Breakfast Granola for 8/21/9

Barbecue can turn most any food and any meal into EPIC WIN -- breakfast included -- but why? Because cooking is science, of course.

As summer winds to a close, backyard grillers may be looking back on their last barbecue and asking some rather pointed questions: Why was the grilled chicken so dry? Does eating charred meat really cause cancer? Why did Uncle Fred pucker and cringe after each sip of beer?

Answers to these posers, and others, come courtesy of the American Chemical Society, which as part of its semiannual meeting staged a chemistry-themed barbecue reception August 17 for reporters and other guests. A good time was had by all — even, remarkably, by those who tried the barbecued tofu.

“You can take any food you want and cook it on a grill,” said Sara Risch, a food chemist and consultant based in East Lansing, Mich. “Even vegetables.”

I'll take your word for it, Sara. Now pass me some brisket and ribs before you get two-pieced.

P.S.: Random quatloos to whomever can identify the source of the pictured bounty.

Found via Boing Boing on Science News.