Jello. How does it work ?

[Tom]

Maybe this should go in highly technical..

i was making some jello, and it isn't hard yet, so i was wondering how jello actually works ?

I mean are there jello molecules that hold on to the water molecules or what ? And how come it works better when its cold ?

 

[KLin]

Call up Bill Cosby. I bet he knows.

 

[BigJ]

http://home.howstuffworks.com/question557.htm

 

[loup garou]

Cow hooves. mmmm...there's always room for cow hooves.

 

[Zeeky Boogy Doog]

Originally posted by: BigJ
http://home.howstuffworks.com/question557.htm

you just ruined the magic of jello for me, thanks a lot... jerk

 

[Juice Box]

Originally posted by: werk
Cow hooves. mmmm...there's always room for cow hooves.

go home you vegan punk....🙂

 

[Toki]

collagen, that makes sense. after reading where they get the collagen, im not sure i ever want jello again, but it does explain its properties.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: digitalsnare

Originally posted by: werk
Cow hooves. mmmm...there's always room for cow hooves.

go home you vegan punk....🙂

I am at home. 😕
And I'm about as far from vegan as you can get. 😉

 

[Tom]

"When you cool down the mixture, the polypeptide chains begin to reassociate and reform the tight triple helix structure. "

Why ?

 

[yakko]

Originally posted by: werk
Cow hooves. mmmm...there's always room for cow hooves.

It is not always cow hooves anymore. I called Jell-O and the said the gelatin was extracted from the hides of animals used for food production.

 

[ActuaryTm]

Colloid.

 

how many boxes of jello would it take to turn a swimming pool into a giant bowl of jello?

 

[5ayle]

Originally posted by: Tom
"When you cool down the mixture, the polypeptide chains begin to reassociate and reform the tight triple helix structure. "

Why ?

God. 😛

The amino acid sequences make is so that structure is favorable. It's more of a random association than the molecules actively rearranging.

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: Tom
"When you cool down the mixture, the polypeptide chains begin to reassociate and reform the tight triple helix structure. "

Why ?

Because you touch yourself at night.

 

[SZLiao214]

LoL how stuff works is such a sweet site when you are bored.

 

[rezinn]

Same thing as a lot of gels, the collagen strands basically form cross links between eachother when reassociating randomly, making a sort of 3d net. Same concept for making gels used in electrophoresis, and you can actually make them the same exact way.

 

[lobadobadingdong]

once apon a time gelatine was taken from horses hoofs when they where put down for dog food. guess jell-o has a lot more demand these days.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: yakko

Originally posted by: werk
Cow hooves. mmmm...there's always room for cow hooves.

It is not always cow hooves anymore. I called Jell-O and the said the gelatin was extracted from the hides of animals used for food production.

mmm...that's so much more appetizing. 🙂

 

[DeMeo]

magical pixie dust.