(Or what scientists do in their spare time)
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
That's scary.
Especially because I used to like Peeps, and ate large quantities of them.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
lol
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
We've had discussions about this before. I even made the last line on the page my sig somewhere else for a while, last time.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Huh. Maybe we didn't -- I can't find 'em. Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
The Effect of Peeps on Implanted Memory?
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka: Huh. Maybe we didn't -- I can't find 'em.
Psst, rivka - it wasn't on this forum. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I thought it was here also, but that seems to have been about Peep Jousting.
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
That was some funny stuff, Ela. Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
I have never eaten a peep ever. I just like to smoosh them through their package because it makes me laugh.
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
I don't eat Peeps, either. I am not a big fan of marshmallow anything.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
I am in touch with my inner child. I lurve peeps. But I stay away from them because they're no good for me.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
I ate a lot of Peeps, got a half-hour sugar high, and then crashed and passed out for a few hours having creepy dreams.
Then I woke up and had another Peep and a mocha frappucino.
I'm such a masochist.
-pH
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
That's sugar overload, pH. Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by pH: I ate a lot of Peeps, got a half-hour sugar high, and then crashed and passed out for a few hours having creepy dreams.
Then I woke up and had another Peep and a mocha frappucino.
It's like heroin to you, no?
Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
Oh man. You know you have too much time on your hands when...
But still, I love peeps. I have a pack of them in my room right now, I'm strange, however, and like to let them get stale and hard before I eat them. I know, crazy right? But that's what makes me happy.
Plus, it means I have peeps about a month after everyone else, so they're all jealous when I tell them that I have them.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
Acetone is a not a non-polar liquid. Acetone is in fact, very polar but does not hydrogen bond.
Posted by Bella Bee (Member # 7027) on :
*doesn't know what Peeps are*
*Checks photos.*
So in the first link they look like purple slug things, and in the second they're yellow bunnies. And they're made of marshmallow?
Would someone like to describe them?
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
Peeps are pseudo-marshmallow sugary confections found in bright artificial colors in equally bright packaging around Easter.
They come in packs of six or so, and they're stuck together due to the manufacturing process (which is why in the photos, there's a discolored strip on either side of several of them).
Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
Hope that helps!
Posted by Bella Bee (Member # 7027) on :
Ah. Thanks! So the slug things were really chicks. They sound, um... yummy.
Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
They really are delicious. You should try them, if only to say that you've had them.
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
quote:Originally posted by Evie3217: Plus, it means I have peeps about a month after everyone else, so they're all jealous when I tell them that I have them.
The only time I'd ever be jealous of you for eating Peeps would be if I were literally starving!
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
I don't eat Peeps. But I wouldn't mind experimenting on them.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester:
quote:Originally posted by pH: I ate a lot of Peeps, got a half-hour sugar high, and then crashed and passed out for a few hours having creepy dreams.
Then I woke up and had another Peep and a mocha frappucino.
It's like heroin to you, no?
I can quit anytime I want!
But I have three whole boxes of them...and four hollow chocolate rabbits.
-pH
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
We have sickening amounts of Peeps in our house right now. You see, we run the local Cub Scouts program, and this month's theme is "Our Feathered Friends." I thought that half-price after-Easter Peeps would be a perfect treat.
Anyway, I was wondering about this solvent thingy. So they had to use a protein solvent to dissolve peeps. Big deal! Would the same thing happen if you wanted to dissolve, say, eggs? Or a a piece of chicken?
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
I just want more Crunch eggs. That's what I like... Stupid sweets. Tasting so good.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
One of the boxes of Peeps is gone. My stomach hurts, but I need more! MORE!
quote:Anyway, I was wondering about this solvent thingy. So they had to use a protein solvent to dissolve peeps. Big deal! Would the same thing happen if you wanted to dissolve, say, eggs? Or a a piece of chicken?
The difference, I think, is that peeps are supposed to be marshmallows...which dissolve in water.
And, uh, the eyes don't dissolve in anything.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Marshmallows dissolve in water? Since when?
Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :
Well, the reasoning was that peeps are "sugar" and sugar dissolves in water, ergo peeps should dissolve in water. But that's a little like saying "fiber-optic cable is glass. Glass breaks when dropped, therefore fiber-optic cable breaks when dropped."
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
Now, if we were talking malted milk eggs . . . I wouldn't care if they dissolved in water or not. I'd eat the experiment right up!
Posted by divaesefani (Member # 3763) on :
Wow. In my "up-most-of-the-night-with-teething-baby" state, I thought the title of this thread was "The Sobriety of Peeps." That would have been an interesting thread.
"Hello, my name is Pink Bunny Peep and I've been sober for 20 minutes now."
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
Peeps take all that is good about the marshmellow and destroy it by coating it in ground-plexiglass armor.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
I have transitioned from loving sweets to loving the strong, sour, salty, and smoky.
Peeps just don't hack it anymore. I need a bleu-cheese-stuffed olive wrapped in apple-smoked bacon and grilled senseless.
Mmmm. There's some good eats.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
quote:Well, the reasoning was that peeps are "sugar" and sugar dissolves in water, ergo peeps should dissolve in water.
Obviously Peeps are more than just whipped sugar. I'm pretty sure that normal marshmallows have gelatin in them (protein). I wonder if any comparative studies have been done? Regular marshmallows should respond similarly.
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
quote:Originally posted by ClaudiaTherese: I need a bleu-cheese-stuffed olive wrapped in apple-smoked bacon and grilled senseless.
It's like we're long-lost siblings.
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
CT:
You forgot hot. I too love the strong, sour, salty (even briny!) and smoky (and even slightly bitter).
But I haven't give up sweets.
Now the key with Peeps is that they have to be properly cured. In order to do this, one should take a knife and make a slit across the cellophane so that air can circulate around the Peeps.
Prod them every once in awhile. They are fully cured when the sugar they are coated with has formed nice crust and there is a thin chewy layer of marshmellow below the crust. You have to time it just right, though, because you don't want them to become too chewy or utterly stale.
If you need to fast cure them, remove the entire cellophane top of the package.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
I think I'm going to try putting the rest of my Peeps in the freezer with the hollow chocolate rabbits. Because hollow chocolate rabbits are tastiest when frozen.
-pH
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Most regular marshmallows do have gelatin, and thus might respond similarly -- except don't Peeps have a thickened outer layer? I'd think that would make a difference.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
quote:Originally posted by pH: Because hollow chocolate rabbits are tastiest when frozen.
-pH
You must be getting truly inferior chocolate rabbits. One of the beauties of quality chocolate is that its melting point is just below normal human body temperature, so when you put it in your mouth it melts. This results in the smooth creamy texture I associate with good chocolate. Plus melting increases the contact with your tastebuds as well as volatilization of esters within the chocolate. Good chocolate should never be chewed. Its best if you just hold it in your mouth while it melts and dissolves. That way, you get the full flavor.
I've found that when chocolate is too cold, the mouth feel is all wrong and it has very little flavor. But I guess if your dealing with cheap American chocolate, or even worse the chocolate flavored coating compound they often use in hollow rabbits, frozen may hide the fact that they are too sweet, waxy and gritty.
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
quote:Originally posted by ClaudiaTherese: I need a bleu-cheese-stuffed olive wrapped in apple-smoked bacon and grilled senseless.
I want bleu cheese.
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
Plain Bagel Toasted Medium. Slathering of Butter. A Serious Sprinkling of Bleu Cheese.
P.S. the olive wrapped in bacon isn't grilled senseless -- it's grilled sensuous.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
quote:Originally posted by The Rabbit:
quote:Originally posted by pH: Because hollow chocolate rabbits are tastiest when frozen.
-pH
You must be getting truly inferior chocolate rabbits. One of the beauties of quality chocolate is that its melting point is just below normal human body temperature, so when you put it in your mouth it melts. This results in the smooth creamy texture I associate with good chocolate. Plus melting increases the contact with your tastebuds as well as volatilization of esters within the chocolate. Good chocolate should never be chewed. Its best if you just hold it in your mouth while it melts and dissolves. That way, you get the full flavor.
I've found that when chocolate is too cold, the mouth feel is all wrong and it has very little flavor. But I guess if your dealing with cheap American chocolate, or even worse the chocolate flavored coating compound they often use in hollow rabbits, frozen may hide the fact that they are too sweet, waxy and gritty.
I like all chocolate better when it's frozen, no matter where it's from. I don't like to let chocolate melt in my mouth too much; it makes me really thirsty.
Besides, when the rabbits are frozen, you have the satisfaction of the hollow crunching sound they make when you first bite into them.
-pH
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
quote:I like all chocolate better when it's frozen, no matter where it's from. I don't like to let chocolate melt in my mouth too much; it makes me really thirsty.
That's chocolate blasphemy!! There is only one correct way to eat chocolate.! By eating it frozen, you have perverted all that is good and true about chocolate consumption. Infidel!! Off with your head!!
No, Perhaps it would be better to burn you at the stake. I suspect that would make you really thirsty.
Or perhaps abandoning you naked on the antactic ice self to freeze would be more suited to your crime.
Better yet, we should drown you in melted chocolate!!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Kinky.
Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
Are Peeps kosher?
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
Kosher Easter candy???
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Oh yeah, baby. Pour that melted chocolate all over my body.
-pH
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
*bites tongue
There are questions, and there are questions. And then there are questions about what counts as meat, dairy, or parve which will remain unasked.
*prim look
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Once more, The Claw has been rendered speechless!
-pH
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by romanylass: Are Peeps kosher?
No.
quote:Originally posted by The Rabbit: Kosher Easter candy???
There's lots of that. Just not Peeps.
And I don't know what CT is talking about. O:)
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka: [QUOTE]Originally posted by The Rabbit: Kosher Easter candy???
There's lots of that. Just not Peeps. QUOTE]
Kosher Easter Candy is just wrong.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
If there were something actually religious about Easter candy, I might agree with you.
But ASFAIK, there is nothing particularly spiritual about a Reese's peanut butter egg, or pastel M&Ms.
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
What makes peeps non-kosher? I suppose the gelatin would be one reason. Any others?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Processed food-stuffs are non-kosher until proven otherwise.
I have no idea whether there is a specific ingredient (other than the gelatin, which surely isn't kosher but could be replaced with gelatin from a kosher source) that is a problem.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
They have kosher coconut-covered marshmallows!
-pH
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Yup.
However . . . there are several brands of such which claim to be kosher and are not.
(Kosher gelatin has a long and complicated past in the U.S.)
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
That's horrible. I am assuming, cynically, that the erroneous claim is made in order to either increase sales or justify a higher price, without making the necessary changes to be worth of that place?
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
quote:Originally posted by pH: I think I'm going to try putting the rest of my Peeps in the freezer with the hollow chocolate rabbits. Because hollow chocolate rabbits are tastiest when frozen.
-pH
The burrying instinct. Your more animal than man.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by ClaudiaTherese: That's horrible. I am assuming, cynically, that the erroneous claim is made in order to either increase sales or justify a higher price, without making the necessary changes to be worth of that place?
It's actually a bit more complicated than that. The company (-ies?) in question have been claiming their 'mallows are kosher for years (about 20, I think), and ignoring objections for that entire time. Despite the fact that the "rabbi" who "supervises" them died some 8-10 years ago . . .
Anyway, it does boil down to what you said, more or less. From my perspective, anyway.
Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :
quote:Better yet, we should drown you in melted chocolate!!
That's just throwing good chocolate after bad!
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Tonight's experiment: can Easter candy prevent hangovers? Tune in tomorrow to find out!
-pH
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
quote:Originally posted by pH: Tonight's experiment: can Easter candy prevent hangovers? Tune in tomorrow to find out!
-pH
Nope. Tried it on holloween, you get the regular hang-over, plus the chocolate hangover with constipation and bloating. It isn't pretty. Drink water.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Every year at work, we get some Easter candy in (gifts and such from colleagues and patients). Much of it is kosher. Peeps are not (the gelatin is the culprit). Last year (or was it the year before? Oh, whatever). Someone gave us this massive 2-pound milk chocolate cross. Which happened to have a respectable heckscher (kosher certification) on the package. The chocolate was made by a company that has kosher supervision and certification in their chocolate factory, and since they were using the same ingredients and equipment, their seasonal lines did, too.
Someone took a knife and broke off the top bit of the cross (presumably to consume under the desk. Even the top bit of the cross was a massive hunk of chocolate). It was very "Brave New World"-ish.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
quote:Originally posted by Orincoro:
quote:Originally posted by pH: Tonight's experiment: can Easter candy prevent hangovers? Tune in tomorrow to find out!
-pH
Nope. Tried it on holloween, you get the regular hang-over, plus the chocolate hangover with constipation and bloating. It isn't pretty. Drink water.
I didn't have a problem...but I also only had two drinks last night, since I spent most of the time talking shop, and you know, I already have enough of a problem with people taking me seriously when I'm in a miniskirt.
-pH
Posted by human_2.0 (Member # 6006) on :
quote:I already have enough of a problem with people taking me seriously when I'm in a miniskirt.
I assume you mean you had too much attention right? How can one ignore a tall girl in a miniskirt?
I once received a basketfull of peeps. After eating a few, I had an uncontrollable urge to boil them. It was so satisfying.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
In oil?
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
I seem to remember a post about a Peeps joust-a-thon. I can't remember, though, and I'm too lazy to look...(waits for someone else to do all the work )
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Deep fried Peeps?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Why not? They have deep-fried candy bars.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Do you coat them with batter first, or crumbs or just plunk 'em in nude?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
The Peeps? Or the candy bars?
I don't deep-fry either, but all the recipes I've seen for deep-fried candy bars have a batter-coating. The better to contain the molten chocolate and nougat, I assume.
Posted by human_2.0 (Member # 6006) on :
I can't remember if I had to add something to get them going, or if I just turned the heat up. Mua ha ha ha ha!
It was cold blooded peepocide.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
So you just stuck 'em in a pot and plopped it on a flame? Wouldn't they burn, rather than boil?
Posted by human_2.0 (Member # 6006) on :
I can't remember if I had to dilute them or not. I was actually pretty disapointed. It kinda just turned into a liquidy syrup. I might've started pouring salt/sugar/baking power/whatever in it to try and liven it up because I do remember it eventually being all bubbly.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
It sounds like a Peep show.
<quickly ducks out of thread before the rotten tomatoes start flying>
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
*flings melted Peeps in pursuit*
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
I've seen deep-fried candy bars at the state fair. They're dipped in corn-dog batter.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by pH: I didn't have a problem...but I also only had two drinks last night, since I spent most of the time talking shop, and you know, I already have enough of a problem with people taking me seriously when I'm in a miniskirt.
-pH
Lord, why do you mock me so?
Posted by Tresopax (Member # 1063) on :
And finally I discover the science project I should have done instead of killing those plants in high school....
Posted by human_2.0 (Member # 6006) on :
I think I'm going to be sick...
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Hey, YOU brought it up.
Posted by human_2.0 (Member # 6006) on :
I was melting them for the pleasure of seeing them disintegrate! Not to EAT them.... Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
sure that's your story now... is that a PEEP I smell on your breath!!!!!
*throws down gauntlet*
Posted by human_2.0 (Member # 6006) on :
I haven't eaten peeps in YEARS! Cadburry eggs though...
However, at work today, some one brought in fruit pies, something like 80% saturated fat. I mentioned "deep fried peeps", and he threw back "peeps dipped in chocolate and covered with nuts".
What is this world coming to???
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
Nothing says: "i'm trying to kill you" like a nice big fruit pie... Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
...in the face.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
quote:Originally posted by MightyCow:
quote:Better yet, we should drown you in melted chocolate!!
That's just throwing good chocolate after bad!
I never said we should drown her in good chocolate.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Can you throw in some whipped cream?
-pH
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
Certainly not! The point of this is to get lots of melted chocolate in your mouth before you die miserably.
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