all the missing socks go?

5/21/2009 9:35:36 PM

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"hen a tree falls in the woods, does it make a sound?"

haha i'm simple

5/21/2009 9:36:48 PM

to the OP:

look up "nucleation sites"

5/21/2009 10:55:26 PM

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"1. why does it get all bubbly when you pour dry macaroni into a pot of boiling water?"

Using too small of a pot to boil your noodles in. You should have at least 3 inches of space from the water line to the top of the pot.

5/21/2009 10:58:20 PM

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"when a tree falls in the woods, does it make a sound?"

Yes, it does. Sound is mechanical energy. And sound will be created when the tree falls. If no one is there to hear it, that does not negate the fact that the sound was created and radiates out from where the tree fell.

5/21/2009 11:02:21 PM

Which came first, the chicken or the egg???

5/21/2009 11:04:45 PM

lunak's first post in this thread is one of those questions i always thought was retarded(cause of the answers ppl give)

5/21/2009 11:06:24 PM