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"Cooking" without Heat
Making a yummy dish doesn't always mean heating food:
Why cook food, anyway? Sometimes it's simply to make things taste better. Heat also causes chemical reactions that make food easier to chew and digest -- plus it kills germs. Bacteria, fungus, mold and yeast need your food as much as you do, and a hot stove or oven generally kills these microbes. But there are other ways to prevent the growth of microbes. What's more, some microbes are actually good for us: they can make food more nutritious, taste better or last longer. |