Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 11:58:38 -0700 (PDT)
Message-Id: <199708261858.LAA00189@isaac.exploratorium.edu>
To: pinhole@exploratorium.edu
From: Richard Brooks <richardb@exploratorium.edu>
Subject: Question Leftover
Dearest Pinholers,
A recent random synapse-firing provoked a memory of a discussion
initiated just a few weeks ago in the the Exploratorium's Classroom kitchen.
It goes a little somethin' like this: there is anecdotal evidence* that
stainless steel has some effect of reducing the scent of garlic. Does
anyone know how empirically verifiable this has proven to be? (And a
slightly related question: freshly scrubbed stainless steel has a distinct
metallic scent--what are the compounds that are actually being smelled?
[And would this have any reaction with the sulfur compounds we smell in
garlic or onion?]) I'm just a bit curious.
Daintily yours,
El Troll
*Is "anecdotal evidence" oxymoronic, or just moronic?...
Richard Brooks, Library Troll
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