What Are Pickles? | The Science of Food! | SciShow Kids

What Are Pickles? | The Science of Food! | SciShow Kids

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Science

1st - 6th Grade

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The video explores the arrival of spring and the joy of cookouts, focusing on pickles. It explains that pickles are cucumbers transformed through pickling, a process involving brine. The video demonstrates how to make pickles at home and compares fresh and pickled foods, highlighting differences in texture, color, and taste. It introduces the concept of irreversible changes, using pickling and cooking eggs as examples, and contrasts them with reversible changes, like water freezing and melting.

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3 mins • 1 pt

What is the process called when cucumbers are transformed into pickles?

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What ingredients are needed to make the brine for pickling?

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How do pickled foods differ in texture and taste from fresh foods?

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Can you explain what irreversible changes are and give an example?

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What is an example of a reversible change mentioned in the text?

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