Cooking with Cells

Plants

Plant Cells

Plant Cells

The Central Vacuole

Cell Wall - Cellulose

Cell Wall - Cellulose

Parts-o-the Plant

What do we Eat?Roots: Leaves:

Stems: “Fruits”, seeds:

Cut it Out…Cutting open cells releases enzymes and exposes the delicious insides to oxygen – oxidation.

When cutting, cut as few cells as possible!

Oh….and Pizza is a Vegetable!

Fun GuyFungi

Cell Wall - Chitin

Ky-tin….not Chi-tin. Get it right.

Hyphae

Fungal textureThe hyphae form a mesh – cooking breaks only hydrogen bonds; the texture doesn’t change much.

Longer cooking removes more water and will make the fungus more dense.