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+---
+title: Food & Cooking
+---
+
+# Food & Cooking
+
+One of my hobbies is cooking. I've collected some techniques and recipes that I
+find useful to refer to, along with some other resources that are specific to
+my kitchen.
+
+## Recipes
+
+* [Apple Butter](recipes/apple-butter.html)
+* [Cheese and Nut Loaf](recipes/cheese-and-nut-loaf.html)
+
+## Resources
+
+* [My tare list](tare.html)
+* [The Big List of Temperatures](temps.html)
+
+## Techniques
+
+### Cooking apples without them getting mushy
+
+This is a technique I learned from [Kenji][pectin]. When pectin reaches 183ºF,
+it begins to break down, resulting in mush. However, there are two things that
+can be done to prevent this from happening. First, you can provide an acidic
+environment to strengthen the pectin, which is why you often see lemon juice in
+apple pie filling recipes.
+
+Alternately, if pectin is held between 140ºF and 160ºF for about 10 minutes, an
+enzyme present in the apples will convert the pectin to a heat stable form. This
+can be achieved in various ways, I typically use a sous-vide setup for about an
+hour.
+
+[pectin]: https://sweets.seriouseats.com/2011/10/the-food-labs-apple-pie-part-2-how-to-make-perfect-apple-pie-filling.html
+
+### Pasteurizing Eggs
+
+Eggs can be made safe to eat raw by holding at 135ºF for two hours. Applications
+include dressings, cookie dough, ...
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+---
+title: Apple Butter
+---
+
+# Apple Butter
+
+This recipe is from the [National Center for Home Food Preservation][nchfp], and
+works well with Jonathan, Winesap, Stayman, Golden Delicious, or MacIntosh
+apples.
+
+## Ingredients
+
+* 8 lb apples
+* 2 c apple cider
+* 2 c vinegar
+* 2 1/4 c white sugar
+* 2 1/4 c packed brown sugar
+* 2 tbsp ground cinnamon
+* 1 tbsp ground cloves
+
+## Procedure
+
+Wash, remove stems, quarter and core fruit.
+
+Cook slowly in cider and vinegar until soft.
+
+Press fruit through a colander, food mill, or strainer.
+
+Cook fruit pulp with sugar and spices, stirring frequently. To test for
+doneness, remove a spoonful and hold it away from steam for 2 minutes. It is
+done if the butter remains mounded on the spoon. Another way to determine when
+the butter is cooked adequately is to spoon a small quantity onto a plate. When
+a rim of liquid does not separate around the edge of the butter, it is ready for
+canning.
+
+Fill hot into sterile half-pint or pint jars, leaving ¼-inch headspace. Quart
+jars need not be presterilized. Adjust lids and process according to the table
+below.
+
+<table>
+ <thead>
+ <tr>
+ <th>Style of Pack</th>
+ <th>0-1000 ft</th>
+ <th>1001-6000 ft</th>
+ <th>Above 6000 ft</th>
+ </tr>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <tr>
+ <td>Hot pack, half pints or pints</td>
+ <td>5 mins</td>
+ <td>10 mins</td>
+ <td>15 mins</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>Hot pack, quarts</td>
+ <td>10 mins</td>
+ <td>15 mins</td>
+ <td>20 mins</td>
+ </tr>
+ </tbody>
+ <caption>Recommended process times</caption>
+</table>
+
+[nchfp]: https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_02/apple_butter.html
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+---
+title: Cheese and Nut Loaf
+---
+
+# Cheese and Nut Loaf
+
+## Ingredients
+
+* 1 1/2 c cooked brown rice
+* 200 g walnuts
+* 75 g cashews
+* 1 medium yellow onion finely diced
+* 2 tbsp butter
+* salt
+* 2 cloves garlic minced
+* 60 g shiitake mushrooms chopped
+* 60 g baby bella mushrooms chopped
+* 2 tbsp parsley chopped
+* 1/2 tsp dried thyme
+* 1 tsp dried marjoram
+* 1/2 tsp dried sage
+* 4 eggs beaten
+* 1 c cottage cheese
+* 12 oz cheese (a variety such as Gruyere, cheddar, muenster, Fontina, jack) grated
+* Pepper
+
+## Procedure
+
+Roast the nuts in the oven for 5-7 minutes, then chop them finely.
+
+Cook the onion in the butter over moderate heat until it is translucent, then
+season with salt and add the garlic, chopped mushrooms, and herbs. Cook until
+the liquid released by the mushrooms has been reduced.
+
+In a large bowl, combine the mixture with the rice, nuts, eggs, cottage cheese,
+and grated cheese. Season to taste with freshly ground black pepper and
+additional salt, if needed.
+
+Lightly butter a loaf pan, then line it with buttered waxed paper or parchment
+paper. Fill the pan and bake the loaf at 375F until the top is golden and
+rounded, about 1 to 1 1/4 hours. The loaf should be firm when you give the pan a
+gentle shake. Let rest for 10 minutes before turning out.
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+---
+title: Ben's Tare List
+---
+
+# Tare List
+
+I like to cook with a scale. Normally, to weigh out an amount, I place an empty
+vessel on the scale, zero the scale, and then add the thing I want to weigh. But
+sometimes I want to know how much of an ingredient or mixture is in a container
+already, like when I want to split a batter in half for two pans or something.
+
+To avoid the situation of having a mixture in a container without an
+appropriately-zeroed scale, I have preemptively collected the masses of all the
+cooking vessels I regularly use.
+
+## Aluminum Bowls
+
+- #1 (largest) 372g
+- #2 260g
+- #3 215g
+- #4 198g
+- #5 128g
+- #6 (smallest) 79g
+
+## Lettuce Spinner
+
+- Basket 172g
+- Bowl 421g
+
+## Glass Bowls
+
+- Small Pyrex 166g
+
+## Colanders
+
+- Green 83g
+- Metal 424g
+- Yellow 163g
+
+## Measuring Containers
+
+- Cuisinart 500mL 100g
+- OXO 500mL 118g
+- Pyrex 2c 589g
+- Pyrex 1L 797g
+
+## Pots and Pans
+
+- 10" skillet 543g
+- 8" skillet 319g
+- Glass pot 857g
+- Grill pan 1099g
+- Wok 1209g
+- Pressure cooker 850g
+
+## Storage Containers
+
+- Teddy Peanut Butter Jar 253g
diff --git a/food/temps.md b/food/temps.md
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+---
+title: The Big List of Temperatures
+---
+
+# The Big List of Temperatures
+
+All temperatures listed in degrees Fahrenheit. Sorry, deal with it.
+
+Mostly collected from J. Kenji López-Alt's <em>The Food Lab</em> and Harold
+McGee's <em>On Food and Cooking</em>. Please submit additions or corrections to
+<temperatures@benburwell.com>.
+
+<table>
+ <thead>
+ <tr>
+ <th>Temperature</th>
+ <th>Effect</th>
+ </tr>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <tr>
+ <td>3000</td>
+ <td>Gas burns</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>2000</td>
+ <td>Coals burn, electric cooking elements glow</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>400</td>
+ <td>At roasting temperatures at or above, meat surface browns quickly but high moisture loss and uneven interior temperature</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>400</td>
+ <td>Soufflés rise fastest above</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>350</td>
+ <td>A moderate roasting temperature offering a compromise between high-temperature browning and low-temperature evenness</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>325-350</td>
+ <td>Soufflés rise modestly</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>300-350</td>
+ <td>Typical shallow or deep frying temperature for meat</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>280</td>
+ <td>Ultra High Temperature cream pasteurization in 2 seconds, usually not sterile so must be refrigerated</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>265-300</td>
+ <td>Ultra High Temperature milk pasteurization, takes 1-3 seconds. Sterile, can be stored for months without refrigeration.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>250</td>
+ <td>Milk solids in butter begin to brown and then burn. Hazel/black butter</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>250</td>
+ <td>Ideal pan temperature for fried eggs</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>250</td>
+ <td>Water boils in a pressure cooker</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>250</td>
+ <td>At roasting temperatures at or below, escaping moisture helps cool meat surface resuling in even temperature and doneness with little browning</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>240-250</td>
+ <td>250 Soft-ball candy stage</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>230-250</td>
+ <td>Milk sterilizes in 8-30 minutes, develops a strong flavor, can be stored indefinitely at room temperature.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>212</td>
+ <td>Water boils at sea level</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>203</td>
+ <td>Water boils in Denver</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>200</td>
+ <td>Common oven tempterature for meringues</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>200</td>
+ <td>Meat fibers easily separate from each other, collagen dissolves rapidly</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>200</td>
+ <td>Approximate temperature of smoke</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>200</td>
+ <td>Fibers in fish begin to disintegrate</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>194</td>
+ <td>Water boils at 10,000 feet elevation</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>185</td>
+ <td>Cream for butter is pasteurized, resulting in a custardy, cooked aroma</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>185</td>
+ <td>Temperature required to eliminate some viruses present in seafood</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>180-190</td>
+ <td>Cooking temperature for hard-cooked eggs</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>180</td>
+ <td>Parmesan and pecorino melt</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>180</td>
+ <td>Ovalbumin (54% of total albumin protein) sets in egg whites</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>180</td>
+ <td>Egg whites become firm</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>180</td>
+ <td>Crème Anglaise thickens to coat a spoon</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>180</td>
+ <td>Actin (meat fiber protein) denatures and coagulates</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>175</td>
+ <td>Starch added to eggs will absorb water at or above and slow protein binding, preventing curdling</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>172</td>
+ <td>Lactoglobulin, a whey protein, denatures</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>171</td>
+ <td>Common modern milk pasteurization temperature</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>170</td>
+ <td>Milk develops "cooked" flavor (vanilla, almond, sulfer)</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>170</td>
+ <td>Lysozyme (3.5% of total albumin protein) sets in egg whites</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>170</td>
+ <td>Meat: USDA well</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>170</td>
+ <td>All fiber-weakening enzymes in fish have been denatured and inactivated</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>165</td>
+ <td>Poultry thigh meat should be cooked to at least in order to fully break down connective tissue</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>165</td>
+ <td>Cream > 20% fat pasteurizes after 30 minutes</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>165</td>
+ <td>Whole eggs (yolks + whites mixed together) set</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>162</td>
+ <td>Milk pasteurizes in 15 seconds</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>160-165</td>
+ <td>Cooking temperature for Middle Eastern long-cooked eggs (6-18 hours)</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>160</td>
+ <td>Some whey proteins begin to denature</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>160</td>
+ <td>Eggs free from salmonella after 1 minute</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>160</td>
+ <td>Collagen dissolves into gelatin</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>160</td>
+ <td>Myoglobin mostly denatured and coagulated</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>160</td>
+ <td>Meat becomes stiff, is gray/brown, has lost most moisture</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>160</td>
+ <td>Cooking temperature for emulsified sausages so that interior water does not boil, burst, and leak moisture</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>160</td>
+ <td>Fish has become stiff and dry</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>158</td>
+ <td>Egg yolk proteins set</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>155</td>
+ <td>Cream <= 20% fat pasteurizes after 30 minutes</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>155</td>
+ <td>E. coli die</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>155</td>
+ <td>Meat: well (USDA medium)</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>155</td>
+ <td>Poultry breast meat becomes dry and tough when heated above</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>150</td>
+ <td>Cheddar- and Swiss-style cheeses melt</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>150</td>
+ <td>Egg whites become a tender solid</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>150</td>
+ <td>Egg yolk proteins begin to thicken</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>150</td>
+ <td>Myoglobin continues to denature, turning meat from pink to brown or gray</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>150</td>
+ <td>Refrigerated cooked meat safe to eat after being reheated</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>150</td>
+ <td>Myocommata sheets in fish dissolve into gelatin</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>145</td>
+ <td>Milk pasteurizes in 30-35 minutes</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>145</td>
+ <td>Egg whites begin to thicken</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>145-155</td>
+ <td>Meat: medium well (USDA medium rare)</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>140-160</td>
+ <td>Meat tenderizing enzymes extracted from plants are most active</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>140-150</td>
+ <td>Collagen denatures and meats shrink, expel juices, and become chewier</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>140</td>
+ <td>Ovotransferrin (12% of total albumin protein) sets in egg whites</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>140</td>
+ <td>Eggs free from salmonella after 5 minutes</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>140</td>
+ <td>Eggs at or above will give off hydrogen sulfide, which produces the distinct eggy smell</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>140</td>
+ <td>Myoglobin begins to denature, meats start to lose deep red</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>140</td>
+ <td>Protein-bound water flows from meat cells under collagen pressure</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>140</td>
+ <td>Meat starts to shrink</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>140</td>
+ <td>Temperature required for eliminating bacteria and parasites in seafood</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>140</td>
+ <td>Fish becomes dry</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>137</td>
+ <td>Trichinosis-causing trichina spiralis worms die</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>135-145</td>
+ <td>Meat: medium (USDA rare)</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>130-180</td>
+ <td>Typical meat temperature during hot smoking</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>130-140</td>
+ <td>Pasteurization temperature for eggs</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>130-140</td>
+ <td>Most fish are firm but still moist</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>130</td>
+ <td>Whey is expelled from curd particles in cheesemaking</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>130</td>
+ <td>Soft cheeses melt</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>130-135</td>
+ <td>Meat: medium rare</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>130</td>
+ <td>Myosin, meat fiber protein, has coagulated</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>130</td>
+ <td>Collagen sheaths in meat begin to weaken</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>130</td>
+ <td>Fiber-weakening enzymes in fish have denatured</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>130</td>
+ <td>Fish becomes flaky as muscle sheets in begin to separate</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>122</td>
+ <td>Cathespins, enzymes which break down contractive filaments in meat and dissolve collagen into gelatin, denature and lose effectiveness at or above, but are most active just under</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>120-130</td>
+ <td>Meat: rare</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>120-130</td>
+ <td>Collagen in fish disolves into gelatin</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>120</td>
+ <td>Ideal meat carving and serving temperature</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>120</td>
+ <td>Meat develops a white opacity as myosin denatures and begins to coagulate</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>120</td>
+ <td>Myosin in fish has coagulated</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>110</td>
+ <td>Meat: bleu</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>110</td>
+ <td>Fish starts to shrink, becomes firmer and opaque</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>106-114</td>
+ <td>Yogurt ferments in 2-5 hours</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>105</td>
+ <td>Calpains, enzymes which break down structural proteins in meat, denature and lose effectiveness at or above</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>104-113</td>
+ <td>Thermophilic lactobaccili and streptococci bacteria thrive, develop high levels of lactic acid</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>100</td>
+ <td>Protein-bound water begins to escape and accumulate within meat cells</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>100</td>
+ <td>Myosin in fish begins to denature</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>100</td>
+ <td>Collagen sheaths in fish shrink and rupture</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>100</td>
+ <td>Escape of protein-bound water in fish accelerates</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>90</td>
+ <td>Milkfat in cheese melts</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>86</td>
+ <td>Yogurt ferments in 6-12 hours</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>85</td>
+ <td>Butter melts</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>85</td>
+ <td>Mesophilic lactococci and Leuconostoc bateria thrive, develop moderate levels of lactic acid in 12-24 hours</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>80</td>
+ <td>Koumiss ferments in 2-5 hours (before cool aging)</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>80</td>
+ <td>Milkfat in cheese begins to melt and sweat out of cheese</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>75</td>
+ <td>Propionibacter shermanii, the Swiss cheese hole-making bacteria, grows</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>72</td>
+ <td>Buttermilk ferments in 14-16 hours</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>72</td>
+ <td>Sour cream ferments in 16 hours</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>70</td>
+ <td>Fiber proteins in fish begin to unfold</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>70</td>
+ <td>Collagen in fish begins to weaken</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>70</td>
+ <td>Protein-bound water in fish begins to escape</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>70</td>
+ <td>Maximum emulsion temperature (before fat separates) for beef-based sausages</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>68</td>
+ <td>Crème fraîche ferments in 15-20 hours</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>68</td>
+ <td>Ropy milks ferment in 18 hours</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>68</td>
+ <td>Kefir ferments in 24 hours</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>60</td>
+ <td>100 Fermentation temperature range for sausages</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>60-80</td>
+ <td>Typical smoke box temperature for cold-smoking</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>60</td>
+ <td>Butter becomes spreadable</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>60</td>
+ <td>Maximum emulsion temperature (before fat separates) for pork-based sausages</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>55-60</td>
+ <td>Ideal cheese storage temperature</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>40-140</td>
+ <td>Salmonella multiply</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>40-45</td>
+ <td>Typical refrigerator temperature</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>40</td>
+ <td>Milk stored at or below will stay fresh for 10-18 days</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>40</td>
+ <td>Maximum storage temperature for meat confits</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>40</td>
+ <td>Margarine becomes spreadable</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>34-38</td>
+ <td>Dry-aging temperature for beef</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>32</td>
+ <td>Water freezes</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>32</td>
+ <td>Meats keep best at or below</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>32</td>
+ <td>Fish keeps twice as long on ice as at 40 (typical refrigeration temperature)</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>20-22</td>
+ <td>Soft-serve ice cream is served, half of water content is liquid</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>8-10</td>
+ <td>Ideal serving temperature for ice cream</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>5</td>
+ <td>Trichinosis-causing trichina spiralis worms die after 20 days at or below</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>0</td>
+ <td>Ideal maximum storage temperature for ice cream</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>0</td>
+ <td>Ideal freezing temperature for meats</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>0</td>
+ <td>Typical minimum home freezer temperature</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>-10</td>
+ <td>Parasites in fish die after 7 days</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>-22</td>
+ <td>At or above, fish myoglobin oxidizes and turns brownish, red tuna must be stored below to preserve color</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>-31</td>
+ <td>Parasites in fish die after 15 hours</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>-320</td>
+ <td>Boiling point of nitrogen</td>
+ </tr>
+ </tbody>
+</table>