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* You can walk on custard. Custard is a non-Newtonian fluid. When thickened with starch, custard's physical properties change from those of liquid to those of a solid depending on the amount of pressure applied to it, so much so that a person is able to walk across a swimming pool full of custard.
* "Aioli (garlic mayonnaise) epitomises the heat, the power, and the joy of the Provençal sun, but it has another virtue - it drives away flies."
Frédéric Mistral
Care of the BBC Food newsletter.
* "Aioli (garlic mayonnaise) epitomises the heat, the power, and the joy of the Provençal sun, but it has another virtue - it drives away flies."
Frédéric Mistral
Care of the BBC Food newsletter.
posted by Carlotta | 8:53 am
1 Comments:
I knew about the aioli as flies hate garlic (I guess even the Italian ones), but the custard..........my neighbor ahs a pool, mayeb a little experiment is in order.
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