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Some recipes call for caramelizing onions, apples, whatever.
Apparently, after heating for a while, a sudden change of state
occurs; caramelization

Any chemists here, who can describe the chemistry of this process?
Somehow, it seems the sugars concentrate.

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On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:33:42 -0700 (PDT), RichD
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>Some recipes call for caramelizing onions, apples, whatever.
>Apparently, after heating for a while, a sudden change of state
>occurs; caramelization
>
>Any chemists here, who can describe the chemistry of this process?
>Somehow, it seems the sugars concentrate.


Cindy will tell you.

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On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:33:42 -0700 (PDT), RichD
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>Some recipes call for caramelizing onions, apples, whatever.
>Apparently, after heating for a while, a sudden change of state
>occurs; caramelization
>
>Any chemists here, who can describe the chemistry of this process?
>Somehow, it seems the sugars concentrate.


Caramelization is a type of non-enzymatic browning. Unlike the
Maillard reaction, caramelization is pyrolytic, as opposed to being a
reaction with amino acids. When caramelization involves the
disaccharide sucrose, it is broken down into the monosaccharides
fructose and glucose. Duh! Who doesnt know this??

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On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 5:33:45 PM UTC-5, RichD wrote:
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> Some recipes call for caramelizing onions, apples, whatever.
> Apparently, after heating for a while, a sudden change of state
> occurs; caramelization
>
> Any chemists here, who can describe the chemistry of this process?
> Somehow, it seems the sugars concentrate.
>
> Rich
>

The fake John Kuthe Googled it for you. Scroll down and read what he
pasted here. Maybe you and Lenona should compare notes and help
each other out.
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Bruce wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:33:42 -0700 (PDT), RichD
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>> Some recipes call for caramelizing onions, apples, whatever.
>> Apparently, after heating for a while, a sudden change of state
>> occurs; caramelization
>>
>> Any chemists here, who can describe the chemistry of this process?
>> Somehow, it seems the sugars concentrate.

>
> Cindy will tell you.
>


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On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:33:42 -0700 (PDT), RichD
> wrote:

>Some recipes call for caramelizing onions, apples, whatever.
>Apparently, after heating for a while, a sudden change of state
>occurs; caramelization
>
>Any chemists here, who can describe the chemistry of this process?
>Somehow, it seems the sugars concentrate.


It is called the "Maillard reaction".
Maillard browning is a chemical reaction that usually occurs between
amino acids (the building blocks of protein) and those carbohydrates
known as reducing sugars – although the reaction has been known to
occur between reducing sugars and whole proteins.
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On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:03:22 -0600, US Janet >
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>On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:33:42 -0700 (PDT), RichD
> wrote:
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>>Some recipes call for caramelizing onions, apples, whatever.
>>Apparently, after heating for a while, a sudden change of state
>>occurs; caramelization
>>
>>Any chemists here, who can describe the chemistry of this process?
>>Somehow, it seems the sugars concentrate.

>
>It is called the "Maillard reaction".


Nope. No, it is not called that.

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On 3/23/2021 6:33 PM, RichD wrote:
> Some recipes call for caramelizing onions,


I like raw onions and browned and softened onions but not caramelized
onions. That's overkill cooking to me. At that point, you've ruined good
onions.




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> > The fake John Kuthe Googled it for you. Scroll down and read what he
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> Have you ever even tried to post something on topic, or do you only
> ever try to fake it?
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I'm always on topic unless I begin a subject with O. T. just like everybody
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