Blueberry Spread - Page 2

Aliantha · 09-16-2014, 05:49 PM

Well that's a turn up for the books.

lumberjim · 09-16-2014, 06:36 PM

yeah, right? I was wrong once before. this one time... I thought I was wrong about something, but it turned out I was right.... which technically meant i was wrong... Now it's happened again. goddammit.

busterb · 09-16-2014, 07:01 PM

One of my wives told me she had only been wrong once. thought she was wrong but was not.

Undertoad · 09-16-2014, 09:35 PM

Today I Learned. Good one James and Ali.

It turns out that salt and sugar both work the same way:

http://www.answers.com/Q/Explain_the...d_preservation

Quote:

High-salt and high-sugar mixtures preserve food because they are absorbent relative to the internal fluid of microorganisms, causing them to shrivel up and eventually die. When a layer of a high-salt or high-sugar substance is used to preserve food, the food is protected from microbial invasions. This is a more sophisticated way to preserve food than the oldest method - simply letting it dry out. With salt and sugar, one can theoretically preserve food for decades without it being consumed by bacteria. The value of a method to reliably preserve food can hardly be understated. Prior to refrigeration, which is only about a century old, a preserve was the only way that an autumn harvest could be stored throughout harsh winters.

The deeper explanation:

http://sciencefocus.com/qa/how-does-...t-preservative

Quote:

Bacteria evolved in environments where the concentration of sugars and salts is the same as or lower than those inside the cell. High sugar concentrations cause the bacterium to lose water by osmosis and it doesn’t have any cellular machinery to pump it back in against the osmotic gradient. Without enough water, the bacteria can’t grow or divide. Mould is more tolerant though and can grow on some jams.

It's life, Jim, but not as we know it.

Aliantha · 09-16-2014, 11:53 PM

Yeah well, now you know why you've been keeping me around.

Griff · 09-17-2014, 05:55 AM

Honey apparently lasts indefinitely...

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc...218690/?no-ist

Gravdigr · 09-17-2014, 01:36 PM

Oh, yeah, honey is a forever food.

09-16-2014, 05:49 PM	#1
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Well that's a turn up for the books. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	yeah, right? I was wrong once before. this one time... I thought I was wrong about something, but it turned out I was right.... which technically meant i was wrong... Now it's happened again. goddammit. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	One of my wives told me she had only been wrong once. thought she was wrong but was not. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

09-16-2014, 11:53 PM	#5
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Yeah well, now you know why you've been keeping me around. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

09-17-2014, 05:55 AM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Honey apparently lasts indefinitely... http://www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc...218690/?no-ist __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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