How hard do you have to hit a chicken to cook it?

Re:How hard do you have to hit a chicken to cook it? by bobson381 on Saturday October 11, 2025 @04:40AM (#45547602)

Used to joke in the kitchen that I worked in that if we were pressed for time, instead of baking something for an hour at 300°, we can just bake it for 6 minutes at 3,000°. It's such a fun concept and always makes me giggle

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Re:How hard do you have to hit a chicken to cook it? by gus_massa on Saturday October 11, 2025 @07:00AM (#45548143)

It's somewhat used for milk pasteurization. You can heat it to 61°C (145°F) for 30 minutes or to 72°C (162°F) for 15 seconds (yes, 0.25 minutes). More info https://www.idfa.org/pasteurization and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasteurization

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Re:How hard do you have to hit a chicken to cook it? by walthamstow on Saturday October 11, 2025 @05:03AM (#45547679)

This is used in software engineering too, people will say things like "you can't make a baby in a month with 9 women"

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Re:How hard do you have to hit a chicken to cook it? by mgilroy on Saturday October 11, 2025 @07:58AM (#45548462)

Are we making a joke about software developers chance of getting any of the nine to sleep with them?

You can't give birth to a baby in one month using 9 women.

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