On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 7:09 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) < mark.sny...@ngc.com> wrote:
> From SlashDot: > "Nathan Myhrvold, former CTO of Microsoft, is self-publishing a cook > book with scientific underpinnings. The man who presided over the > original iterations of Windows has built a laboratory kitchen > <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/science/17prof.html> , hired 5 chefs, > and plays with misplaced lab equipment: using an autoclave as a pressure > cooker, using a 100-ton hydraulic press to make beef jerky, and using an > ultrasonic welder for... he's not sure yet. The article includes a > video on how to cryosear and cryorender duck. 'It's basically like a > software project,' Dr. Myhrvold said. 'It's very much like a review we > would do at Microsoft.' Is it possible to BSoD food?" > > Uh _Blue Screen of Death Food_ ? I've certainly made my share of inedible food but nothing deadly that I know of. There is a laboratory autoclave that shares a design and source of manufacture as a commonly used restaurant pressure cooker. -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
