Questions tagged [physics]

I was baking bread for the first time in years the other day, and the instructions said put a baking tray full of water in the bottom of the oven. I didn't have a metal baking tray, so I put a ceramic ovenproof dish in the oven, and let it warm up.…

If you put a steak or a chicken into a hot pan which is not completely non-stick, it is likely to stick to it a bit and leave a residue when you flip it. That is our fond. Later we deglaze the pan by adding some liquid which causes all of the small…

An ice cube bag allows pouring water in and when turning an filled bag upside down, the bag seals itself. What is the physics behind it? Demonstration