I'm not sure what you mean by mechanical, but raising agents like baking soda, baking powder, and yeast make foods light and fluffy.
As a household cleaning agent and as a raising agent in baking.
Its raising agent is the high water content, which boils during cooking, puffing out the pastry. Unlike puff pastry, it uses eggs.
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A power station generator uses mechanical energy produced by the steam turbine.
It is used as a whipped cream propellant
Yeast is used to help bread rise.
Arrowroot and orris root are not the same, though they are both plant-derived. Arrowroot is a starchy substance extracted from the rhizomes of several tropical plants, commonly used as a thickening agent in cooking. In contrast, orris root comes from the iris plant and is primarily used for its fragrance in perfumes and as a flavoring agent in some culinary applications. While both have culinary uses, their origins and applications differ significantly.
An electro-mechanical computer is a computer that uses relays.
Choux pastry primarily uses steam as its raising agent. When the dough is baked, the moisture inside turns to steam, causing the pastry to puff up and create a hollow interior. Additionally, the eggs in the dough contribute to the structure and stability of the pastry as it rises.
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Anybody who repairs or maintains mechanical things uses wrenches.
Steamed, fried, sautéed, BBQed, breaded, sweet and sour, bit of garlic - many different culinary uses.