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GastroBlast is an exciting hybrid food and science show where kids explore and uncover extraordinary scientific principles in action. How? By preparing and cooking everyday foods! Learning about science never tasted so good.

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Episodes

1. Let's Make Tomato Sauce!/Let's Make Pancakes

23m

Link has a Tomato Sauce perfect for lasagna, pizza, and spaghetti. When Link turns up the heat on the sauce, it starts to bubble up like a volcano! He turns to Secret Agent Man for a handy kitchen tool solution. /Link investigates how to make his Apple Oatmeal Pancakes nice and fluffy.

2. Let's Make Bread/Let's Make Devilled Eggs

23m

Link is keen to test the rising power of yeast with things other than dough. Gastro Bob's balloon experiment shows Link how yeast works, and takes Gastro Bob to new heights!/While making Devilled Eggs, Link discovers a green ring around the yolk of some eggs he has boiled. Link puts on his detective had to help I.Q helps get to the bottom of this culinary conundrum.

3. Let's Make Chicken Fingers/Let's Make Sushi

23m

Link shares some helpful kitchen hygiene tips while preparing his crunchy oven-baked Chicken Fingers. /It's Sushi time! Link has some questions about rice, like which type works best when making sushi and why? With the help of I.Q, Link learns the differences between varieties of this amazing grain.

4. Let's Make Pickles/Let's Make Fish Tacos

23m

Link's quick recipe for Dill Pickles and Carrot Pickles recipe can help you decide and explain the process of pickling. Caption Cook offers Link some advice on keeping 'pirate grub' like pickles, from spoiling. /Link wants to make sure he has the perfect golden crust on the fish for his Fish Tacos. Luckily I.Q has the right chemical reaction for that.

5. Let's Make Minestone Soup/Let's Make Chocolate Zucchini Loaf

23m

What will Link make with vegetables and pasta? A delicious Minestrone Soup! He investigates why some vegetables take longer to cook than others in the tomato broth. /Zucchini for dessert? Link's into it, but panics when the recipe for Chocolate Zucchini Loaf, doesn't list any liquids? Luckily I.Q shares the botany scoop on the so-called "vegetable".

6. Let's Make Granola and Granola Bars/Let's Make Empanadas

23m

Link challenges himself to a Gastro Blast kitchen first! He is going use Granola and prepares it two different ways. Link experiments with adding sticky and dry ingredients to make different textures for his Granola and Granola Bar recipes. /With some helpful tips about making pastry dough from I.Q., Links discovers the secrets to a delicious pastry for his Empanada recipe.

7. Let's Make Mango Mousse/Let's Make Sloppy Joes

23m

Link's recipe for Mango Mousse explores the results of mixing a little bit of gelatin with some fruit and liquid ingredients. Sportscaster Chip issue over time with a bonus recipe and experiment./Link shares a Sloppy Joe recipe tofu and explains why it is so good at soaking up the flavour. Gastro Bob stops by with an experiment that looks at what foods are good at absorbing flavours.

8. Let's Make Buttermilk Biscuits/Let's Make Chicken Pot Pie

23m

Link's shows Captain Cook how a little bit of baking soda can make biscuits, light and tasty. Gastro Bob's experiment explores the question, does more baking soda means even fluffier biscuits? A real Gastro Blast answer! /Link's shares an important tip when preparing a Chicken Pot Pie, and how it could be the difference between a perfectly baked pie vs. an exploding one!

9. Let's Make French Onion Soup/Let's Make Guacamole

23m

Link is chopping onions for a French Onion Soup, but wonders why his eyes won't stop watering? With some investigating and Gastro Bob's help, Link gets his answer along with a solution for tear-free chopping. /Captain Cook is not sure what to do with his treasure chest of unripe avocados, Link has a perfect science solution to get these avocados ripe and to ready to make Guacamole.

10. Let's Make Veggie Lasagna/Let's Make Lemon Meringue Pie

23m

Link shows you how to make your own ricotta cheese for is Veggie Lasagna recipe and explains the science behind how it's done. /Link makes a sweet and tangy Lemon Meringue Pie. Link has some good tips for making the cloud like, meringue topping light and fluffy, while I.Q shares the scientific reasons behind his tips.