Can you cook anything at body temperature?
 

Is there anything that is designed to be cooked at the temperature of the
human body?

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Can you cook anything at body temperature?
 

Scott T. Jensen wrote:

> Is there anything that is designed to be cooked at the temperature of the
> human body?

Not cooked, but certainly melted, as in chocolate or butter.
One of their appealing aspects is that they melt at or below body
temperature.

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in article , Reg at
wrote on 1/2/04 11:20 PM:

> Scott T. Jensen wrote:
>
>> Is there anything that is designed to be cooked at the temperature of the
>> human body?
>
> Not cooked, but certainly melted, as in chocolate or butter.
> One of their appealing aspects is that they melt at or below body
> temperature.

Just so you know, peanut butter does NOT melt at body temp.
I know.
I tried it.
Oh, what a mess that was!

Chocolate is much better.....

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On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 22:18:24 -0600, "Scott T. Jensen" >
wrote:

>Is there anything that is designed to be cooked at the temperature of the
>human body?

A fart

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On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 22:18:24 -0600, Scott T. Jensen wrote:

> Is there anything that is designed to be cooked at the temperature of the
> human body?

The problem with body temp is that bacteria thrive in that range (95-105F
or 33-37C) so if you're cooking anything that could house bacteria, it's
got to spend as little time in that range as possible.

Also "cooking" implies that the addition of heat is required. If you
figure that room temp is just below body temp, then you're not really
cooking all that much - sounds more like it's being warmed. Technically
you could cook something by raising its temp a few degrees, but this is a
rec group and not a sci group.

> Scott Jensen

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> Is there anything that is designed to be cooked at the temperature of the
> human body?


A baby (or a bun in the oven)



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"Ray" > wrote in
nk.net:

>> Is there anything that is designed to be cooked at the temperature of
>> the human body?
>
>
> A baby (or a bun in the oven)

Yeah, but look how long it takes to bake!

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Gar > wrote in
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>>Is there anything that is designed to be cooked at the temperature of the
>>human body?
>

Yoghurt? Cheese?

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In rec.food.cooking, Scott T. Jensen > wrote:
> Is there anything that is designed to be cooked at the temperature of the
> human body?

Bacteria generally do very, very well at that temperature.

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In article >,
wrote:

> In rec.food.cooking, Scott T. Jensen > wrote:
> > Is there anything that is designed to be cooked at the temperature of the
> > human body?
>
> Bacteria generally do very, very well at that temperature.

Oh that was SCARY!!! ;-D

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> > A baby (or a bun in the oven)
>
> Yeah, but look how long it takes to bake!


Some things work better low and slow.



"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
. ..
> "Ray" > wrote in
> nk.net:
>
> >> Is there anything that is designed to be cooked at the temperature of
> >> the human body?
> >
> >
> > A baby (or a bun in the oven)
>
> Yeah, but look how long it takes to bake!

Can you cook anything at body temperature?
 

On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 22:18:24 -0600, Scott T. Jensen wrote:

> Is there anything that is designed to be cooked at the temperature of the
> human body?
>
> Scott Jensen

Well, you can "cook" at room temperature or below, but you would not be
using the temperature.

you can cook fish and some other things by placing them in a bath of some
acid (vinegar, lemon juice even orange juice)
but technically (rec again not sci) you are not using the temperature, but
the acid.

Cooking does not need to use heat, denaturing proteins is enough.

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I would answer "no". Your example of cheese is not really about cooking.
It's the action of enzymes and bacteria that produce the change in
structure, not heat. So it's not cooking.

I don't know of anything that would undergo the change in structure that we
equate with "cooking" just by applying body heat.

Christine




"Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 22:18:24 -0600, "Scott T. Jensen" >
> wrote:
>
> >Is there anything that is designed to be cooked at the temperature of the
> >human body?
>
> Cheese (and cheese curds) are produced at near-body temperature.
>
> -sw

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>>
>> >Is there anything that is designed to be cooked at the temperature of the
>> >human body?

Fungus and bacteria

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The human body, is just a warm bed for some of the more minute life
forms. They eat us while we are still raw, sort of like breakfast in
bed, along with a cruise through the blood stream, and stopping off at
some vital organs for a rollicking good party. Of course, this carnival
eventually leads to their own demise, unless they escape by way of some
indecent exposure, to proliferate again as outrageously as they began!

Just a Jeanie

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Jean Clarke > wrote:
>The human body, is just a warm bed for some of the more minute life
>forms. They eat us while we are still raw, sort of like breakfast in
>bed, along with a cruise through the blood stream, and stopping off at
>some vital organs for a rollicking good party. Of course, this carnival
>eventually leads to their own demise, unless they escape by way of some
>indecent exposure, to proliferate again as outrageously as they began!

Nah. I keep 'em down by dousing them in alcohol periodically.

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