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Re: [RC] beet pulp by dry weight - Elizabeth WalkerOh, well, now you've made it way too hard. I was just going to weigh out samples of each soak, drain, press out excess water, and weigh again. Probably only get me a C-. Sigh. On Feb 1, 2010, at 7:40 AM, Sisu West Ranch wrote: "...But I think it would be un-noticeable and hard to calculate...." Almost surely unimportant, but not that hard to figure out if you are interested. Obtain an accurate digital kitchen scale. Every kitchen should have one anyway. Easiest if you set it to metric. (Don't worry if you don't do metric, it is all relative. If you insist on doing customary OK, you just have to make sure you convert pounds to ounces, or ounces to decimal pounds.) Weigh out a reasonable amount of both. I suggest ~500 g (or a pound). Write the weight down. Bake in a slow oven (say 240 F) for an hour. Allow to cool. Weigh again. Repeat, until the weight doesn't change. Percent Dry matter: Final weight divided by initial weight x 100. Percent moisture: 100-percent dry matter. Then you can calculate the actual beet pulp in a serving. Fill a your scoop, weigh, Multiply the weight by the percent dry matter divide by 100. Now you know how much actual beet pulp you serve with one measure of either. You can then take your samples of bone dry beet pulp, and soak them overnight in excess water. Put the sample in a colander and let drain. Then weigh. Now you can calculate the percent moisture in soaked from the two sources. Details left as an exercise for the reader. Bonus points: Collect the water that drained out, evaporate until dry weigh and calculate the amount of sugar you can easily rinse out. Extra credit: Squeeze as much water as possible out of a soaked sample, collect. Repeat 3 times. Evaporate and calculate the total extractable sugar. Dry the remaining beet pulp. Weigh. Calculate the amount of sugar removed by the weight difference. Explain any differences. Homework assignment: Explain why you bothered to spend all this time doing laboratory work when you could have been riding. Please note: There will be a short quiz next period. Ed Ed & Wendy Hauser 2994 Mittower Road Victor, MT 59875 (406) 381-5527 ranch(at)sisuwest(dot)us =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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