chemistry food project taco dip brittany stembridge and rhett perkins

Chemistry Food Project

Taco DipBrittany Stembridge and Rhett

Perkins

Original recipe

• 1- 8 oz. of cream cheese• 1 pound of ground beef• 1 pound of taco seasoning• 12 oz. of salsa• 1- 8 oz. package of shredded cheese

Recipe Directions

1. Brown the ground beef2. Drain grease3. Add taco seasoning as directed on package4. Add salsa to taco mix and simmer5. Spread Softened cream cheese6. Add taco mixture7. Sprinkle shredded cheese on top8. Bake in oven at four hundred degrees until cheese is melted

Recipe converted metric

• 8 oz. of Cream Cheese = 227 grams• 8 oz. of Shredded Cheese= 227 grams• 12 oz. of Salsa = 340 grams• Example of Calculation: • 8 oz. = 1 lb 454 g = 227 grams• 16 oz 1 lb

Chemical change

• Browning the ground beef- It changes the color, and taste. Heat and gas is produced.

• Simmering the product after adding the taco mix and salsa.

Physical change

• Melting the cheese- melting point• Adding taco seasoning- mixing• Adding salsa- mixing• Softening the cream cheese- the texture is

changed and heat is added (melting point)• Adding the taco mixture to the ground beef-

mixing all the ingredients together

An ionic compound involved

• Name: Cream Cheese• Formula: NaCl• Ions: Salt

A covalent compound involved

• Milk Fat in cream cheese• C18H36O6

• Polar or nonpolar

stoichiometry

17 servings x recipe amount recipe serving17 x 8 oz = 5.4 oz of cream cheese 2510.88 oz of Hamburger.68 package of taco seasoning8.16 oz of salsa12.24 oz of pack of shredded cheese

Is it practical to make adjusted amount?

• No because the amounts are undoable.

energy

• Maybe do something with the Calories in the food

• Not sure how to do this, might drop it or make it extra credit – probably 5 pts

• Probably get to this 16th week

Work cited5 pts

• https://www.google.com/search?q=TriglycerideDairyButter&safe=active&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=7MxvUunXHcSIkQeChIGIAQ&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=668#facrc=_&imgrc=NypHTswwZL7Z6M%3A%3BfhLFxKR6zLfSGM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fupload.wikimedia.org%252Fwikipedia%252Fcommons%252Fe%252Fe5%252FTriglycerideDairyButter.png%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fcommons.wikimedia.org%252Fwiki%252FFile%253ATriglycerideDairyButter.png%3B1240%3B507

• http://hannaford.gsnrecipes.com/GetImage.aspx?vector=QHFqbSWXoAulLHmjYKYMTpbFgYAe8mD0yRjqE3Qvnu9rCM0p+uFHpxabNkVq/yOx