Wednesday, August 30, 2006

To Do (Before I Die)

I've had this idea in my head for sometime now that before I die, I would like to dedicate a significant portion of my time to analyzing the science behind delicious food. Everyone has individual tastes, and these tastes all differ. But certain outstanding foods seem to be almost universally appealing (Think: Haagen Daaz vanilla ice cream). In my constant quest to eat good food, I aim to quantify what that universal goodness factor really is.

My first project will be banana bread. Following the scientific method (remember that all you old farts?), I aim to tackle different recipes of banana bread in order to find what it is that makes for the perfect loaf:

1. Observation and description of a phenomenon or group of phenomena. Lots of different types of banana bread are yummy, but some some are yummier than others.

2. Formulation of an hypothesis to explain the phenomena. Breads that are yummier than others possess specific qualities that can be distinguished and identified.

3. Use of the hypothesis to predict the existence of other phenomena, or to predict quantitatively the results of new observations. The identification of these mmmm-inducing qualities will lend insight into the cause of the deliciousness factor of other foods.

4. Performance of experimental tests of the predictions by several independent experimenters and properly performed experiments. Me and my multiple personalities will bake several different banana breads using unique "Best Banana Bread" recipes. Double blind testing and rating of breads will ensue.



Nutty bread?


Chocolatey bread?


Triple the bread?


Man bread?

4 comments:

tront said...

are you serious? the thing that makes one banana bread better than another is more butter, more nuts. same concept with haagen dazs, but with ice cream instead of butter. mashed potatoes, green beans, bread, etc. dairy. go back to kindergarten einstein

annie said...

grasshopper,
you must only post each blog once.

Isadora said...

dear tront:

you are completely wrong.

love,
food genius

p.s. thanks sensei

Isadora said...

also, just to prove you wrong, i'm going make a batch of nut-free vegan ones for our trip.