Making Chicken Transparent With Dorito Dust: A Kitchen Optics Experiment
crescit_eundo · hn · 2026-10-17
A viral HN post links to a Substack write-up where the author makes chicken transparent using 'Dorito dust' — a hands-on kitchen optics experiment exploring how common food additives can render tissue see-through.
The post is equal parts food science and playful demo, and it sparked active discussion on Hacker News about the underlying optical effects.
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