Why Grandparents Often Know These Tricks
Food traditions frequently develop from everyday experience.
Long before people could search the internet for explanations, families learned techniques by trial and error.
Someone noticed that pineapple seemed easier on the mouth after being soaked.
The method was passed to another generation.
Eventually, the scientific explanation may have been forgotten while the tradition remained.
That's common in cooking.
People may know that a technique works without knowing exactly why.
The same thing happens with salting eggplant, resting meat, soaking beans, blanching vegetables, or adding acid to certain dishes.
Traditional cooking contains an enormous amount of practical knowledge.
Sometimes science eventually explains why the old technique was useful.
