Trex202@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 15 days agoCould you grind up a loaf of bread back into a flour and make a new loaf of bread?message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up173
arrow-up173message-squareCould you grind up a loaf of bread back into a flour and make a new loaf of bread?Trex202@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 15 days agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-215 days agoNot really, no - entropy is one-way at the macro scale. The flour absorbed water, and combined with kneading, produced gluten (and was baked, causing more chemical changes). Grinding it all up wouldn’t reverse that process - it would just be ground up bread.
Not really, no - entropy is one-way at the macro scale.
The flour absorbed water, and combined with kneading, produced gluten (and was baked, causing more chemical changes).
Grinding it all up wouldn’t reverse that process - it would just be ground up bread.
Breadcrumbs. Panko if fortunate.
Or croutons.