Cooking with Cells
Plants
Plant Cells
Plant Cells
The Central Vacuole
Cell Wall - Cellulose
Cell Wall - Cellulose
Parts-o-the Plant
What do we Eat?
Roots:
Leaves:
Stems:
“Fruits”, seeds:
Cut it Out…
Cutting open cells releases enzymes
and exposes the delicious insides to
oxygen – oxidation.
When cutting, cut as few cells as
possible!
Oh….and Pizza is a Vegetable!
Fun
Fungi
Guy
Cell Wall - Chitin
Ky-tin….not Chi-tin. Get it right.
Hyphae
Fungal texture
The hyphae form a mesh – cooking
breaks only hydrogen bonds; the
texture doesn’t change much.
Longer cooking removes more water
and will make the fungus more dense.