On Food and Cooking

orange precursors the carotenes, which are found in green feed and give milk and undyed butter whatever c ...

bacteria.) Lactose is a composite of the two simple sugars glucose and galactose, which are joined together in th ...

many that would make the milk unpalatable or cause disease. Lactose and the lactic-acid bacteria therefore ...

feed and the approaching end of their lactation period. Certain breeds, notably Guernseys and Jerseys from the Channe ...

many of its fat globules rise and form a fat- rich layer at the top of the container. This p ...

and low clustering activity, the milks of goats, sheep, and water buffalo are very slow to separate. ...

different story. It is fatal to the fat globule membrane. Cold milk fat and freezing water both ...

Miss Muffet’s curds and whey. The two groups are distinguished by their reaction to acids. The handful of c ...

without curdling. The Caseins The casein family includes four different kinds of proteins that gather together ...

the casein family is especially influential in these gatherings. That is kappa-casein, which caps the m ...

micelles to flock together and the milk to curdle. One way is souring. Milk’s normal pH is about 6.5, or ...

casein micelles a haircut (p. 57). It clips off just the part of the capping-casein that extends into ...

whose powerful aroma contributes to the characteristic flavor of cooked milk (and many other animal f ...

A model of the milk protein casein, which occurs in micelles, or small bundles a fraction of the ...

saturated milk fat fluid at body temperature, and which are small enough that they can evaporate into ...

a less complicated, mildly cheesy aroma, while lush pasturage provides raw material for sweet, raspberry ...

butterscotch. The Development of Off-Flavors The flavor of good fresh milk can deteriorate in several different way ...

Fresh milk, cream, and butter may not be as prominent in European and American cooking as they once were, ...

prevent the fat from separating. The result is processed milk of no particular animal or farm or season, and th ...

centuries, where many children were killed by tuberculosis, undulant fever, and simple food poisoning cont ...