HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoSince both wood and starch are made of glucose molecules, wood houses and gingerbread houses are very similar.message-squaremessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down18
arrow-up156arrow-down1message-squareSince both wood and starch are made of glucose molecules, wood houses and gingerbread houses are very similar.HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareJohandealinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-21 year ago“Mainly” is s bit of a stretch, as dry wood contains around 20-30% lignin. Roughly 50% is cellulose, which is made of hundreds or thousands of linked glucose molecules. Gingerbread is around 70% carbohydrates, mostly starch and sugars. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood http://matkalkyl.se/se-pepparkakor.php
“Mainly” is s bit of a stretch, as dry wood contains around 20-30% lignin. Roughly 50% is cellulose, which is made of hundreds or thousands of linked glucose molecules. Gingerbread is around 70% carbohydrates, mostly starch and sugars.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood
http://matkalkyl.se/se-pepparkakor.php