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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.
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I have never eaten a peep ever. I just like to smoosh them through their package because it makes me laugh.
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I am in touch with my inner child. I lurve peeps. But I stay away from them because they're no good for me.
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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.
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Acetone is a not a non-polar liquid. Acetone is in fact, very polar but does not hydrogen bond.
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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).
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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!
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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?
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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.
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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."
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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!
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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."
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Peeps take all that is good about the marshmellow and destroy it by coating it in ground-plexiglass armor.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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quote:Originally posted by pH: Because hollow chocolate rabbits are tastiest when frozen.
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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.
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quote:Originally posted by pH: Because hollow chocolate rabbits are tastiest when frozen.
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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.
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!!
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