After the pinata making party I had on the weekend, I wondered how come one can make glue with flour and water, and what the difference is with dough bread. How come when you make bread you can’t just stick paper with the dough? I was really confused.
So I asked my scientist in residence, Eva. I knew she would have a well-founded answer.
Here’s an abstract of her post:
Off the bat, I knew that flour has starch and the starch makes the glue sticky, but then I started wondering too. Why is starch sticky? And why isn’t bread dough more like glue?
Click here for the complete explanation.
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