a) This sounds nummy and I must try it at once. b) The reason it's sweeter is because fruits and vegetables convert starches to sugar with cold, as a form of antifreeze. It's why root vegetables are sweeter after the first freeze. Alton Brown said it, so it must be true.
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Date: 2010-08-26 03:14 pm (UTC)b) The reason it's sweeter is because fruits and vegetables convert starches to sugar with cold, as a form of antifreeze. It's why root vegetables are sweeter after the first freeze. Alton Brown said it, so it must be true.