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Charcoal powder and cranberries bread (thelemmy.club)
submitted 4 months ago* by to c/sourdough@lemmy.world
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I wanted to make a loaf with nice dark and red color contrast and I think it came out very interesting. Here is a picture of the full loaf:

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[–] 20 points 4 months ago (8 children)

Have you tried squid ink to turn loaves black?

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    Or you could do what Burger King in the U.S. did for Halloween one year: put a ridiculous amount of food coloring in it to make it look black.

    My toilet water was a dark green the next day o.o

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

    Yeah, I'd recommend that over putting carcinogenic dust in your food.

    After doing further research, today I learned that it's specifically cooking meat over a charcoal fire that creates carcinogenic compounds, and not charcoal itself. Ignore me!

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    There's also not evidence that cooking meat over a fire affects cancer risk. It does create compounds that have been shown to increase risk in mice fed 1000x what you or I would eat.

    You could do the same thing for practically any compound. Fruit juice will naturally contain a small percentage of ethyl alcohol, a known carcinogen, and we know from many studies that over consumption of ethyl alcohol greatly increases the risk of many cancers.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    No, but it could be interesting. I guess it would probably impart a slightly ocean taste, which could be desirable in some occasions. Another thing I tried is dark cocoa powder, which has similar results color-wise, but obviously tastes like chocolate

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