I don’t know what we’re going to do when the women in these gendered restroom signs decide they’re going to wear pant suits instead of skirts.
Musings
Simple syrup, rock candy, and science experiments
At Costco this morning, a man had a cart with 10 25-lbs of fine granulated sugar and 6 18-packs of bottled water.
Of course, the wheels in my head started immediately spinning to answer the question: “Is there anything you can make with just sugar and water?” So I took it to ChatGPT:
With just sugar and water, you can create a few things, including:
- Simple Syrup: This is made by dissolving equal parts sugar and water, typically by heating the water and stirring in the sugar until completely dissolved. It’s a versatile liquid sweetener used in:
- Cocktails
- Sweetening coffees or teas
- Making lemonades or other fruit beverages
- Moistening cakes or pastries
- Creating sorbets or granitas
- Rock Candy: You can grow rock candy crystals by creating a supersaturated sugar solution (dissolving more sugar in water than it can usually hold at room temperature by heating it), then letting the solution cool. As it cools, the sugar molecules will crystallize onto a string or stick placed in the solution.
- Hard Candy: By boiling a sugar and water mixture to a high temperature (hard crack stage), then pouring it into molds or onto a prepared surface, you can create hard candy. Note that some recipes for hard candy may include additional ingredients like corn syrup.
- Science Experiments: Sugar and water can be used for interesting science experiments, such as demonstrating density. By creating solutions with varying amounts of sugar, you can layer them in a glass to create a colorful “rainbow” effect.
Re-thinking Tootsie Rolls after 60 years
I’m reading The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars and they described the Tootsie Roll as chocolate-flavored taffy. I’ve never thought of it as that, but it certainly resonates, and I’ll never think of it as not taffy again. |
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Versatile grilled chicken
I grilled chicken on Sunday evening:
We grilled enough to make 3 meals of it, each delicious in its own way. Bob’s homemade pasta salad is yummy!
pasta salad Sunday lunch
chef salad Sunday dinner
Daylight Saving Time 2023
Exhausted! Did 10 of them before I went to bed last night. #StillEditing
PSA: It’s Daylight Saving Time