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caramelization is a subset of non-enzymatic browning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_browning#Non-enzymatic_browning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_brow

by basch 5y ago

caramelization is a subset of non-enzymatic browning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_browning#Non-enzymatic_browning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_browning#Non-enzymatic_br... I suspect most recipe writers are using brown to mean the verb "to dark golden"

crazygringo 5y ago
Scientifically sure, but nobody's going to say "brown the onions" if they mean to caramelize. Also you should never caramelize if it just says to brown. Browning is about color and deepening flavor, caramelizing is specifically about sweetening on top of that, hence the name.