I get why sugar makes things taste better since it tastes good by itself but why does something like cooking oil which doesn’t taste good on its own make food taste better than it otherwise would be?
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You ever eaten straight salt and enjoyed it?
You ever eaten straight salt and enjoyed it?
1. Oil can be heated far more than your foods own water content, which means Maillard reaction (a chemical reaction that makes food delicious) can happen faster and better.
2. Many spices have compounds that are more soluble in fat than in water. The oil carries the aroma into the food.
In short, oil doesn’t make the food delicious by itself. It is the physical and chemical properties of oil that bring deliciousness to the food.
Certain taste elements are soluable in oil, but not in water. Oil can bring them out in a way that water can’t.
It also helps to add a bit more of surface texture and frying surface.
Certain taste elements are soluable in oil, but not in water. Oil can bring them out in a way that water can’t.
It also helps to add a bit more of surface texture and frying surface.
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Because if you cook several different foods, like meat and some vegetables in one pan, they release their taste in the oil when they heat up. And when multiple foods release their taste in oil at high temperatures, all of them mix together and you taste pretty much everything at the same time when you eat it.
Because if you cook several different foods, like meat and some vegetables in one pan, they release their taste in the oil when they heat up. And when multiple foods release their taste in oil at high temperatures, all of them mix together and you taste pretty much everything at the same time when you eat it.
The oil itself gets cooked a bit (changing its structure permanently), especially at higher temperatures. I’m not sure how so many other commenters failed to mention this, in addition to the other factors.
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