Bleeding Cotton Candy!
So disturbing, hehe.
I guess I never mentioned any of this in here, BUT, a few weeks ago, Chris and I decided it would be interesting to find out what happens to cotton candy if you freeze it. Since such food experimentation is my thing, I bought a bag of the stuff for like $.29 on clearance and popped half the contents in the freezer, in a sealed Ziploc bag.
Sadly, nothing much happened. Didn't shrink, didn't get crumbly, nothing. It just became very cold. Rich actually tasted a piece (O_o) and said it tasted frozen, for what that's worth, hehe.
Since the freezing experiement had been a failure, it was decided that heating the cotton candy back up was a good next course of action. I meant to do it last night while Travis was still here, but totally forgot about it due to Katamari-related excitement. :p
But I didn't forget tonight!
Just a few minutes ago I put the entire frozen portion on a paper plate and heated it for 30 seconds, just to start with. The outside became a little warm and tough, but the inner part was still kind of cool and fluffy. NOT ACCEPTABLE.
Back into the microwave for 45 seconds. *That* did the trick. The first thing I noticed was that red liquid started streaming from one end of the blob, hence the title. It was quite gross actually, hehe. Then right in the middle of the chunk, a huge intendation suddenly formed and started bubbling. That was much more exciting. I decided not to annihilate the piece completely, so I took a picture of the final product and then tossed it (yes, there's a "before" picture too).
Torturing food is so satisfying, hehe.
I guess I never mentioned any of this in here, BUT, a few weeks ago, Chris and I decided it would be interesting to find out what happens to cotton candy if you freeze it. Since such food experimentation is my thing, I bought a bag of the stuff for like $.29 on clearance and popped half the contents in the freezer, in a sealed Ziploc bag.
Sadly, nothing much happened. Didn't shrink, didn't get crumbly, nothing. It just became very cold. Rich actually tasted a piece (O_o) and said it tasted frozen, for what that's worth, hehe.
Since the freezing experiement had been a failure, it was decided that heating the cotton candy back up was a good next course of action. I meant to do it last night while Travis was still here, but totally forgot about it due to Katamari-related excitement. :p
But I didn't forget tonight!
Just a few minutes ago I put the entire frozen portion on a paper plate and heated it for 30 seconds, just to start with. The outside became a little warm and tough, but the inner part was still kind of cool and fluffy. NOT ACCEPTABLE.
Back into the microwave for 45 seconds. *That* did the trick. The first thing I noticed was that red liquid started streaming from one end of the blob, hence the title. It was quite gross actually, hehe. Then right in the middle of the chunk, a huge intendation suddenly formed and started bubbling. That was much more exciting. I decided not to annihilate the piece completely, so I took a picture of the final product and then tossed it (yes, there's a "before" picture too).
Torturing food is so satisfying, hehe.
posted by Erica at 9:04 PM
3 Comments:
Good to see you back
It's still me, P a x who was commenting before. I've just set up a more public blog for myself.
Don't give my secret away :-)
Don't worry, I won't! Thanks for the link. ;)
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