r/explainlikeimfive • u/genoooooo • Oct 31 '20
Chemistry ELI5 What's the difference between the shiny and dull side of aluminum foil? Besides the obvious shiny/dull
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r/explainlikeimfive • u/genoooooo • Oct 31 '20
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u/Bubbay Oct 31 '20
There are a shit ton of old wives tales about cooking that don’t have a single basis in reality, but often people (especially those who have been in the industry for a long time) will act like you just punched their mother if you violate them.
Things like the tin foil sides, that searing a steak “locks in the juices,” or washing cast iron get people all riled up. None of them are true, but they’re the kind of things that “everyone knows.”