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Silverside beef
Category: Family and Home > Food and Cooking Asked by: jtadvisor-ga List Price: $3.00 |
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25 Apr 2004 02:05 PDT
Expires: 25 May 2004 02:05 PDT Question ID: 335800 |
Why is silverside (corned) beef silver? I'm interested in knowing what phenomenon causes the strange shimmery layer on it. |
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Re: Silverside beef
From: alex_p-ga on 26 Apr 2004 05:44 PDT |
It has to do with refracting light due to the presence of fat and water on the surface (think of a bit of motor oil spilled in a rain puddle - you can see the same effect). See both of these sites: http://www.dinner-movie.com/beef.htm http://www.newscientist.com/lastword/article.jsp?id=lw511 alex_p (search strategy: "corned beef" + iridescent; silverside iridescent |
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