Scene: A kitchen setting, with two bowls of rice on the table — one at room temperature and one taken from the refrigerator.
Animation: Close-up of starch molecules, shown as simple chains gradually becoming tighter and more ordered.
Effect: A thermometer shows 0–4°C, the molecular chains rearrange quickly, and the rice becomes harder.
Cut: The thermometer shows >60°C, the chains move slightly, retrogradation slows down, and the rice stays soft.
Cut: The thermometer shows