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Experimental cookery

1932

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Presented as published in 1932. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Grams of sucrose in 100 grams of Grams of sucrose dissolved by 100 grams of water Specific gravity degrees C. solution, or per cent of solution 0 64.18 179.2 1.31490 5 64.87 184.7 1.31920 10 65.58 190.5 1.32353 15 66.30 197.0 1.32804 20 67.09 203.9 1.33272 25 67.89 211.4 1.33768 30 68.70 219.5 1.34273 35 69.55 228.4 1.34805 40 70.42 238.1 1.35353 45 71.32 248.7 1.35923 50 72.25 260.4 1.36515 55 73.20 273.1 1.37124 60 74.18 287.3 1.37755 65 75.18 302.9 1.38404 70 76.22 320.5 1.39083 75 77.27 339.9 1.39772 80 78.36 362.1 1.40493 85 79.46 386.8 1.41225 90 80.61 415.7 1.41996 95 81.77 448.6 1.42778 100 82.87 487.2 1.43594 Percentage o£ Sucrose in Saturated Solutions. From Table 5 the percentage of sugar may be obtained. At 0°C., 64.18 grams of sugar and 35.82 grams of water give 100 grams of solution, so that the number of grams of sugar may be read as percentage of sucrose or 64.18 per cent. Maltose. Maltose is not a common sugar on the market. When used to make jelly, it crystallizes from the jelly, like dextrose. Gillis has re- ported the following solubility. Lactose. The use of lactose in the home is limited because it is not very soluble and lacks sweetness. According to Greenleaf, if lactose is crystal- lized below 93.5°C. the alpha hydrate form is obtained. Above 93.5°C. the beta lactose is formed. Beta lactose is about one-fourth sweeter than alpha hydrate and dissolves more rapidly, hence does not leave a sandy sensation in the mouth. Hudson states that at the final solubility of lactose there are 1^ parts of the anhydrous to 1 of the hydrate. Hunziker and LACTOSE 43 TABLE 6 Solubility of Maltose in Water (Gillis) Grams of maltose in 100 Temperature, degrees C. grams of solution, or per cent Grams of maltose dissolved by 100 grams of water 0.6 36.1 56.5 21.0 44.1 78.9 29.6 48.0 93.2 34.4 49.6 98.4 43.5 55.3 123.9 49.4 58.3 139.8 54.2 60.2 151.4 59.8 63.7 175.2 66.3 66.7 200.0 74.2 72.3 261.5 87.0 79.3 383.8 96.5 85.1 569.3 Nissen state that its solution is complete after shaking it 170 hours at constant temperature. Herrington found that the addition of calcium chloride to a lactose solution increased the solubility of lactose from 28.6 to 29.5 grams per 100 grams of water at 32°C. An analysis of the pre- cipitate showed the crystals to be a compourd of lactose with calcium chloride. The following table of solubility of lactose is from Hudson. TABLE 7 Solubility of Lactose in Water {Hudson) Final Solubility Temperature, degrees C. Grams of lactose per 100 grams of solution, or per cent Grams of lactose dissolved by 100 grams of water 0 15 25 39 49 64 74 89 10.6 14.5 17.8 24.0 29.8 39.7 46.3 58.2 11.9 16.9 21.6 31.5 42.4 65.8 86.2 139.2 44 SUGAR COOKERY Dextrose. Dextrose and levulose are the only monosaccharid sugars used in cookery to any extent. Dextrose has in recent years been put on the market in crystalline form under the trade name of "Cerelose." Combs and Bele give the solubility of "Cerelose" as shown in Table 8. TABLE 8 Solubility of "Cerelose" in Watek {Combs and Bele) Temperature, degrees C. Grams of ''Cerelose" per 100 grams of solution, or per cent Grams of "Cerelose" dis- solved by 100 grams of water 20 63 49.7 73.7 83.1 281.1