Chemical Engineering in Life – Question 82: Ancient fables, who lived the longest?
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This post was last edited by yjqin1 on 2015-9-26 at 10:48. In ancient times, there was a kingdom where three ministers rebelled. Since each of them had achieved military successes, the emperor did not order their immediate execution; instead, he decided to sentence them to await execution. Based on his own preferences regarding the three of them, the emperor decided that during their imprisonment they would only be given one type of food, with no water at all. This item can only be chosen from one of three options. These three things are: cooked cornmeal (if this story takes place on the Eurasian continent, it must be after 1492, or even after 1620), fried lard (it seems certain that it didn’t take place in ****), and cooked lean beef jerky (also not in **). As a result, the three ministers chose cooked cornmeal, fried lard, and cooked lean beef jerky respectively. A month later, when the king remembered and decided to grant them forgiveness, his subjects replied that one of them had already died, and the other was on his last legs. Excuse me: Who died?
Those that ate the fried lard died, those that ate the cooked lean beef jerky were in a similar situation, and those that ate the cooked cornmeal lived the longest. Fried lard contains no moisture, and digestion requires water, which must be drawn from the body, leading to dehydration.
Those that ate fried lard died; water is the source of life. Lard contains no water, and yet they could survive without any water to drink. The cooked and lean beef jerky is almost ready, but it still lacks moisture.
It doesn’t seem very precise, teacher – it doesn’t specify how much; does it mean you can eat as much as you want?
The one who ate lard died; there is no water in lard
When considering issues, please think at a deeper level and make more use of the chemical and chemical engineering knowledge you have learned; otherwise, people from other industries can also come up with similar answers.