Digital Gastronomy
November 17, 2022 6:19 PM Subscribe
Hang on, hang on, things are moving too fast. I still don't know what all my Instant Pot buttons do, and I haven't gotten into sous vide or air fryers at all yet!
Plus my Popeil Kitchen Magician is still in its original box
posted by Greg_Ace at 7:24 PM on November 17, 2022 [1 favorite]
Plus my Popeil Kitchen Magician is still in its original box
posted by Greg_Ace at 7:24 PM on November 17, 2022 [1 favorite]
Hang on, hang on, things are moving too fast. I still don't know what all my Instant Pot buttons do, and I haven't gotten into sous vide or air fryers at all yet!
Plus my Popeil Kitchen Magician is still in its original box
You joke, but I remember marveling that my grandmother couldn't use a microwave. Now I kind of understand where she is coming from because there are a lot of things that don't make sense to me as I get older.
posted by Literaryhero at 7:57 PM on November 17, 2022 [1 favorite]
Plus my Popeil Kitchen Magician is still in its original box
You joke, but I remember marveling that my grandmother couldn't use a microwave. Now I kind of understand where she is coming from because there are a lot of things that don't make sense to me as I get older.
posted by Literaryhero at 7:57 PM on November 17, 2022 [1 favorite]
I'm so glad that they namechecked (at least in passing) CandyFab (previously), one of my favorite projects of all time.
We briefly sold a toolhead for extruding frosting. We took a prototype to a hackathon in 2009 and experienced a massive high-pressure jam containment failure early in the evening which destroyed the keyboard of our very first corporate laptop. Good times.
posted by phooky at 7:59 PM on November 17, 2022 [8 favorites]
We briefly sold a toolhead for extruding frosting. We took a prototype to a hackathon in 2009 and experienced a massive high-pressure jam containment failure early in the evening which destroyed the keyboard of our very first corporate laptop. Good times.
posted by phooky at 7:59 PM on November 17, 2022 [8 favorites]
Oh, but 3d food printing will be absolutely terrible, right up until it is amazing. The stuff in this article is not really appealing, but at some point we will (hopefully) break through into Star Trek type shit and then BAM luxury gay space communism!
posted by Literaryhero at 8:00 PM on November 17, 2022
posted by Literaryhero at 8:00 PM on November 17, 2022
On one hand, I'm not impressed. In some ways this reminds me of the mid-last-century way of thinking about food and science in a way I don't know how to name.
On the other hand, it also sounds like it might be helpful for some people.
posted by aniola at 8:03 PM on November 17, 2022
On the other hand, it also sounds like it might be helpful for some people.
posted by aniola at 8:03 PM on November 17, 2022
Joking aside, I can see how it might be interesting/useful to some - and that's fine, I have no problem with that. I just don't yet see how it would be anything more than a passing gimmick, and I can't imagine the process improving the flavor of any food that wasn't in a pourable/moldable form to begin with (ex. melted chocolate).
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:14 PM on November 17, 2022
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:14 PM on November 17, 2022
On the other hand, I always applaud science! Who knows what may ultimately come of this research...
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:15 PM on November 17, 2022
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:15 PM on November 17, 2022
mmmmmm delicious phase angles
posted by lalochezia at 8:17 PM on November 17, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by lalochezia at 8:17 PM on November 17, 2022 [1 favorite]
Are they doing it in a nitrogen atmosphere?
If not and it contains fat, it will taste rancid to many people, me included.
posted by jamjam at 8:25 PM on November 17, 2022 [1 favorite]
If not and it contains fat, it will taste rancid to many people, me included.
posted by jamjam at 8:25 PM on November 17, 2022 [1 favorite]
delicious phase angles
An excellent user name, by the way.
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:28 PM on November 17, 2022
An excellent user name, by the way.
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:28 PM on November 17, 2022
I'll take a cellular peptide cake. With mint frosting.
Joking aside, I was talking about this just last night with my spouse. Who seemed mildly troubled by my ambition to one day print a hollow perfect cube of cheese.
posted by terretu at 12:20 AM on November 18, 2022 [1 favorite]
Joking aside, I was talking about this just last night with my spouse. Who seemed mildly troubled by my ambition to one day print a hollow perfect cube of cheese.
posted by terretu at 12:20 AM on November 18, 2022 [1 favorite]
"Studies have shown that using 3D printing technologies to render ingredients such as insects is more acceptable and appealing to consumers"
It does get drier after that, though adding more hydrogels might help. But here's a gem: you can add bacteria to mashed potatoes. Really! Page 31.
posted by zompist at 12:46 AM on November 18, 2022 [1 favorite]
It does get drier after that, though adding more hydrogels might help. But here's a gem: you can add bacteria to mashed potatoes. Really! Page 31.
posted by zompist at 12:46 AM on November 18, 2022 [1 favorite]
I'm impressed with anyone who read through this.
But I had a colleague in a former research institution who printed everything. He broke the printers regularly, so he was pretty good at building his own for nearly nothing. I did enjoy visiting his lab, though I never read any of his articles.
posted by mumimor at 7:34 AM on November 18, 2022
But I had a colleague in a former research institution who printed everything. He broke the printers regularly, so he was pretty good at building his own for nearly nothing. I did enjoy visiting his lab, though I never read any of his articles.
posted by mumimor at 7:34 AM on November 18, 2022
Oh good, I've been craving alternating layers of strawberry gel with mashed potatoes for so long.
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