Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Restaurants The perils of molecular gastronomy
Posted by Cliff Bostock @cliffbostock on Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 6:56 PM
Keep your hands off the liquid nitrogen:
An experimental German chef accidentally blew off both his hands attempting to concoct a "molecular gastronomy" dish with liquid nitrogen, a newspaper report said on Monday.....There was an "enormous explosion," according to the Berliner Morgenpost daily. The would-be Heston Blumental - a leading proponent of molecular gastronomy - lost one hand in the explosion and the other was so badly injured it had to be amputated.
(Hat tip: Kit Fenton)
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Liquid nitrogen isn't flammable or combustible. Either this guy did something very stupid, like dump hot water into liquid nitrogen, or the reporting is crappy.
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I used to work at a company where we did experiements w/liquid nitrogent, and I was told (as I vigorously stirred some in a thermos) that it can explode if you stir it and get too much oxygen in it. I'm not sure if that's true, but I sure did quit stirring it! Maybe Blais will check in and enlighten us.
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