Science expert Dan Souza explains the science behind the sounds of texture to explain the differences between crispy and crunchy foods.
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I made this recipe and my family didn’t like it the batter taste too much like flour and they came out to thick 😢
So it has to be higher strength to break to be crispy.
I once got normal and “well-done” fries at In N Out, and while people act like well done is “crispier”, I don’t agree. CRUNCHIER, a little bit, but I think the normal fries have plenty of crispiness.
(To be clear, the fact that I like In N Out Fries at all is how you know I’m a real Californian.)
Dan, I love how goofy you are sometimes. Makes me smile!
I'm sorry, but this is a silly and useless video. Substance please, more substance.
This was a swing and a miss 🙈
Everyone wants to be a comedian..
What's the secret for making things crispy or crunchy — like cookies, fried chicken, french toast, pancakes?
Weird.
Hmmm… i find the difference rather shallow and pedantic.
So you don't care about deaf people at all there?
What a waste of time
Explain the difference between spicy food and hot food… Most think they are the same
Dan Mukbang ASMR video confirmed! 😮
Great way to understand the difference in about a minutes time. Would be curious to see a more in depth comparison.
I dunno man maybe I'm of the younger crowd to watch this channel but I dug this. People need to chill
I love Dan :')
Fun…
My man Dan done lost his mind!
Come sit down here in this rocking chair next to mine, dude, I'll give you a blanket and we can drink lemonade and play checkers.
I think I made this up but for me crispy is something that may be a shell or have a filling or inner part that isn't so crispy (like battered and fried fish) and crunchy is the whole food (like a potato chip) is crunchy.
Dumb I want my 1:14 back.
Why?
What do I think? I think lol.
I have grown up with Bridget and Julia, but I am getting hooked on Dan's content. Now I'm not sure who my favorite ATC person is.
God I miss Chris Kimball…🙄
🎶 shake it Dan ! ❤️
That… was… pointless.
That’s messed up….😂
This video is really triggering my misophonia!
WTF….
🙌🏾❤️ Dan, always brightens up my day
Dan, your segments are always the best! The dance break at the end was a bonus!
…crunch guy here!
A waste of time1
Thanks for clearing that up for us. I'll probably have that tune in my head for hrs. 😄
Stupid
🤣😂🤣
I think sound is really more of a proxy than the actual difference. To me, the difference is texture — crispy is more delicate than crunchy. The food breaks apart under slight pressure while layers and edges finesse apart in your mouth with each bite. The food may break more significantly around your bite than where your teeth make contact, perhaps unlike crunchy food. If something is crisp, it’s hard but you don’t necessarily feel it reverberate through your jaw. Crunch though requires more effort. It’s less delicate. You have to bite with enough force that you feel and even hear the crunch in your jaw and skull. Would not surprise me if the lower pitch is really a function of the sound being attenuated by the very firm bite required to chomp down tightly on crunchy food. Where you draw that line is up to scientific debate… and perhaps how it sounds is one data point we can use to identify the difference.
Very eerie in October 🙀😨😱