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Yeah, I remember watching a YouTube video of a Japanese restaurant owner, who does the same thing: every day, he refills his broth pot to full, puts more bones
by xyzzyz 4y ago
Yeah, I remember watching a YouTube video of a Japanese restaurant owner, who does the same thing: every day, he refills his broth pot to full, puts more bones in, and leaves simmering. He said that he only had to restart a decade or so because of tsunami induced flood.
Sounds cool, but then if you do the math, and assume that every day he uses half of the broth, then after only 10 days, there is only around a teaspoon of the original broth in it, after 20 days there is only around a single drop, and after one month, you only get a thousandth part of a single drop.
- asplake 4y agoIf my maths is correct, in the limit, after renewing half each day, the whole is on average a day old.
- spike021 4y ago>Sounds cool, but then if you do the math, and assume that every day he uses half of the broth, then after only 10 days, there is only around a teaspoon of the original broth in it, after 20 days there is only around a single drop, and after one month, you only get a thousandth part of a single drop. Shouldn't whatever is remaining still have some influence on the fresh ingredients being added?
- xyzzyz 4y agoThe answer depends on whether you believe in homeopathy.
- Mistletoe 4y agoI love this math, thank you. Reminds me of homeopathy where if you do the math not even a single molecule of the original thing remains when they dilute it. >Homeopathic dilutions beyond this limit (equivalent to approximately 12C) are unlikely to contain even a single molecule of the original substance and lower dilutions contain no detectable amount. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathic_dilutions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathic_dilutions