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Use this handy conversion calculator to convert between the many units found in recipes.
Touch supercooled water drops with an ice crystal and trigger them to freeze instantly.
For accuracy, it's best to use both a candy thermometer and the cold water test when making candy.
Experience the thrill of pickle making, and explore how a cucumber becomes a pickle.
High energy prices got you down? Discover how pickles can ease your troubles.
Learn how to use physics to distinguish between raw eggs and hard-cooked eggs.
How can a microscopic organism lift several pounds of dough? Find out with this activity.
Pickling is the art of manipulating the microbial garden in foods.
The common ground between pickles, cheese, bread, wine, and many other foods.
Discover the secret colors hidden in black ink. With a paper towel, a black marker, and a cup of water, create a rainbow of colors while exploring capillary action and chromatography.
Make a simple rocket and a rocket launcher, and watch a demonstration of how the finished rocket will fly.
Make a simple musical instrument that sounds like a swarm of buzzing bees when you spin it around.
Saving seeds helps preserve the culture of Native American farmers in the American Southwest and northern Mexico.