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			How to Defrost Food Faster by Daniel Lin Article Rating = 3.73 (58 votes)

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Category: Cooking & Food Alright, this is for all you cooks out there with almost enough foresight to pull out the meat the night before you want to eat it for dinner. Sadly, I must also include myself in this category. The hectic life of a student throws unpredictable curves into one's life. So what is the secret to defrosting your meat faster? You've come home, you're hungry, you want dinner. You don't have a significant other that will put up with you enough to make your dinner for you, and you don't have to stomach for your 83rd bean burrito from Taco Bell this month. You open the freezer and see some pork chops! or Beef strips! or chicken breasts! Your mouth starts to water. But how can you wait for this stuff to defrost? You're hungry now! Of course, many people are not as picky as me. I do not like the way a microwave defrosts my meat--how it's defrosted on the inside and oddly cooked on the outside. I also don't like the way my meat turns out whan I cook it half frozen. So what do I do? I open up a physics book. Obviously, your meat defrosts because the surrounding air is warmer than the frozen surface of the meat. Thus, the laws of thermodynamics take over, and heat flows to the meat, warming it. This process takes several hours, precious hours that your stomach would use to digest itself and give you an ulcer. The reason why this takes so long is because heat doesn't conduct very well through the air. It conducts much better through something like metal. Remember those hot summer days when you accidentally lean against a car in the sun? Yow! So what do we do? We put the meat on a pan. Any ol' pan will do. The longer it stays in contact with metal, the faster it will defrost. Granted the side touching the metal will defrost faster than the opposite side, so some flipping my be needed if you want even defrosting. (You *could* use another pan on top of the meat, though...) Try it. It'll shave hours off your defrosting time! Remember that pan that was sold in the early 90's boasting to defrost your meats faster? It's just a piece of metal! About the author... Submitted By Daniel Lin Description Slave to the laws of physics Web Page not available Other Articles in this Category How to Grow Super Tomatoes in a Hanging basket by shelala Carmel Popcorn Kit in a Jar by merle How to Fix Delicious Irish Boiled Dinner by Sarah R How to Make Puppy Chow (AKA Muddy Buddies) by sherri walsh How To Reuse That Day-Old Bread by Laurie Bazemore How to Pick Out a Good Melon by charles ma How to Make Cocktail Sauce (Red Sauce to Dip Shrimp Into) by Adam Sinclair How to Make Russian/Thousand Island Salad Dressing by Adam Sinclair How to Get Coconut From the Shell by alicefae How to Have Steaming Hot Water in Seconds (make Breakfast, etc...) by Jean Kim How to Make Your Own Carbonated Soda! (Coke, Pepsi etc....) by Arnold Kim What's the big deal about Sushi? by Vince Chesner Other Sites Storkin.com - Baby and Pregnancy Tips and Discussion iPhone Games at TouchArcade.com iPhone Apps at AppShopper.com Health Articles Menopause Symptoms HIV/AIDS Symptoms West Nile Symptoms Diabetes Symptoms Pregnancy Symptoms Read other Articles - click here.