Science, Maths & Technology
The science behind your Christmas dinner
...humans) to eat their roots. The concentrations of harmful compounds in this location is lower but eating it would still make us feel ill. Lucky for us, when the potato is cooked at high temperatures (over 170 °C) glycoalkaloids get destroyed, making it safe (and delicious) to eat. Just one more Christmas biscuit [Christmas biscuit ] Gingerbread, Christmas pudding, Yule...