Title: the best tasting bagels are those with a fractal distribution of holes Post by: Chillheimer on March 29, 2015, 10:28:43 PM not news, but i wanted to share this little find:
Benoit Mandelbrot once told me that the best tasting bagels are those with a fractal distribution of holes. If the bagels are cooked at the right temperature, the carbon dioxide generated by the yeast forms bubbles with a fractal distribution. So before you buy a bunch of bagels, cut one open, look at the different hole sizes, and they range from very small to very large, they were cooked properly. Of course, you can always taste one bagel before buying a bunch from the same batch. But that's not the "fractal way" to judge your food. taken from here: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1s5srh/we_worked_with_fractal_pioneer_benoit_mandelbrot/ which is a nice read.. cheers Title: Re: the best tasting bagels are those with a fractal distribution of holes Post by: flexiverse on March 29, 2015, 11:37:33 PM Interesting thanks ! Wonder what the fractal dimension is then!
Title: Re: the best tasting bagels are those with a fractal distribution of holes Post by: Chillheimer on March 29, 2015, 11:58:20 PM probably not too far from: http://www.fractalforums.com/fractals-in-nature/the-fractal-dimension-of-bread/ ^-^ |