When you heat a liquid, you generally expect it to boil but rather than solidify. What is the science behind this process? Examples are cakes pancakes and eggs
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Flour contains starch, which are long chains of sugar that are normally lumped into small clumps. If you mix them with water and heat them up, these chains attach to each other, turning the whole thing into a solid gel.
Eggs are often used to improve texture, but aren’t what makes the pancake solid. (/u/calybium)
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