Rice, Noodle and Soup Waste: When Starch Competes With the Polymer for Water
A ramen shop sends about 70 litres a day: broth from the stock pot, noodle cooking water, rice washing water and 18 kilos of cooked rice and noodle trim. Dosed at the standard 12 grams per litre, the bin set soft and sweated within six hours. The kitchen doubled the dose and got a rubbery skin over …