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Lentils and smell of cannabis

TropicalCritter

Zooville Settler
I don't smoke weed and no one around me does, but I know the smell.

Today while I was cooking some lentils I realized that the smell of some of its components released in the steam smelled the same or very similar. Researching, I could only find that this happens when they are cooking, as they will not release the same odor once cooked, and even not if they are reheated for example.

If anyone knows why this happens, you can comment here. Still, I think there will be more joking comments than serious answers. xD
 
I could only find that this happens when they are cooking, as they will not release the same odor once cooked, and even not if they are reheated for example.
In general cooking terms, for all foods. Heat damages cell walls, causing chemical compounds that are normally kept apart to mix. That mixing of chemicals allows them to undergo chemical reactions which creates new compounds, some of which are volatile gases (for example the sulfur compounds associated with cooking cabbage). The initial process of cooking releases all those compounds, thus no lingering smell once cooked or resmell when reheating.
 
In general cooking terms, for all foods. Heat damages cell walls, causing chemical compounds that are normally kept apart to mix. That mixing of chemicals allows them to undergo chemical reactions which creates new compounds, some of which are volatile gases (for example the sulfur compounds associated with cooking cabbage). The initial process of cooking releases all those compounds, thus no lingering smell once cooked or resmell when reheating.

This afternoon I've remembered that maned wolves' urine is known to smell just like cannabis. Based on that I found that this is caused by an aromatic organic compound, the dimethylpyrazine.

Having discovered the compound, I did a search related to lentils and found this:

 
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