james_pain Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 What's the science/reasoning behind this phenomena? I think it is a bit it like witchcraft...as I don't understand why it happens... Anyone here have any ideas from the perspective of someone with a science/chemistry background? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Caramelization is the cooking term, pyrolysis is the chemistry term https://commonsensescience.wordpress.com/2011/11/07/cooking-with-chemistry-what-is-caramelization/ When caramelizing onions, pyrolysis is responsible for breaking down sugars using heat, meaning that the high heat applied to the onions during cooking causes the sugars present to break down into smaller units. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 And here's the nerdy chemistry term https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maillard_reaction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 (edited) What's the science/reasoning behind this phenomena? I think it is a bit it like witchcraft...as I don't understand why it happens... Clarke's Third Law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke's_three_laws Edited November 27, 2016 by Strange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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