SO, WHAT'S COOKIN'?
WELL, IN THIS
FINAL-SEASON EPISODE,
WE'RE PAYING HOMAGE
TO OUR FOODIE PAST
WITH A COUPLE OF MYTHS
THAT WE COULD COUCH UNDER
THE RUBRIC "COOKING CHAOS."
Narrator: IT'S TIME TO TACKLE
ANOTHER CLASSIC
"MYTHBUSTERS" CONUNDRUM --
JUICING THE INSIDE OF FRUIT
WITH AN EXPLOSION.
SO, TELL ME ABOUT
CREATING SMOOTHIES INSIDE FRUITS
AND VEGETABLES
USING EXPLOSIVES.
WELL, YOU PRETTY MUCH OUTLINED
THE WHOLE THING RIGHT THERE.
IT IS IN A VIRAL VIDEO
WE FOUND WHERE, APPARENTLY,
THE SHOCK WAVE OF AN EXPLOSION
CAN BE TUNED PERFECTLY ENOUGH
TO NOT DESTROY
THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRUIT
BUT TURN THE INSIDE
INTO JUICE
SUCH THAT YOU CAN
STICK A STRAW IN [SLURPS]
AND HAVE
A REFRESHING DRINK.
HMM.
WELL, I'M DUBIOUS,
BUT SOUNDS LIKE FUN.
I AGREE. LET'S DO IT.
Narrator: YEP, THIS TIME
THEY WON'T BE DESTROYING
SO MUCH AS CREATING
AND CONTAINING.
OKAY.
TO TEST THE PREMISE OF THE VIDEO
AND ITS USE OF SURGICALLY
PRECISE HIGH EXPLOSIVES....
I LOVE
FILLING WATERPROOF TANKS.
Narrator: ...THEY HAVE TO
ACCURATELY RECREATE
ALL OF THE ELEMENTS,
STARTING WITH THE WATER-FILLED,
BLAST-PROOF BOX.
NOW THAT OUR TANK IS SET UP
AND FILLED WITH WATER,
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PARAMETERS
FOR THIS EXPERIMENT.
FIRST AND FOREMOST
IS THE EXPLOSIVE.
NOW, IN THE VIDEO,
THEY SHOW THAT THE EXPLOSIVE
IS 17½ CENTIMETERS
FROM THE FRUIT.
THAT'S THE RADIUS
OF THE EXPLOSION,
AND THE EXPLOSION GOES TO ABOUT
2½ CENTIMETERS OR 1 INCH AWAY
FROM THE FRUIT.
WE DOUBLE THAT,
CALCULATE THE DIAMETER --
IT COMES TO ABOUT A
12- OR 13-INCH CAVITATION
THAT THE EXPLOSIVE CREATES.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE USING
ONE OF THESE THINGS.
IT'S A BLASTING CAP,
AND IT'S WHAT WE SAW THEM USE
IN THE VIDEO.
NICE. ALL RIGHT.
IT'S EASILY SET OFF
BY APPLYING A SMALL AMOUNT
OF ELECTRIC CURRENT
TO THESE WIRES.
THAT'S ABOUT AS DEAD CENTER
AS WE CAN GET.
Narrator: THE BLASTING CAP
HAS 3,640 JOULES OF ENERGY
AND SHOULD MATCH THE EXPLOSIVE
BUBBLE IN THE VIDEO.
NOW, FOR THE SHRINK-WRAPPED
TOMATO...
THIS IS A POLYOLEFIN BAG,
AND I CAN SHRINK IT.
HERE YOU GO.
AH, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
Narrator: THE FRUIT IS SUSPENDED
ACCORDING TO THE REFERENCE --
SEVEN INCHES
FROM THE BLASTING CAP,
AND THE SETUP IS COMPLETE.
WILL THE BLAST WAVE LEAVE
THE EXTERIOR SURFACE INTACT
AND JUICE
THE INTERIOR CELLULAR STRUCTURE?
THEY'RE ALL SET
TO TAKE THE PLUNGE.
[ ALARM BLARES ]
YOU READY?
I'M READY.
FIRE IN THE HOLE!
[ LAUGHS ]
THE WHOLE THING JUMPED.
THAT WAS AWESOME.
ONE!
JUST HOW AWESOME IS ILLUSTRATED
ON THE HIGH-SPEED CAMERA.
WHOA. LOOK AT THAT
BEAUTIFUL BUBBLE.
WOW!
WE HAVE THIS PERFECT,
12-INCH CAVITATION.
AS PER THE VIDEO,
THE TOMATO SKIN IS INTACT,
BUT HAS IT BEEN JUICED?
I'VE GOT SOME STRAWS.
NOW, IF THE VIDEO
IS TO BE BELIEVED,
I SHOULD GET TOMATO JUICE
OUT OF THIS.
[ SLURPS ]
HERE.
DO YOU WANT TO TRY IT?
ALL RIGHT.
THAT LOOKS LIKE
A LOT OF JUICE.
THAT WAS ALMOST A MOUTHFUL.
-REALLY?
-YEAH.
Narrator: YES, USING A PRECISELY
CALIBRATED EXPLOSIVE CHARGE,
IT'S POSSIBLE TO JUICE
THE INSIDE OF THE TOMATO.
Adam:
GIVEN HOW WELL IT WORKED
IN THE SCALE
THAT THE VIDEO SHOWS,
I THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO
CALL THIS ONE PLAUSIBLE.
[ SLURPING ]
