coastlines. When you look at a coastline from far
away and measure it, you’ll measure a certain
perimeter. As you zoom closer and closer, you
realize there are tiny inlets or curves in the beach
that weren’t visible from far away. When measured
again, these bumps add length to the total perimeter.
This is a phenomenon known as the Richardson
Effect, which basically says that the more precisely
you measure a coastline, the longer the measurement
gets. And the more bumpy or irregular the surface
is, the more pronounced the effect.
Well, the same applies to breaded foods. Though a
nonbreaded chicken cutlet and a breaded chicken
cutlet have essentially the same mass and volume,
because of the irregular edges of the breaded cutlet,
it actually has far greater surface area than the
nude chicken.
Panko, Japanese-style bread crumbs, can further
enhance this effect. In contrast to sandy or coarse
crumbs, panko crumbs are wide, craggly flakes that
jut out wildly when applied, providing over twice as
much surface area as regular bread crumbs. Now
that’s adding some major crunch!
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