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Our Cooking Plan

What is the best ingredient for Tangyuan? Introduction  (Sylvia) Eating Tangyuan is a must in many traditional Chinese festivals.  As the Lantern festival is coming, it would be very interesting to make Tangyuan by ourselves.  When looking at the recipe of Tangyuan, I wonder why it is suggested to use glutinous rice flour, instead of other flour.  T herefore, our group would like to do an experiment to find out the answer. Hypothesis (Priscilla) Using different flour to make Tangyuan ( 湯圓) will affect their size and transparency after cooking Variables (Hazel) Controlled variable: amount of water and flour used to make the dough, time of cooking, time of mixing the dough, size of each Tangyuan Independent variable: strong flour (高筋麵粉), soft flour (低筋麵粉), glutinous rice flour (糯米粉), rice flour (沾米粉), Wheat flour (澄 麵 ) Dependent variable:  size and transparency of Tangyuan Material (Priscilla) 150g Glutinous Rice...

Tutorial 2

Hypothesis Different sauces added to the dead octopus tentacles will affect the frequency and duration of movement. Controlled variable: octopus pieces from the same leg same amount of sauce added same temperature same humidity Independent variable: Different kinds of sauce added to octopus 1. lemon juice 2. soy sauce 3. salt 4. chilli sauce Dependent variable: The duration that the octopus legs continue to move after sauce is added Material: 1. Octopus 2. Knife 3. distilled water 4. lemon juice 5. soy sauce 6. Salt 7. chilli sauce 8. 5 plates 9. stop watch Experiment Procedure: Clean the plates and knife Wash the octopus with distilled water Cut it into small pieces (same length) and put them into four different plates Until the octopus stop moving, we add those four sauces to the octopus simultaneously Observe movement of the octopus and start counting how long they move ...

The Weirdest Food I Have Ever Tried

The Weirdest Food I Have Ever Tried I went to Korea recently and I think the worm is the weirdest food I have ever tried It tastes bitter and spicy and I think I will mot try it again. My reaction after eating worms.....

The weirdest food I have tried...

This was a Korean cuisine made of small octopuses. I tired it in the Noryangjin Fish Market during my second trip to Korea with my family. Before the trip, we planned to get a taste of it as we saw a video clip on Facebook showing how others try it and we thought that it would be an interesting experience. It's turned out to be a weird experience eating the raw octopus which was still moving in my mouth. Flavored only with some sesame oil and seed, it was honestly not delicious indeed.