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Re:Vegan cheese has quietly but steadily infiltrated mainstr... by CobsterLock on Thursday April 29, 2021 @05:59PM (#26987350)
Thank you! I'll have to try this. weird that it uses a less chili powder than I usually use in my meat chili (roughly 3 tbs for 2lbs of meat and a can of beans). Maybe I'm just used to a ton more spice. I could have been amping it up after going away from red meat
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Re:Vegan cheese has quietly but steadily infiltrated mainstr... by ENIanDEM on Thursday April 29, 2021 @06:39PM (#26987675)
That could be because the chili molecule has polarity and clumps together in fatty environments, like meat sauces and yoghurt. Conversely it gets dispersed by water. That recipe probably has a bit less fat than what your usual meaty one has, so less chili goes further :)
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Re:Vegan cheese has quietly but steadily infiltrated mainstr... by pezezin on Thursday April 29, 2021 @08:32PM (#26988580)
It's actually the other way around: capsaicin is non-polar, that's why it is hydrophobic but soluble in oil and fat.
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