Using a cabbage to do chemistry

For this one, I'm gonna be using a cabbage, to do some chemistry.

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[terryenby]

Hydrangeas have different coloured flowers based upon the PH of their soil. I always thought it was cool when people confused them and put a mixture of PHs on their roots to end up with some blue and some pink flowers!

[alr]

Every video whenever he says something like "I'm going to carefully...or now I will gently..." I always know what's coming next and it's always funny. Love the videos. Fun and informative!

[AceXX]

I discovered this back in high-school days by mistake. Cooking and chemistry class became double the fun after that experience

[burning.andromeda]

In this video, NileRed teaches you how to “carefully” cut a cabbage.
Yes. *CAREFULLY*

[BleuSquid]

I remember doing this as a kid! One of the experiments in my chemistry kit was to make homemade litmus paper. The hardest part was convincing my mom to buy a cabbage.

[AhoyYoutube]

Nile: CAREFULLY chop it/smash it Also Nile: *uses sledgehammer “cautiously” and chainsaw.

[kattattack]

My dad used to show me this as a kid. He’s a chemistry teacher. Whenever we have red cabbage for dinner, he’ll always insist on showing it to us again. : )

[tatodlp]

Also works with most fruits, vegetables and grains with purple pigmentation from anthocyanins. This includes: Blueberries, black beans, red onion, blue corn among other things. I made pH paper by soaking and drying paper towels dipped in black bean water and it works pretty well. Not ideal if you're looking to pin down a pH but very practical when I was working with a strong acid to clean up some rocks. The acid is clear so it was pretty useful when looking for any small spills since the paper would turn bright pink, almost red anywhere it touched the strong acid.

[frederikraeker]

Yeah i think in german the cabbage is called "Rotkohl" (Red Cabbage) or "Blaukraut" (Blue Herb/Cabbage) in different regions because they were eaten in different dishes and went red/blue depending if the dish was more acid or basic. Thus its called by its colour, which is both red and blue funnily

[zippersocks]

My bf and I were cooking cabbage, and I mentioned the reactive properties to him. He hadn’t before known, so we added lime juice and baking soda to wherever the juices were. Chemistry is always fun with colors! Was nice to see him enjoy it as much as I did.

[Reddar_Rebellion]

"now i can *carefully* chop it"
also him: **agressively chopping it**
(0:14)

[whatanerd]

0:18 had to check if it was a NileGreen video..

[sinedsloth]

"Now I can carefully chop it up"

**proceeds to howtobasic the shit out of it**

[DarkLord-rsqt]

My heart started beating faster when he focused on the different vials of cabbage juice since I thought he would knock them over like always haha.

[mini-steel]

0:18 Guys i think Nigel is THE HowToBasic

[randaranatunga]

“It’s been about 20 minutes, and the solution looks red-y”

No, Mr. NileRed sir, that’s quite an obviously strong purple color.

[joelsunny]

Shoutout to everyone who had to this in highschool lol

[Raven-ew]

"Now i'll carefully chop the cabbage"
*proceeds to do this* 0:23

[Bordyeaux]

One year ago my science teacher had my class to make this hing and it was surprisingly easy and fun. I really recommend you to do it too, because then you can eat the cabbage and it'sdelicious.
We had to try different experiments, like blowing with a straw in it to see how would it change with the co2 in our breath, we had to mix in it different home products like bleach and juices. Then we had to balance acid and basic again to obtain the original colour. I learned a lot about the substances' ph.

[Loaf]

That cabbage chopping time-lapse has to be one of the most satisfying things ever.