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It slows the vegetable's decomposition. On leafy plants like lettuce, turnips, celery, spinach and collards it rehydrates the leaf and makes it crisp. This is done before serving or before refrigeration.
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What does soaked to the bone mean?
soaked through all your clothing including undergarments... usually cold water
If vegetables become wilted they can often be made crisp again by soaking them in water. What process causes this change?
Osmosis is responsible for vegetables crisping up when soaked in water. The water diffuses into the cells and makes them turgid.
How do you keep your vegetables green while cooking?
Depending on the vegetables, you can steam them or Blanche them. (Where you put vegetables in boiling water, then put them in ice cold water)
Can you put potatoes that you soaked in cold water right into a fryer afterwards?
You should pat them dry or your grease is going to splatter
Which process is responsible for vegetables getting crispy when soaked in fresh water?
Osmosis causes vegetables in fresh water to crisp up. This is because the liquid in their cells contains dissolved substances. Water therefore diffuses in through the semipermeable cell membrane, causing the cells to become turgid.
How do you treat windgalls?
You have to wrap the horses legs in thick bandages soaked in cold water after work and this helps cool the swelling and reduce the inflamation
What is the term for to quickly plunge blanched vegetables in cold water to stop the cooking process?
shocking.
What was the first soup made of in 6000 BC?
The first soup would have been the water in which vegetables, grains, or meat was soaked or, later, cooked.
Vegetation in cold climates is?
Cold vegetables
Why is home grown leaf lettuce soaked first in salt water and then rinsed and then soaked in tap water?
to get rid of bugs
Do you wash vegetables in cold or hot water?
Cold. If you are using hot water, you may be scalding the vegetable and possibly damaging it's flavor, texture and nutrients.
How do you treat guinea pigs over exposed in the sun?
This just happend to a friend of mine. She soaked it in cold water (not to cold) and slowly gave it pedialyte. It came around after a few days. Good luck! Jill
