What You Need to Know
The culinary triangle is a concept described by French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss involving three types of cooking: boiling, roasting, and smoking, usually done to meat.
Steps
- 1.
Barbacoa (Mexico): Slow roasting in underground pits
- 2.
Chuanr (China): Skewer roasting over open flames
- 3.
Boiled dinner (Ireland): One-pot boiling of meats and vegetables
The Science
Primary Reaction
Maillard Reaction