Section 03 · 5 pieces
Culture
A mould that knits loose beans into a solid.
What the section is about
- Mechanism
- Mycelium runs threads between cooked beans until the tray lifts as one slab.
- Variables
- Temperature held, and air let in.
- Fault
- A loose tray with dark wet patches.
Pieces in this section5 of 26 across the site
- 03.1A mould that knitsRhizopus grows through cooked beans and binds them into a sliceable cake. It is a controlled fermentation with a narrow temperature range.
- 03.2Hulling and acidifyingTwo preparation steps that decide whether the culture takes at all.
- 03.3The incubation windowWarm enough to grow, cool enough not to cook itself as it does.
- 03.4White then greySporulation as a clock: past a point the cake changes colour and character.
- 03.5PerforationThe mould needs air, so the wrapping is holed on purpose.