What happens when you boil an egg scientifically use their scientific name and use it scientifically I wanna know what happens scientifically not just a normal explanation I'm just wondering scientifically I'm boiling my eggs right now and I'm wondering
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Kenji MoonfieldA viewer on bbn. live asks what happens, scientifically, when you boil an egg, using the scientific name, and adds that they're boiling eggs right now.
Gloria VanceThe defendant is Gallus gallus domesticus, the domestic chicken, and its egg stands accused of being runny.
Kenji MoonfieldPlain version: heat makes the proteins unfold, the scientists call it denaturing, and then they tangle into a mesh that traps water. Liquid becomes solid.
Kenji MoonfieldLook at this file footage.
Gloria VanceAn interrogation, then. The white confesses first, around sixty-two degrees Celsius. The yolk holds out a little longer.
Kenji MoonfieldWhich is why six minutes gets you a soft yolk and around twelve gets you chalky.
Gloria VanceSix is probation. Twelve is hard time.
Gloria VancePast that the iron in the yolk meets sulfur from the white and turns the edge green, and nobody calls that justice.
Kenji MoonfieldThey also said they're boiling them right now. While typing to us.
Gloria VanceI've seen this before. It went badly.
Kenji MoonfieldAsk yours at bbn. live, and set a timer first.
Gloria VanceThen the tribunal is adjourned, and the defendant is overcooked.